How I’m Coping With Life Inside the Ebola Bubble
When Ebola takes away the ability to touch, you have to reinvent the language of compassion. MONROVIA, Liberia — Back in August, I was…
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Ebola Cases in Liberia Are Dropping
Also true: No one knows exactly how many there are. Why is it so hard to count in a public health crisis? Jina Moore…
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Ebola Patients Threaten to Leave Treatment Wards During Health Worker Strike
The health workers in Liberia’s Ebola wards want more equitable hazard pay and more timely salaries. Liberia’s health minister says they’re welcome to stay…
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Liberia’s Ebola Workers Threaten to Strike
Some health care workers think newly announced hazard pay is too low. They say they’re giving the government until Friday to make a change….
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How Global Health Failed as the Ebola Outbreak Took Hold
Liberians have been sounding the alarm for weeks. Why has real action on Ebola been so slow? MONROVIA, Liberia — Every day, 25 volunteers…
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Ebola is Killing Liberia’s Coffin Business
Everyone is afraid of the dead, so the funeral business is slow. MONROVIA, Liberia — It’s late in the afternoon, and there are plenty…
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A Miracle in Liberia’s Biggest Maternity Ward, Despite Ebola Crisis
The facility shut its doors after its top doctor died, but now it’s bringing babies into the world by the dozen. MONROVIA, Liberia —…
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Mistrust and Confusion Swirl Around Ebola Reports in One Neighborhood
A crowd in a slum in the capital of Liberia attacked an Ebola holding facility Saturday. As the government tries to save face, the…
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Meet the Men With the Most Dangerous Job in the World
Ebola is at its most contagious in a human body when that body has just died. MONROVIA, Liberia — It takes five grown men…
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Liberia Finally Gets More Beds for Ebola Patients
Doctors Without Borders has admitted its first patients to the biggest isolation facility it has ever built. But it’s still not going to be…
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