

Nation Aug 24

As President Donald Trump returns from his working vacation, here are five stories you might have missed during your own travels.
By Joshua Barajas, Erica R. Hendry, Iman Smith, Ryan Connelly Holmes
World Aug 18

In our news wrap Friday, a man stabbed two to death and wounded six others in a Finnish city about 95 miles outside of Helsinki. The attacker was shot in the leg and captured. Also, a state trooper who died…
By PBS NewsHour
World Aug 15

In our news wrap Tuesday, the death toll from a devastating mudslide in Sierra Leone has surged to more than 300. The Red Cross estimates another 600 people are still missing. Also, the president of Argentina became the latest South…
By PBS NewsHour
World Aug 15

Many remained buried in their homes Tuesday after a massive rain-induced landslide tore through a town near Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown. At least 300 people were killed and 600 missing from the flooding and mudslides, according to the Red Cross.
By Larisa Epatko
Mar 29

By Helen Branswell, STAT
Ebola no longer constitutes an international health emergency, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

By Sara B. May
Months after Ebola forced the people of Sierra Leone into protracted isolation, communities are rediscovering the importance of school and other public spaces.
Jan 14

By Joshua Barajas
The last patient tested negative for the Ebola virus in Liberia, making all three West African countries hardest hit by the outbreak to be free of the disease, the World Health Organization announced Thursday. Though the agency warned that more…
Nov 07

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…
Aug 19

By Larisa Epatko
When Doctors Without Borders called nurse Kim Federici to join their forces fighting Ebola in spring 2014, she answered without reservation.
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