Ebola

Bioterror Death Germs Thrive In Labs, Nature, As U.S. Funding Withers

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 02.10.2012

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Part of a series investigating the complex links between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. In early October 2001, just da...

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Still Deadly After Death: 'Bushmeat' Trade May Import Disease

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.12.2012

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Thousands of pounds of primate parts, rodents and other dry, smoked or raw animals -- so-called "bushmeat" -- are smuggled into the United States as f...

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An Ebola Scare and Political Instability Didn't Stop Us

Vivian Glyck | Posted 09.27.2011

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Some people thought I was crazy. But I did it anyway because I knew we'd be fine. Despite an Ebola scare and political instability, I took my husband,...

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Boston U Scientists Get Closer To Cure For Ebola

The Daily Free Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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The infectious Ebola virus has long been a threat to global health due to its high mortality rate and potential for use in biological weapons. However...

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Tainted Meat Exposes US Consumers to HIV-like Virus

theGrio | Posted 05.25.2011

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Primate parts smuggled inside cases of fish. Suitcases stuffed with dried duiker antelope that's later sold door to door. These are the hallmarks of the unregulated, underground bushmeat trade in America.

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Haiti: Diarrhea Threatens Infants and "We Are in Reaction Mode Instead of Planning Mode"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hand washing is non-existent and raw sewage is flowing throughout the camps. Walk anywhere with peril. Human feces are everywhere, even in the ruins of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Port-au-Prince.

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Biolabs Multiplying Like Rabbits: A Clear and Present Danger

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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The dangers posed by biolabs often fly under the radar, but that may be changing. The public would do well to question the knee-jerk "security at all costs" policy of the federal government.

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A Level-4 Biolab Grows in Boston: Pathogens Welcome

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

We are in the grips of a military-industrial complex for whom projects such as the Boston Biolab are as much meat and potatoes as any multi-billion dollar weapon system, no matter how dubious the need.

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Climate Change Spreading Ebola, Plague Across The Planet

Times Online | Lewis Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scientists have nicknamed them the "deadly dozen": 12 diseases, lethal to humans and wildlife, that are increasing their geographical range. Ebola, c...

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UN Rushes To Contain Outbreak Of Ebola Virus In Central Congo

New York Times | JEFFREY GETTLEMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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United Nations officials reported an outbreak of Ebola virus in central Congo today and were rushing supplies and doctors into the region to contain t...

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