Life After Death : NPR - 0 views
Epidemic Ethics: Four Lessons from the Current Ebola Outbreak - Australian Institute of... - 0 views
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The spread of Ebola virus occurs because health infrastructure in the region is fragmented, under-resourced, or non-existent. And the therapeutic response to the illness is constrained by failure of markets to drive drug and vaccine development that would help the world’s
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But drugs and a vaccine are being sent to the region, after a ruling from an ethics panel convened by the World Health Organization decided their use was acceptable even though they haven’t been definitively shown to be safe or effective.
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Think about it this way: if Ebola virus outbreaks had occurred in New York, London, or Sydney, effective therapies surely would have been developed long ago.
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SARS: A Pandemic Prevented (2013) - 1 views
Ebola: Timeline of a ruthless killer | News | GMA News Online - 1 views
The Ebola Disaster | The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health - 1 views
Five myths about Ebola - The Washington Post - 0 views
One Year Later, Ebola Outbreak Offers Lessons for Next Epidemic - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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The effort has been messy, inefficient and expensive, often lagging the epidemic’s twists in tragic ways.
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Despite difficulty filling positions, the W.H.O. now reports that it has more than 700 people working at 77 field sites, the largest emergency response in its history.
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Charities with no background treating Ebola patients began running hospitals specialized for Ebola care, some of which were built by militaries and others staffed by hundreds of personnel from China and Cuba who were also facing Ebola for the first time and trying to overcome language challenges.
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Why closing borders won't stop Ebola's rampage - health - 21 October 2014 - New Scientist - 1 views
Ending the Ebola Outbreak - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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