AvatarThe New York TimesAvatarAvatarIn Homeland, Liberia Native Finds Resilience Amid Horrorverified_publisherThe New York Times - Helene CooperMONROVIA, Liberia — Liberians have become accustomed to living with demons. Long before Ebola arrived, the people here endured 14 years of civil war, one that snuffed out 200,000 lives and ignited acts of barbarism that laid waste to the country. The war produced mad generals who led ritual …
AvatarThe New York TimesAvatarAvatarScientists Consider Repurposing Robots for Ebolaverified_publisherThe New York Times - John MarkoffRobotics scientists nationwide are pondering an intriguing possibility: Might robotic technologies deployed in rescue and disaster situations be quickly repurposed to help contain the Ebola epidemic? A robot that could perform even some of the tasks of a human, such as waste removal or the burial of …
AvatarThe New York TimesAvatarAvatarAmbulance Work in Liberia Is a Busy and Lonely Businessverified_publisherThe New York Times - Ben C. SolomonMONROVIA, Liberia — Racing along cracked and bumpy roads here, Gordon Kamara shouted into his cellphone over the shrieking sirens of his ambulance. The phone had been ringing nonstop since 5 a.m. “Not today! Not today!” Mr. Kamara, an ambulance nurse, yelled later in the day. “We are on the opposite …
AvatarThe New York TimesAvatarAvatarHeart-Rending Test in Ebola Zone: A Babyverified_publisherThe New York Times - Sheri FinkSUAKOKO, Liberia — Peering inside a red Nissan hatchback that had pulled up to the gate of an Ebola treatment center here, a guard saw an older woman holding a tiny newborn, a young woman sprawled in the back seat and a man in his 60s crouched in the rear, gripping her clothing so she did not slide …
AvatarThe New York TimesAvatarAvatarEbola on Airplanes, Ebola in SneezesThe New York Times - By Donald G. McNeil Jr.Ask Well | Can Pets Spread Ebola? Q. I’m flying soon. What is the risk of contracting Ebola on a flight? A. Not high. Top Ebola experts have said they would not expect to be infected even if they were sitting next to another passenger with Ebola – unless that passenger actually vomited or bled on …
AvatarThe New York TimesAvatarAvatarC.D.C. Says It Should Have Responded Faster to the Dallas Ebola Caseverified_publisherThe New York Times - Manny FernandezDALLAS — The director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday that the agency planned a more robust response to any future Ebola cases in American hospitals, saying for the first time that quicker and more concerted action on its part might have kept a Dallas nurse …
AvatarThe New York TimesAvatarAvatarEbola Test Is Positive in Second Texas Health Workerverified_publisherThe New York Times - Manny FernandezDALLAS — New shortcomings emerged Wednesday in the nation’s response to the Ebola virus after it was revealed that a second nurse was infected with Ebola at a hospital here and that she had traveled on a commercial flight the day before she showed symptoms of the disease. The nurse, Amber Joy …
AvatarThe New York TimesAvatarAvatarEbola Patient Dies in German Hospitalverified_publisherThe New York Times - Alison SmaleBERLIN — A 56-year-old Sudanese man who had been working with the United Nations in Liberia died overnight at the hospital in Leipzig where he was being treated for Ebola, the hospital and the United Nations said Tuesday. The man was the third patient to arrive in Germany in recent weeks for …
AvatarThe New York TimesAvatarAvatarIn Spain, Ebola Finds a Country Where Wounds Are Self-Inflictedverified_publisherThe New York Times - Jim YardleyMADRID — The scene conveyed a First World precision: A 75-year-old Spanish priest, stricken with Ebola in Liberia, arrived in Madrid on a special military jet. A helicopter buzzed overhead as ambulances transported him for treatment. Expressing confidence in the preparations, a Spanish health …
AvatarThe New York TimesAvatarAvatarLife, Death and Grim Routine Fill the Day at a Liberian Ebola Clinicverified_publisherThe New York Times - Sheri FinkSUAKOKO, Liberia — The dirt road winds and dips, passes through a rubber plantation and arrives up a hill, near the grounds of an old leper colony. The latest scourge, Ebola, is under assault here in a cluster of cobalt-blue buildings operated by an American charity, International Medical Corps. In …
AvatarThe New York TimesAvatarAvatarThere Before Ebola Had a Nameverified_publisherThe New York Times - Lawrence K. Altman, M.d.Dr. Peter Piot was just 27, a budding virologist with a thirst for adventure, when he was dispatched to the heart of Africa to track down a terrifying virus that he had helped discover. It was 1976, and the virus had arrived at his laboratory in Antwerp, Belgium, in a blue plastic cooler holding two …
AvatarThe New York TimesAvatarAvatarAfter Its First Ebola Case, Spain Seeks to Prevent Spread of Virusverified_publisherThe New York Times - Raphael MinderBARCELONA, Spain — Spain’s government came under heavy criticism Tuesday as it dealt with the repercussions of Western Europe’s first Ebola case, quarantining three more people and monitoring dozens who had come into contact with an infected nurse. Health care workers, who have been sparring with …