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.
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.
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.