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Marion Koopmans (R)is shown holding a folded white paper and reaching out to shake the hand of Liang Wannian.
COVID-19
WHO draft report says animals likely source of COVID-19
A large group of people from the WHO are shown wearing face masks with a car in the nearground.
COVID-19
WHO team visits Wuhan hospital that had early COVID patients
Jianjay Potter and Grace Zardon in Monrovia, Liberia.
Health
For Ebola patients, a way to see the faces of those helping
At Redemption Hospital in Liberia, health workers screen patients for Ebola at the entrance to the facility, cleaning them off with a chlorine solution, taking their temperature and asking a series of questions. "At our hospital we have tried to create a
Health
Ebola is creating a new epidemic of untreated illness and injury
Nurse Kaci Hickox and her boyfriend, Ted Wilbur, speak with the media outside of their home in Fort Kent, Maine, on October 31, 2014. Hickox defied quarantine orders in New Jersey and Maine after returning from West Africa but testing negative for Ebola.
Health
Calm down — America is officially Ebola-free
Susan Sorrenti, an ICU nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, nearly died from SARS back in 2003. She says she feels empathy for the nurses in Texas who contracted Ebola from treating a sick patient.
Health
The US Ebola cases remind Toronto healthcare workers of their SARS outbreak in 2003
Government health workers are seen during the administration of blood tests for the Ebola virus in Kenema, Sierra Leone, on June 25, 2014.
Medicine
The race is on to make a better Ebola test kit
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
Health & Medicine
Deadly MERS Virus Traced to Bats in Saudi Arabia
Health & Medicine
Record drought conditions contribute to unprecedented levels of West Nile virus
Health & Medicine
Outbreak of rare disease in the Netherlands
Development & Education
Fighting rabies in Bali
Arts, Culture & Media
Does Your Zombie Have Rabies?
Conflict & Justice
Mexicans Debate the Fate of Stray Dogs Blamed in Four Mauling Deaths
Meningitis Death Toll Reaches 23
Robins and West Nile Virus
Flu Preparedness
High Security Lab Plans Draw Community Protests in Boston
Ecodemics
SARS Update
Native Virus
Health Note
Environment
Don’t Worry, It’s Just the Plague
Global Politics
Rabies outbreak in Bali