Nov 21 New Ebola cases hit Liberia months after nation declared free of virus By Andrew Mach Three new cases of Ebola emerged in Liberia this week, more than two months after the World Health Organization declared the country free of the deadly virus. Continue reading
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
Jul 31 Watch 5:01 How long-lasting is promising Ebola vaccine protection? By PBS News Hour 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
Jun 10 How close is the Ebola vaccine? By Caleb Hellerman, Global Health Reporting Center Is the world prepared to fight the next Ebola outbreak? NewsHour provides an update on Ebola vaccine testing in West Africa. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch 9:51 Why isn’t there a better test to detect Ebola? By PBS News Hour In Sierra Leone, health care workers use infrared thermometers to monitor those who may have come in contact with Ebola. It takes 21 days before they can be deemed virus-free. That’s why researchers are trying to create more precise infection… Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch 8:33 To crack Ebola’s code, scientists search for elusive animal host By PBS News Hour The deadly Ebola virus normally spreads among animals but occasionally spills over to humans, to dire effect. To understand how such diseases make that jump, scientists must find the animal host. But the hunt for live samples of Ebola in… Continue watching
May 11 Watch 8:00 How Ebola can hide in the bodies of survivors By PBS News Hour Liberia was declared Ebola-free this weekend, marking a major milestone in the fight against the epidemic in West Africa, where it killed more than 10,000. But for survivors, the disease can still wreak serious after-effects. Judy Woodruff learns more about… Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch 5:03 How African musician Salif Keita went from social outcast to international superstar By PBS News Hour Salif Keita is known today as the "golden voice" of Africa, but in his youth he was an outcast, unaccepted by his community because he was born with albinism. Turning to music as an outlet, Keita rose to be one… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Designing disease-resistant robots for the front lines of the Ebola crisis By PBS News Hour Continue watching