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WHO Outlines Timeline for Experimental Ebola Drugs

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Pesticide Poisoning Is The Leading Method of Suicide

By Justin Worland

Ebola Spreads to Southern Nigeria

By Elizabeth Barber

Experts to Jumpstart Ebola Drug Trials as Crisis Worsens

By Elizabeth Barber
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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

WHO: More Than 1,000 Killed in Ebola Outbreak

And there are nearly 2,000 cases

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Who Gets the Experimental Ebola Drugs?

The World Health Organization has endorsed the use of experimental drugs to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. But who gets them?

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Fear and Rumors Are Fueling Ebola's Spread

The epidemic shows no sign of stabilizing as the death toll continues to rise

By Mirren Gidda

Nigeria Declares State of Emergency Amid Ebola Outbreak

The country has seven confirmed cases of the disease

By Justin Worland

Ebola Is a Global Public Health Threat, WHO Declares

No restrictions yet on general trade or travel

By Melissa Hellmann

Meet the Bots That Knew Ebola Was Coming

Online technology has improved the ability to detect and track outbreaks

By Michael Scherer

Picturing Ebola: Photographers Chase an Invisible Killer

With already more than 670 victims, Western Africa is battling its most serious Ebola outbreak in four decades. TIME LightBox speaks to photographers Samuel Aranda and Jodi Bieber about the challenges involved with covering such a deadly story

By Olivier Laurent

Officials Say Ebola Virus Is Suspected in Nigeria

Samples have been sent to the WHO for testing

By Justin Worland

AIDS Researchers Killed

The cause of HIV/AIDS research will be set back because of experts lost in the Malaysia Airlines Ukraine disaster

By Jo Chandler / Melbourne

WHO Suggests New Way to Combat Rising HIV Rates

Warns of 'exploding epidemics' of HIV among gay men

By Melissa Hellmann

Polio Virus Discovered in Brazilian Sewage

Found in Campinas in São Paulo state, host to the Portuguese and Nigerian soccer teams during the FIFA World Cup

By Mirren Gidda

Scientists Don't Want E-Cigs Labeled Tobacco Products

The move by the WHO would push 178 countries to impose tough restrictions on the products, which some scientists say provide a less harmful alternative for smokers.

By Noah Rayman

What Country Do You Drink Like?

Use the sliders below to see which country most closely matches your alcohol consumption

By Pratheek Rebala

U.N. Official Says Junk Food Just as Bad as Cigarettes

U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to food Olivier De Schutter warned that obesity is a bigger global health threat than tobacco use, lamenting that it isn't taken as seriously as it should be

By Charlotte Alter

It's Time to Stop Ignoring the Bad Air We Breathe

A survey shows nearly half of all Americans breathe unhealthy air — but air pollution doesn't get the attention it deserves

By Bryan Walsh
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