Surgeon who died from Ebola endured treatment delays
A surgeon who contracted Ebola in his native Sierra Leone did not receive aggressive treatment until nearly two weeks after he first started showing symptoms.
Ebola drug testing sparks ethics debate
Health officials are scrambling to begin human testing of a handful of experimental drugs for Ebola.
Ebola workers ask Congress for help
WASHINGTON — Health workers on the front line of the Ebola crisis say the need for urgent help isn’t letting up, as Congress begins considering
Ebola nurse to remain a voice against quarantines
The Maine nurse who defied quarantine attempts after treating Ebola patients in West Africa is looking forward to stepping out her front door — “like normal people.”
Fearing Ebola? Doctors say get a flu shot
Fever? Headache? Muscle aches? Forget about Ebola — chances are astronomically higher that you have the flu or some other common bug.
Ebola hits health care access for other deadly diseases
The Ebola outbreak has spawned a “silent killer,” experts say: hidden cases of malaria, pneumonia, typhoid and the like that are going untreated.
Michael Gerson: Bill Gates’ moment
“Ebola has reminded people that it is not just poor people who can die of infectious disease,” Bill Gates tells me, in a characteristically matter-of-fact tone.
Nurse free to move about as restrictions eased
A nurse who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone can move about as she pleases after a Maine judge eased state-imposed restrictions on her.
Life goes on for nurse in standoff over Ebola
In between going on a bike ride and taking delivery of a pizza, nurse Kaci Hickox and her boyfriend did chores and watched a movie while state officials struggled to reach a compromise in a standoff that has become the nation’s most closely watched clash between personal freedom and fear of Ebola.
If Ebola batters United States, we are not prepared
The U.S. health care apparatus is so unprepared and short on resources to deal with the deadly Ebola virus that even small clusters of cases could overwhelm parts of the system.
Showdown imminent over nurse’s quarantine in Maine
State officials are seeking a judge’s permission to require quarantine for a nurse who’s vowed to defy Maine’s request for self-isolation.
Ebola nurse on defensive gets call from Obama
A nurse who fueled Ebola fears by flying to Cleveland after being infected by her dying patient was released Tuesday from a hospital isolation unit.
Patient Zero in Ebola outbreak was Guinean toddler
In the Guinean village where the current West African Ebola outbreak began, 14 graves mark the spot where the lethal virus began to spiral out of control.
Maine’s Ebola protocols mean quarantine for nurse
A nurse who treated Ebola patients in West Africa agreed to be quarantined at home in Maine upon her return from a weekend of confinement in New Jersey.
Drugmakers bet on Ebola vaccines, treatments
Drugmakers are racing to develop vaccines and drugs to address the worst outbreak of Ebola in history.
WHO: Millions of Ebola vaccine doses ready in 2015
The World Health Organization says millions of doses of two experimental Ebola vaccines could be ready for use in 2015.
Dallas nurse receives thanks, hug from Obama
A nurse who caught Ebola while caring for a Dallas patient who died of the disease walked out of a Washington-area hospital virus-free Friday and into open arms.
After 1st Ebola case in NYC, 3 others quarantined
A doctor who became New York City’s first Ebola patient was praised for getting treatment immediately upon showing symptoms.
Ebola: A crash course in fear and how it hurts us
Ebola is giving Americans a crash course in fear.
CDC: U.S. to track everyone coming from Ebola nations
All travelers who come into the U.S. from three Ebola-stricken West African nations will now be monitored for three weeks.