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Official WHO Ebola toll near 5,000 with true number nearer 15,000

Reuters: At least 4,877 people have died in the world’s worst recorded outbreak of Ebola, and at least 9,936 cases of the disease had been recorded as of Oct. 19, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, but the true toll may be three times as much.

October 23, 2014
| Filed under International, Middle East, and Public Health
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WHO declares end of Ebola outbreak in Nigeria

WorldHealthOrganization: On October 20, Nigeria reached the 42-day mark of having no new cases of Ebola detected and has thus been declared free of Ebola transmission.

October 23, 2014
| Filed under Africa, International, and Public Health
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Why Americans Still Shouldn’t Be Scared Of Catching Ebola

Forbes: The United States’ built-in defenses are stronger than this infection. Your risk of catching Ebola is still far less than your risk of dying from the flu, which killed 53,667 Americans in 2010. In fact, if you’re not a healthcare worker treating an Ebola patient, it’s probably zero.

October 20, 2014
| Filed under North America and Public Health
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How the microscopic Ebola virus kills thousands

TheWashingtonPost: The fear of Ebola has spread faster in America than the virus itself. Ebola has infected the American psyche, forcing us to do risk analysis of a pathogen we know little about.

October 20, 2014
| Filed under Africa, International, North America, and Public Health
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Dozens Declared Free of Ebola Risk in Texas

NewYorkTimes: At least one chapter of the Ebola saga neared a close Sunday, as most of the dozens of people who had direct or indirect contact here with Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died of Ebola, were told by officials that they were no longer at risk of contracting the disease.