‘This Is Not a Drill’: WHO Urges the World to Fight Virus

MATT SEDENSKY and JOHN LEICESTER / The Associated Press Mar 5, 2020 With 17 times as many new infections outside China as in it, Italy and Iran close schools; travel and events are canceled; and markets yo-yo. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Coronavirus Testing Costs Spark Calls for Full Government Coverage

By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Mar 2, 2020 Reports detail how Americans have been saddled with exorbitant bills following medical evaluations in the effort to contain the virus. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Officials Are Cynically Spreading Lies About the Coronavirus

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Feb 27, 2020 As the epidemic spirals into a pandemic, causing a plunge in the stock market, Donald Trump and Larry Kudlow insist "USA in great shape!" Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New Virus Cases Fall; WHO Says China Bought the World Time

YANAN WANG / The Associated Press Feb 15, 2020 U.N. agency urges countries to step up preparedness. The U.S. will fly home American passengers quarantined aboard a cruise ship in Japan. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Cases of New Viral Respiratory Illness Rise Sharply in China

KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated Press Jan 22, 2020 World health agency weighs global emergency declaration as coronavirus infects more than 400 people, killing at least 17 in Wuhan outbreak. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Anti-Vaxxers Are Just as Bad as Climate Deniers

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Apr 19, 2019 Ignorance on this key health issue isn’t just dangerous—it can be fatal. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Haunted by Ebola: Trio of HBO Documentaries Confronts Epidemic at the Human Level

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2016 Each story invites viewers to confront the disease at its various nerve centers: in and out of treatment tents, doctors' quarters, victims' homes, makeshift hearses. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Study: IMF Austerity Helped Ebola Kill Nearly 8,000 People

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 1, 2015 Professors at three leading British universities say International Monetary Fund policies favoring the repayment of international debts over social welfare spending contributed to the Ebola crisis by inhibiting an effective response by health care professionals in the three worst-hit African countries. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: Frontline Ebola Responders

BLANK Oct 19, 2014 Doctors Without Borders was on the scene in West Africa six months before the U.N. declared the outbreak a "threat to international peace and security." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

CDC Director Compares Ebola Epidemic to AIDS

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Oct 9, 2014 On Thursday, a day after the Ebola virus claimed the first person diagnosed with the disease in the U.S., the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention invoked another recent and ongoing health crisis while fundraising in Washington, D.C. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CDC: First Person to Test Positive for Ebola in U.S. Is in Dallas

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Oct 1, 2014 Ebola has officially come to the United States, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is attempting to contain Americans' anxieties along with the spread of the potentially deadly virus. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘The World Is Losing the Battle to Contain’ Ebola

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 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 )