The National Institutes of Health will begin testing an experimental Ebola vaccine on an initial 20 adult humans this week, as the lethal virus’ reach “continues to accelerate” in West Africa.
Aug 28

By Ayan Sheikh, Sarah McHaney
Controlling the epidemic could cost $490 million and will need the help of thousands of local health workers and hundreds of international experts.
Aug 05

By Larisa Epatko
Containing this year's Ebola outbreak won't be easy. Undeveloped governments in the three countries most affected by the current Ebola surge -- Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- are having trouble coordinating a response, and health care workers are overwhelmed,…
Aug 01

By Anna Christiansen
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is moving faster than the health worker’s efforts to control the virus, the World Health Organization said Friday.
Jul 30

By Anna Christiansen
Tuesday's death of Sheik Umar Khan, the doctor at the front lines of Sierra Leone’s battle against the worst Ebola outbreak in history, marks the latest person killed by the contagious, incurable disease that has devastated communities in Guinea, Liberia…
Jul 28

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 670 people and spread to four countries. Among those now infected are two American aid workers and the lead Ebola doctor in Sierra Leone. Gwen Ifill interviews Dr. Estrella Lasry…
Jul 04

By PBS NewsHour
Health workers met in Ghana to coordinate on how to contain what has become the largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak from spilling over new borders. Since February, the virus has been reported in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Jeffrey Brown…
Jul 04

The latest Ebola outbreak in West Africa is now the largest and deadliest outbreak ever. And unlike outbreaks of the past, it is affecting both rural and urban areas. Jeffrey Brown talks to Laurie Garrett of the Council on Foreign…
Jun 29

By Xander Landen
West Africa’s Ebola epidemic is now the deadliest on record, according to the World Health Organization. The disease has a mortality rate of up to 90 percent. Since the outbreak began in February, there have been 635…
Mar 23

By Kayla Ruble
The Ebola virus was detected in samples of a viral hemorrhagic fever that has killed more than 50 people in the West African nation of Guinea marking the first human outbreak of Ebola in the country, according to government officials…
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