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Ebola veterans warn that vigilance is still needed as case numbers drop
It’s been a year since the World Health Organization officially declared that there was an Ebola outbreak in West Africa. A doctor and health journalist compare notes on what has been a long and traumatic year — and an epidemic that isn’t over just yet.
A new hotline fights Ebola-related stigma against African immigrants
Ebola is still a scary, hot-button issue in the United States, and some Africans immigrants say they’re being harrassed and discriminated against because of those fears. Now a web- and phone-based hotline is hoping to collect those stories and use them to fight back against unwarranted attacks.
Twitter snark helps put the geography of Ebola in stark relief
British chemist Anthony England was at home with plenty of time on his hands during the Ebola outbreak, reading the ongoing coverage and reactions. But the errors he found online infuriated him, leading him to make a satirical Ebola map that’s gone viral around the world.
Africa’s biggest soccer tournament will go on despite the Ebola threat
Morocco is scheduled to host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, the most important trophy on the continent. But its pleas to delay the tournament over the Ebola outbreak are being refused by Africa’s governing body for soccer, which is getting a mixed review from players and club officials.
US medical workers strike back at strict Ebola quarantines
No sooner had New York and New Jersey enacted strict new quarantine measures for travelers and health workers from West Africa than the backlash began. Health workers and officials quickly forced the states to rescind their policies, saying they’ll keep doctors and nurses from going to West Africa.
The ‘I am Liberian, not a virus’ campaign confronts the stigma of Ebola
Liberian American Shoana Solomon is one of four women who have launched the “I am Liberian, not a virus” campaign to fight the stigma of Ebola. She’s been especially motivated to battle unwarranted fear of West Africans since her nine-year-old daughter was harassed at her school in Delaware.