Oct 21 Outgoing West Africa travelers redirected to 5 U.S. airports for Ebola screenings By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Everyone coming to the United States from the three West African countries at the center of the Ebola outbreak will now be screened for the deadly disease at one of five airports, the Homeland Security Department said Tuesday. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch Ambulance nurse confronts death and desperation in the heart of the Ebola epidemic By PBS News Hour In Liberia’s capital Monrovia, ambulance crews go around the city, picking up bodies as well as sick patients who have been infected with Ebola. Video journalist Ben Solomon spent three weeks shadowing a nurse for this New York Times report. Continue watching
Oct 18 Obama pushes back against calls for West Africa travel ban By Associated Press In his weekly address on Saturday, Obama urged Americans not to succumb to hysteria about Ebola and he pushed back against calls from some lawmakers for a West Africa travel ban. Continue reading
Oct 18 Why your Ebola-like symptoms are probably the flu By Andrew Mach Just as the 2009 swine flu pandemic drove up trips to the ER by nearly 20 percent even in areas where the illness had still not yet appeared, cold and flu season this year and the height of Ebola in… Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch What’s motivating the Boko Haram cease-fire? – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch Future of abducted Nigerian girls unclear under Boko Haram cease-fire – Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 17 Senegal officially declared Ebola-free By Larisa Epatko The World Health Organization said Friday that Senegal is officially free of the Ebola virus. Continue reading
Oct 17 Obama names Ebola ‘czar’ By Domenico Montanaro and Associated Press WASHINGTON — Facing renewed criticism about the U.S. response to Ebola, President Barack Obama is conceding that it may make sense to have a single person lead the administration's effort. But he says imposing a travel ban from disease-ravaged West… Continue reading
Oct 14 Bringing safer burial rituals to Ebola outbreak countries By Larisa Epatko A French anthropologist is helping the World Health Organization come up with safer burial practices, while trying to maintain tradition, in Ebola-ridden West African countries. Continue reading
Oct 14 WATCH LIVE: CDC Ebola briefing at 3 p.m. EDT By News Desk The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a press conference at 3 p.m. EDT today to update the investigation of Ebola in the U.S. and West Africa. Director Dr. Tom Frieden and the Texas Department of State Health… Continue reading