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Amid the epidemic, young people are carrying on dancing at the Fatou Rose hotel, putting Red Cross health advice to one side and trusting in chlorinated water
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World Health Organisation doubts feasibility of placebo-controlled trials in west Africa, but FDA favours ‘gold standard’
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A diagnosis for Ebola could be given in as little as 15 minutes as French researchers make headway with a new test for the virus
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The impacts of Ebola have already contributed to the collapse of London mining, but the disease is also having a devastating impact on Sierra Leone’s informal mining sector
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Doctor who worked with Ebola sufferers in Guinea has been in in isolation unit in New York hospital since 23 October
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Analysis Ebola crisis - the Guardian briefing
The Ebola outbreak has killed about 5,000 people in west Africa, and affected the US and Spain, where people returning from the region have died and transmitted the infection to several nurses. We examine the background to the disease, its spread and its impact
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