Fear And Rumors Hinder Containment Of Ebola Outbreak

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
3 July 2014
Tags:
West Africa, Guinea, Mozambique, Liberia, Arts, Culture and Entertainment, Aid and Assistance, Health and Medicine

It sounds like the perfect script for a horror movie: A virus with no vaccine and no cure kills hundreds of people; despite containment efforts, it keeps spreading. But it's actually all too real in West Africa, where doctors have said Ebola is now "out of control." While scientists dig for clues that could help develop medicine or better vaccine, the only prevention technique remains isolation.

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