But Ebola could only be spread by direct contact with bodily fluids, whereas the coronavirus can travel on sneezes and coughs. And Ebola patients got very sick, very quickly.

THE OUTBREAK LAST TIME The Ebola virus dominated headlines in the United States in the summer and fall of 2014, as it spread uncontrollably across West Africa; Thomas Duncan became the first infected ...

One of most egregiously misleading things Kamala Harris said during her first speech as Joe Biden’s running mate was to compare the outbreak of Ebola to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A vaccine for Ebola already exists and the FDA approved a new one this past December. But it’s way too early to talk about eradicating the disease in Africa, which is usually where outbreaks occur.

Ebola, which causes a hemorrhagic fever that’s deadly in about half of cases, is incredibly potent but has been mostly contained to the DRC, where it has killed 2,246 of the roughly 3,500 people ...

"The most recent Ebola outbreak is a good example of how we coordinate and work together," says Dr. Stacey Mearns, the IRC's senior technical advisor for emergency health who was deputy director of ...

Reports that Ebola has been “cured” are greatly exaggerated. Here’s what new drugs can do for those sickened in the latest outbreak -- and what they can’t. Aug. 16, 2019 ...

Lessons from an Ebola survivor: Here’s what we can do about the coronavirus Covid-19 isn’t “just a flu.” It’s also not the apocalypse. By Ashoka Mukpo Updated March 16, 2020, 6:00 p.m. 10 ...

The 2014 Ebola epidemic has sometimes been dubbed a global wake-up call to the threat of emerging pathogens, but rarely have we noted the burden of such dreadful epidemics on the poor.