--- --- # Watch How Ebola Has Spread Across The World ## Video: 5 Ebola Questions You're Wondering About [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Ebola Questions You're Wondering About](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/9QwqrSi9.m3u8) (2:02)  _Published 2014-08-07. TIME Health Reporter Alexandra Sifferlin explains why there's no cure for Ebola, how infected patients are treated, and more common questions about the disease._ by [David Johnson](https://time.com/author/dave-johnson/) ## David Johnson Sep 16, 2014 3:00 PM UTC by [David Johnson](https://time.com/author/dave-johnson/) ## David Johnson Sep 16, 2014 3:00 PM UTC As of October 1, the [World Health Organization](http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/situation-reports/en/) has reported 7,249 infections of Ebola across six countries, resulting in 3,380 deaths. This map shows the path of the disease’s outbreak, as recorded by the World Health Organization beginning March 23, 2014\. Data from this week shows the disease [spreading to the United States](http://time.com/3453271/ebola-patient-thomas-eric-duncan/), through Eric Duncan who returned from Liberia on September 20. [_Read more: Inside the Ebola Crisis: The Images that Moved them Most_](http://time.com/3507162/inside-ebola-crisis-moving-photographs/) _With reporting from Becca Staneck._ _This article was originally published on August 8._ Where Is Ebola? Watch the Outbreak Spread Across The World ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3089810/ebola-map/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3089810/ebola-map/"},"headline":"Watch How Ebola Has Spread Across The World","datePublished":"2014-09-16T15:00:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:33:40.425Z","description":"See the trajectory of the most severe Ebola outbreak in recorded history.","url":"https://time.com/3089810/ebola-map/","keywords":["Infectious Disease","Africa","Map","ebola","interactive studio"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Johnson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dave-johnson/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/infectious-disease/","name":"Infectious Disease"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3089810/ebola-map/","name":"Watch How Ebola Has Spread Across The World"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Ebola Questions You're Wondering About","description":"TIME Health Reporter Alexandra Sifferlin explains why there's no cure for Ebola, how infected patients are treated, and more common questions about the disease.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/9QwqrSi9/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-08-07T17:31:26.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/9QwqrSi9.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3089810/ebola-map/","duration":"PT2M2S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3089810/ebola-map/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```