EbolaStories about the 2014 Ebola crisis and preventative measures being taken in Massachusetts.Liberia Cautiously Marks End Of Ebola After 4,700 DeathsSeven months after Ebola swept through Liberia, Saturday officially marked the end of the epidemic that claimed more than 4,700 lives here.Local CoverageMay 9, 2015MGH: Patient Tests Positive For Malaria; Initial Ebola Test NegativeA patient being monitored for possible Ebola at Massachusetts General Hospital has tested negative for the virus -- but did test positive for Malaria-- the hospital announced Wednesday.Local CoverageDec 3, 2014Advertisement Boston Nurse Records ‘Desperately Sad’ Experiences Treating Ebola Patients In LiberiaJohn Welch, a nurse anesthetist at Boston Children's Hospital is one of the small, but growing number of doctors, nurses and lab workers from Boston traveling to West Africa to...PlayLocal Coverage06:03Nov 12, 2014Boston Doctor Agrees With Obama, Says Mandatory 21-Day Quarantine Too HarshDr. Sara Stulac agrees with President Obama, saying health care workers need to be supported, not discouraged, from heading overseas. PlayLocal Coverage04:37Oct 28, 2014Expert Opinion: Travel Bans And Quarantines For Ebola Could BackfireAn expert on responses to disease threats cautions that with Ebola, travel bans do little and quarantines must be used very rationally. Local CoverageOct 27, 2014Rhode Island Journalist Heading Home After Ebola RecoveryAshoka Mukpo, who had contracted the virus while working in Liberia as a freelance cameraman for NBC and other media outlets, was released from a Nebraska hospital's biocontainment unit Wednesday...Local CoverageOct 22, 2014Reality Check: How People Catch Ebola, And How They Don'tA Boston University researcher who has worked on Ebola virus for more than 20 years lays out the state of knowledge on how Ebola is transmitted and how it is...Local CoverageOct 22, 2014Ebola Tipping Point? Dispelling Myths And, Possibly, Less Hysteria Over VirusPaul Farmer writes: An Ebola diagnosis need not be a death sentence...if patients are promptly diagnosed and receive aggressive supportive care – including fluid resuscitation, electrolyte replacement and blood products...Local CoverageOct 21, 2014Opinion: Why America's Ebola Fears Are Dangerously MisplacedThose of us who report on global public health have a sense of inevitability as we watch the Ebola crisis unfold. We always knew it would mostly affect, as Bishop...Local CoverageOct 20, 2014Listen: MGH Chief Of Infectious Disease Discusses Ebola PreparednessHow prepared is Massachusetts for Ebola? That was the question during a hearing at the State House Thursday.PlayLocal Coverage04:28Oct 16, 2014Don't Worry, Be Rational: Why Extreme Fear Of Ebola Is Bad For Your HealthThe health ramifications of this are profound: chronic stress raises our blood pressure and increases the risk of cardiovascular problems; it suppresses our immune system and makes us more likely...Local CoverageOct 16, 2014Mass. Nurses Union Expresses Concerns Over Ebola PreparednessDonna Kelly-Williams, president of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, explains why she believes that Massachusetts is "not doing as well as we should be doing" in preparing hospitals to treat Ebola.PlayLocal Coverage04:42Oct 16, 2014Harvard Poll On Ebola Risk Finds Public Dazed And Very ConfusedA poll finds that nearly 9 out of 10 Americans think someone can catch Ebola if an infected person sneezes or coughs on them.Local CoverageOct 16, 2014For Hospitals And Clinics: Insurance To Protect Against Losses From EbolaHow much money might hospitals lose during an Ebola-related quarantine? And will patients use hospitals that treat the virus? Insurance coverage would address those risks. Local CoverageOct 16, 20148 Things You Need To Know About EbolaEbola has been dominating the headlines lately, raising fear about the disease spreading to Massachusetts. And after two recent scares about Ebola in Boston, state authorities are trying to reassure...Local CoverageOct 14, 2014Mass. Officials Try To Quell Ebola FearAt this moment, in Massachusetts, the fear of Ebola may be more troubling than preparing for the possible cases.PlayLocal Coverage03:46Oct 14, 2014What The Boston Marathon Response Can Teach Us About Ebola: 5 LessonsAfter the Marathon, we saw federal, state, and local agencies as well as organizations in the private and non-profit sectors came together as an integrated enterprise that can serve as...Local CoverageOct 14, 2014What A Boston Doctor Learned Treating Ebola Patients In Sierra LeoneWe speak with Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, who traveled to Sierra Leone in August working as a WHO physician treating Ebola patients.PlayLocal Coverage05:05Oct 14, 2014Boston Officials Update Ebola PrecautionsThe city has seen three to four possible cases of Ebola since the latest outbreak began ravaging West Africa but no confirmed cases.Local CoverageOct 13, 2014Boston Patient Not At High Risk For Ebola, Health Officials SayA man who travels to Liberia is being held in isolation at a Boston hospital after experiencing Ebola like symptoms Sunday but doctors say he is not at high risk...PlayLocal Coverage06:10Oct 13, 2014Next Page
Liberia Cautiously Marks End Of Ebola After 4,700 DeathsSeven months after Ebola swept through Liberia, Saturday officially marked the end of the epidemic that claimed more than 4,700 lives here.Local CoverageMay 9, 2015
MGH: Patient Tests Positive For Malaria; Initial Ebola Test NegativeA patient being monitored for possible Ebola at Massachusetts General Hospital has tested negative for the virus -- but did test positive for Malaria-- the hospital announced Wednesday.Local CoverageDec 3, 2014
Boston Nurse Records ‘Desperately Sad’ Experiences Treating Ebola Patients In LiberiaJohn Welch, a nurse anesthetist at Boston Children's Hospital is one of the small, but growing number of doctors, nurses and lab workers from Boston traveling to West Africa to...PlayLocal Coverage06:03Nov 12, 2014
Boston Doctor Agrees With Obama, Says Mandatory 21-Day Quarantine Too HarshDr. Sara Stulac agrees with President Obama, saying health care workers need to be supported, not discouraged, from heading overseas. PlayLocal Coverage04:37Oct 28, 2014
Expert Opinion: Travel Bans And Quarantines For Ebola Could BackfireAn expert on responses to disease threats cautions that with Ebola, travel bans do little and quarantines must be used very rationally. Local CoverageOct 27, 2014
Rhode Island Journalist Heading Home After Ebola RecoveryAshoka Mukpo, who had contracted the virus while working in Liberia as a freelance cameraman for NBC and other media outlets, was released from a Nebraska hospital's biocontainment unit Wednesday...Local CoverageOct 22, 2014
Reality Check: How People Catch Ebola, And How They Don'tA Boston University researcher who has worked on Ebola virus for more than 20 years lays out the state of knowledge on how Ebola is transmitted and how it is...Local CoverageOct 22, 2014
Ebola Tipping Point? Dispelling Myths And, Possibly, Less Hysteria Over VirusPaul Farmer writes: An Ebola diagnosis need not be a death sentence...if patients are promptly diagnosed and receive aggressive supportive care – including fluid resuscitation, electrolyte replacement and blood products...Local CoverageOct 21, 2014
Opinion: Why America's Ebola Fears Are Dangerously MisplacedThose of us who report on global public health have a sense of inevitability as we watch the Ebola crisis unfold. We always knew it would mostly affect, as Bishop...Local CoverageOct 20, 2014
Listen: MGH Chief Of Infectious Disease Discusses Ebola PreparednessHow prepared is Massachusetts for Ebola? That was the question during a hearing at the State House Thursday.PlayLocal Coverage04:28Oct 16, 2014
Don't Worry, Be Rational: Why Extreme Fear Of Ebola Is Bad For Your HealthThe health ramifications of this are profound: chronic stress raises our blood pressure and increases the risk of cardiovascular problems; it suppresses our immune system and makes us more likely...Local CoverageOct 16, 2014
Mass. Nurses Union Expresses Concerns Over Ebola PreparednessDonna Kelly-Williams, president of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, explains why she believes that Massachusetts is "not doing as well as we should be doing" in preparing hospitals to treat Ebola.PlayLocal Coverage04:42Oct 16, 2014
Harvard Poll On Ebola Risk Finds Public Dazed And Very ConfusedA poll finds that nearly 9 out of 10 Americans think someone can catch Ebola if an infected person sneezes or coughs on them.Local CoverageOct 16, 2014
For Hospitals And Clinics: Insurance To Protect Against Losses From EbolaHow much money might hospitals lose during an Ebola-related quarantine? And will patients use hospitals that treat the virus? Insurance coverage would address those risks. Local CoverageOct 16, 2014
8 Things You Need To Know About EbolaEbola has been dominating the headlines lately, raising fear about the disease spreading to Massachusetts. And after two recent scares about Ebola in Boston, state authorities are trying to reassure...Local CoverageOct 14, 2014
Mass. Officials Try To Quell Ebola FearAt this moment, in Massachusetts, the fear of Ebola may be more troubling than preparing for the possible cases.PlayLocal Coverage03:46Oct 14, 2014
What The Boston Marathon Response Can Teach Us About Ebola: 5 LessonsAfter the Marathon, we saw federal, state, and local agencies as well as organizations in the private and non-profit sectors came together as an integrated enterprise that can serve as...Local CoverageOct 14, 2014
What A Boston Doctor Learned Treating Ebola Patients In Sierra LeoneWe speak with Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, who traveled to Sierra Leone in August working as a WHO physician treating Ebola patients.PlayLocal Coverage05:05Oct 14, 2014
Boston Officials Update Ebola PrecautionsThe city has seen three to four possible cases of Ebola since the latest outbreak began ravaging West Africa but no confirmed cases.Local CoverageOct 13, 2014
Boston Patient Not At High Risk For Ebola, Health Officials SayA man who travels to Liberia is being held in isolation at a Boston hospital after experiencing Ebola like symptoms Sunday but doctors say he is not at high risk...PlayLocal Coverage06:10Oct 13, 2014