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Ebola outbreak in Uganda puts California doctors on alert
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoState officials and infectious diseases experts told doctors to be on the lookout for symptoms...
The Ebola virus: profile of a dreaded killer
AFP via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe highly contagious Ebola virus has claimed more than 15,000 lives since it was first identified in central Africa in 1976. In January, Uganda declared...
Marburg virus, a relative of Ebola with no approved vaccines or treatments, is spreading in West...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe risk to the U.S. is low, experts say. But "what happens in Africa can show up in your backyard...
Ebola Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News· 12 months agoHere’s a look at Ebola, a virus with a high fatality rate that was first identified in Africa in 1976. Facts Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by one of five different Ebola viruses ...
What we need to do about Uganda's Ebola outbreak should have happened years ago
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThe Ebola outbreak in Uganda is growing quickly. According to the World Health Organization (WHO),...
Health workers among dead in Uganda Ebola outbreak as UK agency monitoring new infections
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFour health workers are among 10 people who have died after an Ebola outbreak in Uganda that is...
Why declaring monkeypox a global health emergency is a preventative step -- not a reason for panic
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe monkeypox virus, shown in this illustration, can be transmitted through close contact between...
Liberia President Weah seeks re-election after chaotic first term
Reuters via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLiberia's president, George Weah, has a message for voters ahead of Tuesday's election: he needs...
A decade later, Liberians remember those who died in Ebola outbreak
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoLiberians gathered this week to mark a decade since the country was hit by a devastating Ebola...
These 4 lethal viruses could fuel the next pandemic, new research says. What they are—and how the...
Fortune via AOL· 7 months agoThe pathogens are expected to kill more than 15,000 annually by 2050—even if they don’t make an...