ebola

Health & Safety

In Collecting And Cremating Ebola Victims, A Grim Public Service

8:28pm October 09, 2014

Robert Siegel talks to Stephen Rowden, a volunteer with Doctors Without Borders who was in Liberia. For a month, Rowden was in charge of removing and cremating the bodies of Ebola victims.

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In Frisco, Texas, Fire Chief Mark Piland (left) and Mayor Maher Maso hold a press conference at the Central Fire Station on Wednesday.

Ebola: Does The Risk Justify The Intensity Of Coverage?

7:00pm October 09, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

A series of developments over the past 24 hours have made one Ebola case feel like an epidemic. But the truth is the risk of Ebola spreading in the United States is the same it's been for months.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visited West Point in August, when the impoverished neighborhood was quarantined to prevent the spread of Ebola.

Three Forlorn Presidents Bring Ebola Wish List To The World Bank

6:28pm October 09, 2014

by Jackie Northam

The leaders of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone pleaded for help at the annual World Bank-IMF meeting: "This slower-than-the-virus response needs to change."

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Astrophysicist Szabolcs Marka has a radical idea: Use light as a barrier between mosquitoes and humans. He was awarded a $100,000 Grand Challenge grant by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to see if the idea really works.

Help Wanted: Unlikely Geniuses To Solve Public Health Problems

3:13pm October 09, 2014

by Linda Poon

The Grand Challenge is a new tradition in the world of public health: asking anyone (and everyone) to come up with innovations. The latest assignment: design cooler protective gear for Ebola teams.

A vehicle that picks up hospital waste arrives at Teresa Romero Ramos' house in Alcorcon, outside Madrid, on Wednesday. The Spanish nurse was the first case of human-to-human Ebola contagion in Europe.

Hospital: Condition Of Spanish Nurse With Ebola Is Deteriorating

1:08pm October 09, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The hospital declined to elaborate on details of Teresa Romero Ramos, 44, who was admitted earlier this week after apparently contracting the disease from a patient she was treating.

The home of Marthalene Williams, the Ebola-stricken woman aided by Thomas Eric Duncan. A man on the porch, who appeared to be in the late stages of Ebola, informed our photographer that he'd been to a hospital but was told to return home and quarantine hi

Fond Memories Of Ebola Victim Eric Duncan, Anger Over His Death

9:13am October 09, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

He likely contracted the virus when he carried an ailing pregnant woman into her home. Relatives and neighbors in Liberia miss his jovial spirit — and lash out at their government and the U.S.

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Broad channels of short-term economic impact from the Ebola epidemic, as laid out in the World Bank report. For a larger version, click here.

World Bank Says Ebola Could Inflict Enormous Economic Losses

6:43am October 09, 2014

by Marilyn Geewax

In 2013, Sierra Leone and Liberia ranked second and sixth among countries with the highest GDP growth in the world. But that growth has stopped because of the deadly Ebola virus.

A comparison of reproduction numbers, or R0s, for several viruses. R0 is one measure of contagiousness.

No, Seriously, How Contagious Is Ebola?

8:22pm October 08, 2014

by Michaeleen Doucleff

A man with Ebola spent four days out in the Dallas community, possibly infecting others. So why are health officials so sure they can stop Ebola from spreading?

A team from Dr. Paul Farmer's Partners In Health nonprofit visited southeast Liberia's Martha Tubman Memorial Hospital in September. The hospital has a new, six-bed isolation unit financed by the U.N.

A Strong Voice From The Ebola Front: Lorenzo Dorr

4:23pm October 08, 2014

by Hannah Bloch

Drugs are in short supply. So is protective gear. Muddy roads may be impassable. But community health worker Lorenzo Dorr continues his efforts to keep Ebola in check in remote parts of Liberia.

The dog Excalibur belongs to Teresa Ramos, the Ebola-afflicted nurse in Spain. Here, the pet poses with her husband, Javier Limon.

Excalibur, The Dog Exposed To Ebola, Is Euthanized

3:19pm October 08, 2014

by Lauren Frayer

The pet belongs to the Spanish nurse who contracted the virus. Authorities are afraid he might have been infected and announced plans to put him down. Dog lovers begged for a reprieve.