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Oyewale Tomori, president of the Nigerian Academy of Science, says Ebola has been worsened by an epidemic of misspent resources.
Read MoreThe biggest danger of Ebola is letting it spread unchecked in Africa. If we decide to detain people coming from Africa, it could deter health care workers from going there to treat the epidemic.
Read MoreThe Ebola epidemic in Africa looks likely to continue for months more, and it’s possible that another traveler might make it to the United States, either covertly or innocently. If so, let’s try to keep our Ebolanoia under control.
Read MoreAttention to mundane details is crucial to controlling the spread of an infectious disease.
Read MoreIf you’ve been following the Ebola story, you may have noticed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a move yesterday to try to keep the disease off US soil. At the five US airports that receive most passengers from the three countries where Ebola is circulating, passengers will be singled out on […]
Read MoreIf you’re at all interested in infectious diseases, you’ve probably heard by now that a person traveled to the United States while infected with Ebola, was diagnosed and is now in a hospital in Texas. (I was on a flight without Wi-Fi yesterday from before the press conference was announced to after it concluded. Turning […]
Read MoreThe United States government proposed several important steps last week that, if accomplished, will significantly change how this country attempts to counter the advance of antibiotic resistance.
Read MoreA new study shows that people who work with farm animals are carrying superbugs home in their noses.
Read MoreWithout immediate action, Ebola could claim tens to hundreds of thousands more lives by the end of 2014.
Read MoreA new report in the journal Pediatrics found that between 2003 and 2012, more than 100 children and teens each year were made dangerously ill or paralyzed by infections carried by mosquitoes, and two died.
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