The Ebola epidemic sweeping through West Africa is causing understandable panic in local communities and international concern about the future spread of this killer virus. Yet there’s another disease which has been more deadly this year. One that nearly cost me my medical career, and which – unlike Ebola – can be easily prevented. "This …
Alumnus and Research Scientist Utibe Effiong (MPH ’14) discusses Ebola on CBS radio in light of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa. In the following clip, Effiong explains why Ebola is a global health problem… Listen To The Interview>
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Laurence, a 58-year-old Haitian woman who works in my building, woke up with sharp pain and fever and thought she was dying. She was unable to rise from her bed or hold a glass of water because of …
A Canadian man returning from Liberia recently alarmed health officials with fears that he might have the Ebola virus. Although in good health when he traveled, the man was admitted to the intensive-care unit in Saskatchewan with classic symptoms of the disease. That health scare, and others in recent weeks, were a wake-up call to …