Nov 30 As Ebola outbreak worsens, health experts urge Trump administration action By Cara Anna, Associated Press This Ebola outbreak is like no other since health workers have compared the region to a war zone. Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch 6:21 In Liberia, survivors of Ebola and civil war now struggle with mental illness By Molly Knight Raskin In 2014, an Ebola outbreak ravaged three West African countries. Now many of the same communities are facing a new health struggle: mental illness. In rural Liberia, diseases such as depression and schizophrenia are often considered a “curse” and relegated… Continue watching
Oct 21 Congo rebels kill 15, abduct kids in Ebola outbreak region By Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro, Cara Anna, Associated Press Congolese rebels killed 15 civilians and abducted a dozen children in an attack at the center of the latest deadly Ebola outbreak, Congo's military said Sunday, as the violence threatened to again force the suspension of crucial virus containment efforts. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 24:59 October 20, 2018 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, October 20, health officials try new methods to contain the Ebola outbreak in the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also, millions vote in Afghanistan’s long-delayed parliamentary election amid Taliban violence. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 8:24 Health officials work to contain Ebola outbreak in Congo By Benedict Moran, Jorgen Samso Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are working to end the latest Ebola outbreak that began in early August. The new cluster of cases has emerged in an area with active fighting between the government and more… Continue watching
Oct 20 An Ebola outbreak presents a new mystery involving children By Helen Branswell, STAT The disproportionate number of recent infections among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo — specifically in Beni, the outbreak’s current hot spot — has come as a surprise; typically young children don’t make up a big proportion of cases… Continue reading
Oct 13 Battles over safe Ebola burials complicate work in Congo By Cara Anna, Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro, Associated Press The deadly virus' appearance for the first time in the far northeast has sparked fear. Continue reading
Jul 28 New Ebola species is reported for first time in a decade By Helen Branswell, STAT The family of Ebola viruses has just gotten a bit bigger. The government of Sierra Leone has announced that a new species of Ebola, the sixth, has been discovered there in bats. Continue reading
Jun 23 Health officials cautiously optimistic dangerous Ebola outbreak is over By Helen Branswell, STAT Transmission of the deadly virus appears to have stopped — though it is not yet time to pull back on the response operation. Continue reading
May 21 Will lessons learned from the 2014 Ebola outbreak prevent more deaths in Congo? By Larisa Epatko The spread of Ebola in West Africa in 2014-2016 was the worst outbreak since the disease's discovery. Here's how international health agencies are responding this time. Continue reading