CNN5 年
The Ebola death toll exceeds 1,600. This is what it’s like on the front lines
It is still at the same intensity and is still as dangerous as it was before.” The Ebola virus first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, one in what is now Nzara, South Sudan ...
BBC6 年
Life after Ebola
It has been four years since the Ebola virus outbreak in the West African states of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone was first reported. Photographer Hugh Kinsella Cunningham has been back to ...
Nature4 年
Ebola virus: from discovery to vaccine
Ebola virus, being highly pathogenic for humans and non-human primates and the subject of former weapons programmes, is now one of the most feared pathogens worldwide. In addition, the lack of pre ...
BBC6 年
Why Ebola keeps coming back
Getty Images The last Ebola outbreak in the DR ... That it should reappear so far away is not in itself a surprise. The Ebola virus has been traced back to two simultaneous outbreaks in 1976 ...
Satellite images show major expansion at Russian site with secret bioweapons past
New construction at a military research site near Moscow reveals a specialized laboratory complex designed to research and handle deadly pathogens, experts say.
National Geographic news5 年
What’s keeping scientists from vanquishing Ebola?
More than 40 years after it was identified, the Ebola virus continues to defy drugs, treatment plans—and experts’ best efforts to solve its mysteries. Ebola vaccine has to be kept cold.