How the Ebola Epidemic Will Lead to Measles Outbreaks Too
The Ebola epidemic will likely lead to outbreaks of other diseases, but countries could prevent that with vaccination campaigns.
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When a Patient’s Health Problems Are Used as Hospital PR
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.
Don’t Panic Over This Latest ‘Superbug’
If recent history is any indication, we're well-equipped for this scary new bacteria.
Can We Ever Really Eradicate a Disease?
Experts are debating whether an Ebola vaccine can eradicate the disease in 2015. They’re getting way ahead of themselves.
When Disease Becomes Political: The Likely Electoral Fallout From Ebola
Will voters blame President Obama—and punish Democrats in the upcoming mid-term elections—for a climate of fear?
Why Ebola Is Winning
In the fight against the latest Ebola outbreak, underfunded medical workers in West Africa are logistically outmanned.
Sharing Malaria with the African Thicket Rat
Until now, the most deadly form of malaria in humans, Plasmodium falciparum, has been linked to the disease…