Ebola

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Health

Why Health Workers In The Ebola Hot Zone Are Threatening To Strike

Threats and attacks have become a way of life — even for staff at regular hospitals. For the simple act of referring patients to Ebola treatment centers, they have become targets.
Nurith Aizenman
Science

Don't Panic: Stories Of Coping Amidst Chaos

Chaos is a part of all of our lives. Sometimes we try to control it. And other times, we just have to live with it. On this week's Hidden Brain, we bring you two of our favorite stories about coping with chaos. They come from our 2016 episodes "Panic in the Streets" and "Embrace the Chaos."
Shankar Vedantam

Chris Benderev

Tara Boyle

Renee Klahr
Health

Why Doctors Without Borders Is Pulling Out Of The Ebola Epicenter In Congo

After two fiery attacks on its treatment centers in Democratic Republic of the Congo, the medical charity is putting its operations there on hold — and rethinking its role.
Nurith Aizenman
Health

Why Does Ebola Keep Spreading In Congo? Here's A Major Clue

Responders are zeroing in on an important source of new infections in the towns of Katwa and Butembo.
Nurith Aizenman
Health

The Health Of The World In 2018, By The Numbers

There is cause for optimism — and for despair. One statistic is so distressing that the Red Cross calls it "a hideous milestone for the 21st century."
Susan Brink
Health

Do You Know The Right Way To Wash Your Hands? Watch This Video Aimed At Halting Ebola

There are six separate steps in the video from Democratic Republic of the Congo — and that's not counting "abundantly" wetting your hands and lathering up.
Nurith Aizenman
Health

An Angry Crowd, A Burial Team's Escape: Scenes From The Ebola Outbreak

Health workers and other responders are threatened as often as three or four times a week in Democratic Republic of the Congo. And efforts to bring security are proving difficult.
Nurith Aizenman
Health

How Worried Should We Be About Ebola In Congo?

WHO upgraded the risk factor to "very high" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Yet officials point to reasons for cautious optimism.
NPR Staff
Health

Violent Ebola Zone Calls For Creative Strategies

There's another Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — in a part of the country racked by violent conflict. So how do you get help to people in areas too dangerous to visit?
NPR Staff
Photos: Lewis-McChord's Ebola Monitoring Camp Winds Down For Second Wave Of Soldiers

The 100 soldiers from Fort Carson’s 615th Engineer Company have their temperature recorded twice a day. They’ve been lining up for these temperature...
Patricia Murphy

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