Ebola
death

September 3, 2014 -- We have seen another tragic death of a healthcare worker in Liberia, Dr. Sam Brisbane, the Emergency Department chief in the only Monrovia hospital that accepts Ebola patients. The doctors and nurses are paying the ultimate price. In another heart-wrenching NEJM article, A Good Death -- Ebola and Sacrifice the authors debate the limits of their "duty of care toward their patients."

And here (9/5/14) is another story, A Diplomat Infects A Doctor As Ebola Spreads In Nigeria. The diplomat violated a quarantine order and now "[authorities are] not optimistic about the Nigerians' ability to contain Ebola as it spreads beyond Lagos."

You can track the spread of this and other diseases on Healthmap, a global disease-tracking service directed by epidemiologist John Brownstein of Harvard University. Here is their tracking of ebola. Press the Play button to see how the disease has progressed numerically and geographically over recent months.

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