Nov 07 WHO: Sierra Leone is free of Ebola By Andrew Mach Following 42 days with no new cases, thousands of residents gathered in Sierra Leone on Saturday, as the U.N. World Health Organization declared an end to the outbreak that killed 3,589 people and more than 221 health workers since it… Continue reading
Oct 15 Scottish nurse now ‘critically ill’ after she recovered from Ebola By Joshua Barajas A Scottish nurse who recovered from Ebola nearly a year ago is now critically ill, the Royal Free Hospital in London said Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch For Gates, better training for front line workers key no matter the challenge By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 9:04 Why researchers are racing to test an Ebola vaccine for apes By PBS NewsHour Over the years the Ebola virus has wiped out a significant number of great apes, threatening to reduce those populations to vulnerable levels. In Louisiana, a controversial effort is underway to conduct vaccine tests on captive chimpanzees in order to… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 54:26 PBS NewsHour full episode September 14, 2015 By PBS NewsHour Monday on the NewsHour, European governments gather to grapple with the refugee crisis. Also: A new report on the lessons learned from Ferguson, a controversial race to develop a vaccine to stop Ebola in wild apes and a look ahead… Continue watching
Aug 24 Ebola survivors experience lingering ailments By Michelle Harven Of the roughly 13,000 Ebola survivors, The Associated Press reports that many are experiencing lingering effects even after beating the deadly virus. Continue reading
Aug 19 In Ebola-ravaged village, nurse sees power of the human spirit By Larisa Epatko When Doctors Without Borders called nurse Kim Federici to join their forces fighting Ebola in spring 2014, she answered without reservation. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 6:24 Missionary recounts Ebola fight as both doctor and patient By Hari Sreenivasan, Jason Kane Dr. Kent Brantly contracted Ebola while treating patients during last year's epidemic in West Africa. He was airlifted from Liberia back to the U.S. and received an experimental drug and other treatment at Emory University Hospital. Brantly joins Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch 5:01 How long-lasting is promising Ebola vaccine protection? By PBS NewsHour A clinical trial in Guinea found that an experimental vaccine was 75 to 100 percent effective in blocking new infections of the Ebola virus. Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health about the vaccine. Continue watching
Jul 31 First-ever Ebola vaccine shows ‘promise’ — now what? By Larisa Epatko A vaccine against the Ebola virus – the first of its kind in the disease’s 40-year recorded history – shows promise in trials in Guinea, according to a report released Friday in the medical journal Lancet. Continue reading