Ebola

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.

• By Emily Moon

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

• By Jack Herrera

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

• By Pacific Standard Staff

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.

• By Jack Herrera

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.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

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.

• By Jack Denton

The threat of disease made red states redder.

• By Tom Jacobs

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

• By Stephen S. Morse

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

• By Nathan Collins

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

• By Nathan Collins

Hint: It's not because of science.

• By Jared Keller

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.

• By Eric Horowitz

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?

• By Michelle Odlum

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

• By M. Sophia Newman

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

• By Francie Diep

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.

• By Charles Ornstein

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

• By Wes Judd

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

• By M. Sophia Newman

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

• By Seth Masket

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

• By John Upton