EbolaBattling a deadly disease

Published 11 August 2014

BU Today, the news and information Web site of Boston University, last week published a series of detailed articles, accompanied by interviews with leading researchers, about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The researchers discuss why medical personnel risk traveling to the hot zone; the ethical and political dilemmas presented by the outbreak; how the virus kills; efforts to design effective therapies; and other aspects of the worst Ebola outbreak on record.

BU Today, the news and information Web site of Boston University, last week published a series of detailed articles, accompanied by interviews with leading researchers, about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The researchers discuss why medical personnel risk traveling to the hot zone; the ethical and political dilemmas presented by the outbreak; how the virus kills; efforts to design effective therapies; and other aspects of the worst Ebola outbreak on record.

Here is a list of the articles and interviews in the series:

  • Paul Duprex, “POV: Battling Ebola. It’s Our Problem, Too: Why we need to work with dangerous pathogens,” BU Today (8 August 2014)
  • Amy Laskowski, “Battling Ebola: Is Human Activity to Blame? Human ecology may hold key to longer-term solution says CAS prof,” BU Today (7 August 2014)
  • Art Jahnke, “Battling Ebola: NEIDL’s Role Researchers eager to unlock secrets of emerging pathogens,” BU Today (7 August 2014)
  • Sara Rimer, “Battling Ebola: Working with a Deadly Virus: BU researcher views the virus with respect, not fear,” BU Today (7 August 2014)
  • Susan Seligson, “Battling Ebola: Tracking the Virus Current Ebola outbreak defies earlier models,” BU Today (6 August 2014)
  • Rich Barlow, “Battling Ebola: Grading the Global Response to the Epidemic: BU infectious disease expert lauds efforts under daunting challenges,” BU Today (6 August 2014)
  • Art Jahnke, “Battling Ebola: How Ebola Kills — MED’s John Connor is devising diagnostics to spot Ebola and antivirals to treat the disease,” BU Today (5 August 2014)
  • Carey Goldberg, “Battling Ebola: Heading Into the Outbreak — NEIDL’s Nahid Bhadelia to care for patients, share expertise,” BU Today (4 August 2014)