Infectious Disease

Outbreak Likely Started With One Person

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How Nigeria Is Keeping Ebola at Bay

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Human Trials of Ebola to Start Soon

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Nigeria Confirms First Ebola Death Outside Lagos

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CDC Chief: Ebola 'Worse Than I'd Feared'

Dr. Tom Frieden told CNN the Ebola outbreak is "much bigger" than anyone anticipated

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Here's How Ebola Spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo: WHO

A suspected Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have no connection to the outbreak in West Africa

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Ebola Forces Closure of WHO Lab in Sierra Leone

Medical workers are in retreat as the deadly virus continues to ravage West Africa

By Stephanie Burnett

How Fear and Ignorance is Helping Ebola Spread

Overly cautious companies and governments are hindering the flow of help to afflicted regions

By Harry Swartout

Foreign Families, Businesses Are Fleeing Ebola's Wrath

The exodus of industry and families from West Africa could have severe implications

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Hiding Ebola Patients Becomes Illegal in Sierra Leone

Perpetrators can get up to two-year prison sentences

By Sam Frizell

Liberia's West Point Slum Reels From Ebola

Food prices skyrocket overnight after the Monrovia slum is quarantined

By Per Liljas

Remember MERS? Scientists Want Treatments to be Ready, Unlike Ebola

MERS is another disease with no cure or vaccine--can scientists get ahead while there's still time?

By Alexandra Sifferlin

2 Americans Survive Ebola

Two Americans who contracted Ebola in Liberia have been declared virus-free

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'1,400 Are Dead From Ebola and We Need Help'

The epidemic won't be contained without more treatment centers, coordinated action, logistical assets and health workers 

By Dr. Joanne Liu

Polio's Two Vaccines Are More Effective When They're Combined

For decades, there’s been a tug-of-war between the oral and inactivated polio vaccines over which is more effective at preventing the paralyzing disease. Researchers have now resolved the dispute and say that pairing them are better than either alone

By Alice Park

Ebola Patients Discharged

Both patients are virus-free

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Ebola Treatment May Emerge From Drug For Another Virus

Ebola and Marburg belong to the filovirus family, and encouraging results from a gene-based therapy against Marburg could jump-start a similar treatment for Ebola

By Alice Park

Clashes in Liberia Injure 4

The clashes mark a deepening sense of mistrust at official responses to contain the Ebola outbreak

By Dan Kedmey

Aid Group Slams Global Response to Ebola Outbreak

Countries are securing their own borders and leaving West Africa to fend for itself

By Per Liljas

Patient Tested for Ebola at California Hospital

The hospital has not divulged details of the patient or stated if the patient has recently been in West Africa, the disease's epicenter

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