U.S. Military to Fight Ebola: 'What Does Victory Look Like?'

Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2014


U.S. Military to Fight Ebola: 'What Does Victory Look Like?'

U.S. Military to Fight Ebola: 'What Does Victory Look Like?'In an August 22 column on the Ebola crisis, I noted that the current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa -- "the worst in recorded history" -- had claimed 1,350 lives. Less than a month later the World Health Organization reports that the number of people in West Africa who have contracted and died from Ebola has doubled to 2,622.On Thursday, in...



Sierra Leone burial team attacked despite lockdown

An empty street is seen at the start of a three-day national lockdown in FreetownBy Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) - A team burying Ebola victims was attacked in Sierra Leone's capital on Saturday, a member of parliament said, as a small group defied a three-day lockdown aimed at halting the worst outbreak of the disease on record. In one of the most extreme measures since the epidemic began, Sierra Leone has ordered its population of 6 million to stay indoors as volunteers circulate to educate residents about the disease as well as isolate the sick and remove the dead. ...







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