Ebola: What You Need to Know

Experimental therapies, shipped to the DRC for its last outbreak, are still in the country

No new cases have been reported for two weeks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Public health workers are preparing to roll out inoculations even as the disease has spread to an urban location

The country has been roiled by nine outbreaks of the disease

Two people in the southern region of Nzerekore, where the Ebola outbreak began in 2013, have tested positive for the virus

From Liberia in an exclusive Scientific American report, victims say they are tormented by brain deficits and more. A new study hints at hidden virus remnants or immune system overreactions

Among a group of 82 Ebola survivors in Liberia, nearly all had some neurologic problems six months or longer after they were infected

Sleeplessness, along with abdominal and joint pain are common even months after recovery from the dreaded virus

New findings are informing how to care for Ebola survivors and their communities

A World Health Organization official says scenes from the epidemic will stay with him for years to come

Health care is decimated, leaving the region more vulnerable than ever to infectious diseases

Gaps in immunization could cause as many deaths as the current epidemic itself

New clues from Guinea yield tantalizing pieces of the puzzle 

Why scientists continue to be perplexed by how to define the outbreak that has killed 7,000

Everybody and his uncle, it seems, has an idea of something that might work to cure people infected with the deadly virus

When the World Health Organization recently named blood transfusions from Ebola survivors as its priority experimental therapy for the disease ravaging west Africa there was only one major problem: no data indicating that such transfusions work.

The latest outbreak in humans represents not just the most recent but also most deadly among several incidents dating back to 1976

Denial, violence and fear make it difficult to stamp out Ebola in west Africa

As fewer people get sick, the trials may need to include more participants than planned to deliver usable results

The lethal virus is killing health care workers and causing ripple effects for pregnant women in west Africa

By attacking the body's first responders, the virus cripples the immune system before it can mount an effective defense

An Ebola patient produces up to 40 times more waste than other patients. This and other challenges, including too-small airstrips, complicate the fight against the virus

The WHO and the CDC have revised guidelines on personal protective equipment for health care workers, but concerns over wearing too much or too little gear persist

Scientific American health and medicine correspondent Dina Fine Maron talks about Ebola with tropical medicine and infectious disease expert Daniel Bausch of Tulane University at the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene