Ebola virus disease

Jianjay Potter and Grace Zardon in Monrovia, Liberia.

For Ebola patients, a way to see the faces of those helping

April 7, 2015
Health

Imagine being in a hospital with a deadly illness and you can't see the faces of the people caring for you. That's what it's like for Ebola patients. And it's what Los Angeles-based artist Mary Beth Heffernan went to Liberia to change.

For Ebola patients, a way to see the faces of those helping
Ebola test

With no time to find a cure, Ebola could be contained faster with a quicker test

October 16, 2014
Global Politics
With no time to find a cure, Ebola could be contained faster with a quicker test
An electron microscope image of the string-like Ebola virus. Scientists at the NIH are working quickly on a drug and vaccine they hope will halt the spread of Ebola.

Scientists are racing to perform human trials on a possible cure and vaccine for Ebola

September 7, 2014
Medicine
Scientists are racing to perform human trials on a possible cure and vaccine for Ebola

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