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Ebola was first identified in 1976, a year that saw two simultaneous outbreaks. One occurred in Sudan and killed 53% (151/284). The other is the 3rd largest and has the 2nd highest virulence at 88 ...
John Nelson over at UXBlog put together this chart showing how Ebola outbreaks have happened since the first recognized one, almost 30 years ago. As the graphic shows, ...
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed the lives of at least 4,033 people so far, including, last week, Thomas Eric Duncan in the United States. The toll is likely greater because many ...
This year's ebola outbreak in Africa is by far the worst the continent has seen since 1976, ... The chart below shows the history of the virus as well as the scale and reach of the current outbreak: ...
Here’s everything you need to know about Ebola in 5 charts, including why a widespread outbreak in the U.S. is unlikely. 1. The outbreak is spreading rapidly—and cases are probably being ...
But now the outbreak has finally been halted, though it has been a very slow process to stop the last transmissions. Guinea was declared Ebola-free on December 29th 2015 and Sierra Leone has been ...
The Ebola virus spreading through West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people before the outbreak is brought under control, the World Health Organization says in a report out Thursday.
Ebola outbreaks are frequent in Uganda, where the virus thrives in its many tropical forests, and which borders the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the disease is also common. A chart showing ...
Media coverage in the United States of the Ebola outbreak appears to have exceeded the rest of the world since the first confirmed case of Ebola was diagnosed in the U.S. on September 30, 2014.
Fear over Ebola is growing as international leaders and health organizations struggle to try to stop the deadly epidemic in West Africa. The Ebola outbreak “is moving faster than our efforts to ...
An Ebola outbreak has been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). At least a dozen cases of the hemorrhagic fever have been reported in the Bolamba health zone, which is located ...
Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed hundreds. The 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed more than 11,000 people, the disease’s largest death toll.