ebola

Abu Bakarr Koroma is part of a condom handout program to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. These days, he can't even give 'em away.

The Prostitutes Are Not Happy. Neither Are Brides. Sex, Love And Ebola

6:48pm December 31, 2014

by Nurith Aizenman

The prostitutes of Freetown can't find customers. A wedding planner's shop is stuffed with dresses but couples keep delaying the big day. And the condomologist reports that business isn't booming.

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Theses 32 health workers are among the 360-plus who sacrificed their lives in the fight against Ebola. Their names are listed below. The photos are displayed at the Liberian Midwives Association in Monrovia.

Fallen Heroes: A Tribute To The Health Workers Who Died Of Ebola

4:51pm December 31, 2014

by NPR Staff

The virus has taken a tragic toll in their ranks. At hospitals and clinics, their photos are displayed along with messages from their friends and family: "May you rest in perfect peace."

Ebola Survivor: Faith And Oral Rehydration Salts Got Her Through

6:53pm December 30, 2014

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

It was "the worst news that I can hear in my life," says Dr. Ada Igonoh. She had Ebola. Her husband said she looked like a zombie. She wondered: "What's the cure for a disease that has no cure?"

A passenger wearing a face mask arrives at Los Angeles International Airport Friday. Federal officials now require people traveling from West Africa to enter the U.S. at one of five airports equipped to screen them for signs of Ebola.

Poll: Broad Support In U.S. For Ebola Travel Ban

2:43pm December 30, 2014

by Scott Hensley

An NPR poll finds a majority of Americans are worried about Ebola. Fifty-six percent of people are either "very concerned" or "somewhat concerned" about the spread of the Ebola virus to the U.S.

Stringy particles of Ebola virus (blue) bud from a chronically infected cell (yellow-green) in this colorized, scanning electron micrograph.

Virus Sleuths Chip Away At Ebola Mysteries

2:40pm December 30, 2014

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Big questions have bedeviled virus hunters for 38 years: Why do people differ in their response to Ebola? Is it becoming more or less dangerous? There's now more evidence about who gets sick and why.

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Members of the community in New Georgia Signboard greet President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Monday for the launch of the Ebola Must Go! campaign.

'Ebola Must Go' — And So Must Prejudice Against Survivors

2:07pm December 30, 2014

by Didrik Schanche

Liberia has started a campaign to get communities more involved in stopping Ebola. But even in the town handpicked to launch the campaign, a family of survivors has been ostracized.

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World News

British Health Care Worker Tests Positive For Ebola

5:07pm December 29, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The patient, who had worked in an Ebola clinic in Sierra Leone, arrived in Glasgow, Scotland, late Sunday via London and Casablanca, Morocco. This is the first Ebola case diagnosed in the U.K.

Dr. Ian Crozier stands with a group of survivors and a nurse at the Kenema Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. He contracted Ebola and was on the brink of death, but he survived.

Ebola Survivor: The Best Word For The Virus Is 'Aggression'

11:10am December 27, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

Dr. Ian Crozier was Emory University Hospital's sickest Ebola patient; his kidneys failed and he was on life support. He made a miraculous recovery and says the illness made him a better physician.

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Dr. Senga Omeonga pictured outside St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital in Monrovia. Omeonga moved to Liberia from DRC in 2011. He contracted Ebola but survived it.

Ebola Survivor: 'You Feel Like ... Maybe ... A Ghost'

5:06pm December 26, 2014

by Didrik Schanche

Outside St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital in Liberia, Dr. Senga Omeonga muses over the weeks he spent at an Ebola ward — not as a doctor, but as a patient. He says the experience was life-changing.

Mishandling Of Ebola Sample May Have Exposed CDC Technician To Virus

1:54pm December 26, 2014

by Rob Stein

The worker will be monitored for symptoms. Officials are investigating the incident, in which the virus was moved from a high-security lab to a low-security lab at the CDC's headquarters in Atlanta.