Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigSep 3, 2014
The world's leading medical organizations are sounding the alarm over an outbreak of the Ebola virus, which has now spread to Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Of the 3,500 confirmed cases, 1,500 people have died. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigAug 13, 2014
Kenya is the next African nation to be put on alert by the World Health Organization, which has categorized the country as a "high-risk" site for a potential Ebola outbreak. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigAug 12, 2014
Most Americans have long believed, in embarrassing ignorance, that the share of the U.S. federal budget spent on foreign aid is an order of magnitude higher than what we actually spend abroad. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigAug 7, 2014
Nigeria is looking like the next frontier for the Ebola outbreak that has Liberia on lockdown, after a man infected with the virulent virus flew to Lagos from Liberia before succumbing to the disease late last month. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigAug 7, 2014
Where food is scarce, creative measures are taken for the sake of survival, and that's why bush meat persists as a source of sustenance in African countries vulnerable to the Ebola virus. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 9, 2014
Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy argues that recent events have shown that the Jewish state has pity for only the Jews; scientists have found a possible explanation for conservative outrage over women having sex lives; meanwhile, an Ebola outbreak spread in large part due to deforestation. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 7, 2008
While National Geographic may be the best magazine educating Americans about the horrors of the modern world, the organization also makes a point of highlighting positive earth news when it happens, such as the discovery that Congo may hold an additional 125,000 western lowland gorillas, which would double the known population of the critically endangered beast. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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