Nov 21 Watch 3:40 The latest on the Mali hotel attack By PBS News Hour Authorities in the West African nation of Mali say armed Islamic terrorists killed 19 people in Friday’s attack on a Radisson hotel in the capital city of Bamako. Among the victims were hotel guests from Russia, China, Belgium, Israel --… Continue watching
Nov 21 Mali declares state of emergency after at least 19 killed in hotel assault By Andrew Mach The president of the West African nation of Mali ordered a 10-day state of emergency and three days of national morning in the wake of Friday's attack on a luxury hotel in the capital of Bamako. Continue reading
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