ebola

Politics And Ebola Are Not Such Strange Bedfellows, Report Says

5:18pm March 23, 2016

by Marc Silver

Issued two years after the first case was confirmed in West Africa, an International Rescue Committee report on lessons from the epidemic stresses the critical role of politics.

Dr. Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu is one of this year's winners of the Elsevier Foundation Award for female scientists in the developing world.

Names We'd Like To See When We Google 'Women Changing The World'

3:09pm March 09, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

Oprah, Sheryl Sandberg and Malala Yousafzai lead the list of world changers. But there are a lot of unsung candidates who deserve a shout-out.

Health & Safety

Zika Isn't The Only Outbreak; Nigeria Struggles To Rein In Lassa Fever

3:49pm March 04, 2016

Spread mainly by rodents, Lassa is a perennial but small problem. Yet a current outbreak has claimed over 100 lives and is proving difficult to quash.

Garmai Sumo is a nurse featured in the documentary, Body Team 12. In one scene, she shares her religious views: "When they die, the righteous will resurrect on the day of the trumpet. But everyone remain in their grave for now."

Why An Ebola Body Collector Will Be Watching The Oscars Tonight

7:00am February 28, 2016

by Marc Silver

Garmai Sumo is a 29-year-old mom and health worker who collected bodies of Ebola victims during the epidemic — and the main character of an Oscar-nominated documentary.

Benjamin McCrumade, at right, gets ready for the finals.

After Ebola, Surf's Up Again In Liberia

10:29am February 06, 2016

by Ashoka Mukpo

Aid workers introduced kids to the sport. Now there's an annual competition — canceled last year because of Ebola but back in 2016.

When a country is declared Ebola-free â like Sierra Leone last November â the mood is upbeat. But that doesn't mean the virus is vanquished, as Sierra Leone learned this month.

Has The World Learned The Wrong Lessons From The Ebola Outbreak?

3:34pm January 19, 2016

by Nahid Bhadelia

By focusing on the end of the epidemic, writes infectious disease specialist Nahid Bhadelia, we miss the larger point.

A corpse has tested positive for the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, a day after world health officials declared West Africa free of the disease. On Friday, people pass a banner reading

World News

Sierra Leone Reports Ebola Death, 1 Day After Outbreak Declared Over

11:33am January 15, 2016

by Bill Chappell

On Thursday, the World Health Organization announced that West Africa was Ebola-free. The virus has been found to survive in people for nine months or more.

Guinea is where the Ebola outbreak started in West Africa. In this photo from November 2014, workers from the local Red Cross prepare to bury people who died of the virus.

5 Mysteries About Ebola: From Bats To Eyeballs To Blood

7:23pm January 14, 2016

by Nurith Aizenman

The World Health Organization declared West Africa officially Ebola-free on Thursday, but more cases are likely, and scientists say they have a lot of unanswered questions.

Queue Listen Now

An optometrist confronts the killers responsible for his brother's death during the 1965 Indonesian genocide in The Look of Silence.

The Oscars Show Some Love To Global Topics

6:29pm January 14, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

And the nominees for the 88th Academy Awards include plenty of globally minded films, covering everything from Ebola to honor killings.

A unidentified family member (right) of a 10-year-old boy that contracted Ebola has her temperature measured by a health worker outside an Ebola clinic on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, on Nov. 20. Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have now gone 42 da

West Africa Is Finally Declared Ebola-Free — For Now

1:02pm January 14, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

For the first time since the most recent Ebola outbreak began, Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have each reported zero cases of Ebola for 42 days in a row. But the risk of small flare-ups remains.