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Why Billions in Foreign Aid Failed to Prevent Ebola Outbreak
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Ebola Drug Killed by Congressional Inaction Less than Two Years Before Outbreak
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The Hacker Who Exposed South Korea’s Deadly Epidemic
By Mark Zastrow Park Sun-yeong was riding the bus to his office in the Seoul suburb of Suwon...
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An Exclusive Interview with WHO Director-General Margaret Chan
Margaret Chan has led the World Health Organization for the last nine years. During her leadership, the world...
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MERS: The Middle East’s Mystery Virus
By Alisa Reznick | Updated February 27, 2020 Physician Islam Hazameh was used to treating people with Middle...
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The Brave Young Doctors of Sierra Leone
By Amy Maxmen Rashida Kamara cannot recall a time when she didn’t want to be a doctor, even...
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Next Outbreak: Tracking Pandemic Preparedness
A Collaboration With The Ebola outbreak that began in West Africa in 2014 and swiftly escalated into a pandemic took more than 11,000 lives and the whole...
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