Sierra Leone Puts North On Lockdown Amid Ebola Spread
The country that has been hardest-hit by the ongoing outbreak of the deadly virus, has shut down shops, markets and most travel in the north.
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U.N. Reports More Than 7,000 Ebola Deaths Since March
The World Health Organization has added nearly 400 more deaths from the current outbreak since its last report earlier this week.
A Nurse's Desperate Plea: Show Me The Ebola Money
Patients escape. Long gloves, chlorine and toilets are in short supply. Despite promises of international aid, the essentials of medical care are still missing at one Sierra Leone treatment center.
World's Slow Response To Ebola Leaves Sierra Leone Villages Scrambling
With the number of new infections reaching a record high, there's no time to wait for international aid to build perfect Ebola treatment centers. So village leaders are making do with what they have.
Idris Elba Plays A Soccer Coach Out To Crush Ebola In New Ad Campaign
The British actor and a group of African soccer stars have teamed up with the CDC in a new public health campaign. The message: Ebola "is not an ordinary game. This is life or death."
A Deadly Chain: Tracing Ebola In A Sierra Leone Village
Why is Sierra Leone reporting an uptick in Ebola cases while Liberia's outbreak is slowing? The chain of events in one village points up the obstacles that the country is facing.
Hissing And Sighing: The Lament Of Sex Workers In Sierra Leone
Ebola has made it harder for the prostitutes who issue a come-hither "hiss" along Lumley Beach. Customers are hard to find, pay is down, and, like everyone, the women are scared of the deadly virus.
Ebola Survey Teams Take A Grim Census In Sierra Leone
As Ebola surges in the east African country, the capital city sends surveillance teams into the neighborhoods to record who might be sick with the virus — or already dead.
Anesthesia Miracle: No Power, No Oxygen Tanks, No Problem
Frustrated by anesthesia machines that conked out when the power faltered, Dr. Paul Fenton came up with a solution: The Universal Anesthesia Machine.
An Ebola Clinic Figures Out A Way To Start Beating The Odds
Staff members at a clinic in Sierra Leone were told to minimize treatments and expect few survivors. But they refused to follow that plan and came up with a safe way to boost the survival rate.