Ebola

The virus exposed the dire state of Liberia's water system, and forced the country to revamp the way it provides clean water access to its citizens.

States try to keep the Colorado River flowing, an Ebola outbreak continues, and the U.K.'s highest court says the cake shop customer isn't always right.

As of this week, the World Health Organization has recorded 127 confirmed cases and 87 confirmed or probable deaths in the DRC due to the virus.

A new outbreak of the deadly virus has killed dozens in one of the world's poorest countries.

People carry a cross for a grave on August 23rd, 2018, in Mangina, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing an alarming Ebola outbreak, with 10 health-care workers now reported to be infected by the highly contagious virus.

A nurse working with the World Health Organization shows a bottle containing Ebola vaccine at the town hall of Mbandaka on May 21st, 2018, during the launch of the Ebola vaccination campaign.

The disease's presence in Mbandaka, population 1.2 million, is the first non-rural case in what appears to be a new epidemic of the notoriously contagious disease.

The threat of disease made red states redder.

We long ago abandoned control over Zika-carrying mosquitoes. There's no excuse for being so short-sighted about public health initiatives.

Researchers find the disease may have long-term effects on the brain, but a treatment may be on the way.

The most cost-effective approach to fighting disease outbreaks may depend on how society and the media respond, a new study finds.

Hint: It's not because of science.

It may seem reasonable for on-air talent to fill airtime with speculation and predictions, but it’s more difficult for us to correct that sort of misinformation later on.

There are a lot of similarities between the global response to the Ebola outbreak and the United Nation’s failure to quickly recognize the threat of HIV. Did we learn anything this time around?

While it's clear that many overestimated Ebola's impact, it's hard to draw a direct line from fearful predictions to economic loss.

The Ebola epidemic will likely lead to outbreaks of other diseases, but countries could prevent that with vaccination campaigns.

In a recently filed lawsuit, Ebola-infected nurse Nina Pham says that a colleague videotaped her without her permission and then the hospital she was treated in released the tape to the media, violating her privacy.

If recent history is any indication, we're well-equipped for this scary new bacteria.

Experts are debating whether an Ebola vaccine can eradicate the disease in 2015. They’re getting way ahead of themselves.

Will voters blame President Obama—and punish Democrats in the upcoming mid-term elections—for a climate of fear?

In the fight against the latest Ebola outbreak, underfunded medical workers in West Africa are logistically outmanned.