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Disease
A spike in ringworm cases in Spain leads to a surprising culprit: the barbershop
A man is shown in soft focus in the near ground wearing a reflective jacket and standing near an area with a restricted zone sign.
COVID-19
Virus spreads to more Chinese cities, President Xi says containment is priority
The Ebola virus might remain present in body fluids including semen longer than previously thought.
Medicine
Unravelling an ‘epidemiological mystery’ about the transmission of Ebola in semen
A baboon stakes out a walkway near the entrance of Tanzania's Udzungwa National Park. With human settlement at the base of the still wild Udzungwa Mountains growing fast, humans and wild animals are coming into ever more frequent contact, creating what on
Environment
To prevent the next Ebola, scientists try to catch new viruses before they break out
Interviewing people in Guinea in December "They were telling me they didn’t believe Ebola was a real virus. "BBC correspondent Tulip Mazumdar conducts an interview in Guinea in December 2014. "They were telling me they didn’t believe Ebola was a real vir
Health
Ebola veterans warn that vigilance is still needed as case numbers drop
An ambulance transporting an Ebola patient drives to the entrance of a treatment centre outside Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Health
An American aid worker with Ebola receives speedy care, while a Sierra Leonean colleague is ‘left behind’
A baby looks out of a box at an outdoor market in Devils Hole, Sierra Leone. A new report suggests Ebola has created 12,000 orphans in the West African country.
Health
Armies of student volunteers are key to Sierra Leone’s fight against Ebola
A mural in Monrovia illustrating health instructions for treating the Ebola virus.
Health
Liberians worry that next week’s elections might spread Ebola
Edward Turay, Sierra Leone's High Commissioner to Britain, attends the "Defeating Ebola: Sierra Leone" conference in central London on October 2, 2014.
Health
Ebola cases are soaring in Sierra Leone, and the government is coming up short
Young residents pose for a photograph on a street in the Clifton neighborhood of Staten Island in New York on October 25, 2014. The area is home to a community known as "Little Liberia" — it has the largest concentration of Liberians outside of Africa.
Health
A new hotline fights Ebola-related stigma against African immigrants
A satirical map created by Anthony England to show people around the world how little of Africa has been affected by the Ebola outbreak.
Health
Twitter snark helps put the geography of Ebola in stark relief
Liberian American Shoana Solomon started a campaign called "I am a Liberian, not a virus," to combat the stigma of Ebola.
Health
The ‘I am Liberian, not a virus’ campaign confronts the stigma of Ebola
A man washes his hands at a tap outside the Green Pharmacy at Area 8 in Abuja, Nigeria.
Health
Nigeria’s government stunned critics in acting quickly to make the country ‘Ebola free’
AC Milan's Michael Essien takes part in a training session at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on March 10, 2014, ahead of a UEFA Champions League match against Atlético Madrid.
Sports
Soccer star Michael Essien doesn’t have Ebola — so who started the rumor that he did?
US Marines have their temperatures taken upon arrival at Roberts International airport outside Monrovia, Liberia, on October 9, 2014.
Health
America’s ambassador in Liberia says progress must be quicker on Ebola
An ambulance enters the emergency area at the Alcorcón hospital outside Madrid. The Spanish nurse who contracted Ebola while treating infected patients is currently in isolation at the facility.
Media
There’s a fine line between reporting about Ebola and spreading panic
John Karanjah helps a guest with a picnic breakfast
Economics
Kenya is thousands of miles away from the Ebola outbreak, but tourists are still staying away
Bernice Dahn, Liberia's chief medical officer and deputy health minister, has put herself in quarantine as a precaution against Ebola after one of her assistants died from the disease.
Health
Liberia’s top doctor quarantines herself to set an example in her Ebola-ridden country
Ane Bjøru Fjeldsæter, an MSF Mental Health Manager from Norway, poses with six-year-old Ebola survivor Patrick.
Health
Ebola forges a bond between a young boy and the psychologist who helped him
Pupils of Olumawu School in Nigeria are guided through the use of hand sanitizers. Nigeria is so far managing to halt the spread of Ebola.
Science
A scientist on the cutting edge of Ebola research calls for calm and focus
Members of a Red Cross burial team put on personal protective equipment before entering the home of a woman suspected of dying of Ebola in the village of Dia on Monday, August 18, 2014.
Health
A photographer gets up close with the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
Kent Brantly, who contracted the deadly Ebola virus, smiles during a press conference at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Brantly along with a second American aid worker who contracted Ebola while treating victims of the deadly virus in Libe
Medicine
Two infected Americans are now Ebola-free, but doctors aren’t sure why
An immigration officer wears a face mask at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja August 11, 2014.
Health
Ebola’s spread to Nigeria presents a whole new level of risk
Health
Liberia doesn’t have many doctors, and it’s battling Ebola with minimal supplies