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Ebola Is Dead (For Now)
Rich Juzwiak · 01/14/16 09:45AMThe World Health Organization has declared an end to the deadliest Ebola outbreak on record, reports the New York Times. The announcement comes after the countries hit hardest by the epidemic—Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea—reported zero cases for 42 days, or two incubation periods. During its two thriving years, the epidemic killed 11,300 people and infected more than 28,500.
Delta Air Lines Bans Nasty-Ass Big-Game Trophies From Flights
Hudson Hongo · 08/03/15 06:35PMDead Teen Tests Positive for Ebola Virus in Liberia
Hudson Hongo · 06/29/15 11:30PMThis Gambian Coup Failed Because the Plotters Were Dumbasses
Sam Biddle · 01/14/15 02:15PMTexas College Rejects African Applicants Because It Fears Ebola
Hamilton Nolan · 10/15/14 08:13AM121 People Died of Ebola in Sierra Leone in a Single Day
Aleksander Chan · 10/06/14 08:17AMCDC: Ebola Could Infect 1.4 Million by January
Aleksander Chan · 09/23/14 12:08PMFollowing the World Health Organization's prediction that the Ebola virus could spread to more than 20,000 cases in Africa by November of this year, the Centers for Disease Control has released their own prediction: 1.4 million cases by mid-January of next year. The CDC's estimation, the Associated Press reports, is based on the largely held assumption that the number of actual cases on the continent are underreported.
WHO Report: More Than 20,000 Cases of Ebola in Africa By November
Aleksander Chan · 09/23/14 06:58AMIn a dire, grim report by the World Health Organization released in the New England Journal of Medicine Monday, researchers estimate that the Ebola virus runs a serious risk of becoming endemic in West Africa and remain a constant presence on the continent. "The epidemiologic outlook is bleak," doctors in the report write.
U.S. to Send up to 3,000 Troops to Africa to Combat Spreading Ebola
Aleksander Chan · 09/16/14 07:17AMPresident Obama is expected to announced today a serious expansion of the American military and healthcare presence in Africa to combat the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history. Up to 3,000 troops could be dispatched to the country to build treatment centers, train healthcare workers, and set up a military command center to coordinate help.
Kenyan Officials Close Borders to Travelers from Ebola-Affected States
Dayna Evans · 08/16/14 03:00PMThe Deadliest-Ever Ebola Outbreak: How It Started, and What's Next
Andy Cush · 08/01/14 11:20AMFrom Africa, and for Africa
Hamilton Nolan · 07/31/14 12:05PMWreckage Found from Air Algerie Crash
Kelly Conaboy · 07/24/14 09:32PMAlgerian Official: Missing Plane With 116 People on Board Has Crashed
Andy Cush · 07/24/14 06:56AMMeet the Texas Cheerleader Famous for Killing Animals in Africa
Allie Jones · 07/01/14 09:35AMKendall Jones, a 19-year-old Texas Tech cheerleader and aspiring TV star, has a thing for trophy hunting in Africa. She's been making safari trips to Zimbabwe and South Africa since she was 13, and her Facebook page, where she posts pictures of herself with dead animals, has almost 18,000 likes. Animal rights activists are pissed.