What Are the Chances 1.4 Million People Willl Really Get Ebola? (Not high)
There are hundreds of bits of data behind the apocalyptic estimate from the Centers for Disease Control, but just one of them drove the…
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How Global Health Failed as the Ebola Outbreak Took Hold
Liberians have been sounding the alarm for weeks. Why has real action on Ebola been so slow? MONROVIA, Liberia — Every day, 25 volunteers…
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Ebola is Killing Liberia’s Coffin Business
Everyone is afraid of the dead, so the funeral business is slow. MONROVIA, Liberia — It’s late in the afternoon, and there are plenty…
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A Miracle in Liberia’s Biggest Maternity Ward, Despite Ebola Crisis
The facility shut its doors after its top doctor died, but now it’s bringing babies into the world by the dozen. MONROVIA, Liberia —…
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Meet Some of the Hidden Heroes of Liberia’s Ebola crisis
Nobody asked Jonathan Enders to turn his school’s kitchen into a cafeteria for Ebola’s first responders. It simply needed to be done. MONROVIA, Liberia…
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Mistrust and Confusion Swirl Around Ebola Reports in One Neighborhood
A crowd in a slum in the capital of Liberia attacked an Ebola holding facility Saturday. As the government tries to save face, the…
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Meet the Men With the Most Dangerous Job in the World
Ebola is at its most contagious in a human body when that body has just died. MONROVIA, Liberia — It takes five grown men…
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Liberia Finally Gets More Beds for Ebola Patients
Doctors Without Borders has admitted its first patients to the biggest isolation facility it has ever built. But it’s still not going to be…
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Mob Destroys Ebola Center Two Days After It Opens
Fear and denial of the deadly virus are pervasive in Liberia. The mob exponentially increased the risk in one of the country’s biggest Ebola…
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In Sweden Being a Prostitute is Legal — But Paying One Isn’t
The “Nordic model” is becoming ever more influential around the world. But public health officials and some human rights workers wonder if Sweden is…
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