Epidemics
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Spokeswoman confirms arrival of healthcare worker at hospital which has treated four of 10 Ebola patients treated in US
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With global media attention focused on the Ebola outbreak in Africa, the spread of the Chikungunya virus has largely gone unnoticed outside of Latin America
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Residents cannot understand why beds are empty but Save the Children says phased opening is necessary to protect staff
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Nurse says Chris Christie disregarded science and constitution, insisting that ‘politicians who tell lies ... will hopefully never make it to the White House’
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Doctors pledge to do ‘everything humanly possible’ to help Dr Martin Salia, who arrived from Sierra Leone on Saturday, to fight the disease
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Hospital spokesman says Dr Martin Salia, a permanent resident from Sierra Leone, may receive experimental therapy
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Epidemic must be treated as a ‘mega natural disaster’ says EU commissioner, with $300m in extra debt relief pledged
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Doctor who contracted Ebola while caring for Patrick Sawyer, the first patient diagnosed with the virus in Nigeria, gives a powerful account of her treatment and recovery
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For survivors, the euphoria of having beaten the disease is soon followed by the battle to live with the stigma
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Commons committee told decline in Liberia cases does not signal end of crisis as 1,000 NHS staff volunteer to work in Africa
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Fears about the virus have lead to Africans feeling stigmatised around the world – if this has been your experience we’d like to hear from you
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Nick Dearden: Instead of more tired stereotypes of poor Africans, celebrities could highlight the geo-political problems that allowed the disease to spread
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Kaci Hickox and her boyfriend will likely leave their Maine town soon, as nurse says ‘I’m concerned the wrong people are leading the debate’
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Death of Godfrey George, who worked at a government hospital, announced by west African country’s chief medical officer
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Jeremy Farrar: New urgency on Ebola from the rich world, major investment and vaccine development suggest we may have reached the end of the beginning
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Daily Maverick finds heartache and stigma in the Guinean village where a two-year-old’s death is believed to have marked the start of an epidemic that has claimed more than 4900 lives
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New York governor says health workers could be quarantined at home after criticism while De Blasio blasts treatment of isolated nurse
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New Jersey governor says ‘this will be national policy sooner rather than later’ as US health expert criticises move
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Kaci Hickox tests negative but stays in New Jersey isolation amid criticism over new isolation rules
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Research in the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal suggests current efforts will not bring the outbreak under control
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You might be a politician if ... you tried to defund Ebola research, only to campaign on Ebola fear
George Chidi in AtlantaGeorge Chidi: It takes the perception of a crisis to make policymakers treat public health like a serious issue. Now that’s a tragedy -
Persistence, rigorous enforcement of quarantine and disinfection of premises contribute to a success story for Nigeria
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Youngor Jallah, the daughter of Eric Duncan’s fiance, has faced hostility and fear during her family’s three weeks in quarantine
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Letters: What are your human rights during quarantine? Is the emphasis on economic development in aid at the expense of the population? What about malaria?
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Senator demands travel bans and extra border guards but Obama and senior officials seek to avoid public hysteria
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Will Pooley speaks to the Guardian about his decision to return to Sierra Leone to help fight the epidemic that has killed more than 9,000 people across West Africa
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Film-maker Sorious Samura, recently returned from Liberia, says Ebola is still not under control, with cultural practices and data problems masking the true extent of the epidemic
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President rejects calls for west Africa travel ban as Oxfam warns disease could become ‘the disaster of our time’
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Fears evangelical churches that hold thousands and services promising ‘healing’ could ignite new chains of transmission
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US president says he will consider travel bans if expert deem them necessary and considers appointing ‘tsar’ to oversee response
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Hannah Giorgis: Ebola is now a stand-in for any combination of ‘African-ness’, ‘blackness’, ‘foreign-ness’ and ‘infestation’ – poised to ruin the perceived purity of western borders and bodies
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World Health Organisation warns globe could soon see 10,000 new cases a week as Barack Obama organises conference call with EU leaders to discuss the crisis
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Facebook founder and his wife give to CDC Foundation to help contain outbreak and prevent decades-long fight
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Australian public health researcher who established the link between climate change and disease
Stop calling me 'the Ebola nurse'