October 10, 2014 This week on Basic Black: perceptions and realities on two fronts. First, we take a look at Ebola and race. With the death of Thomas Duncan attention has focused even more closely on his initial and subsequent contact with Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas; although Mr. Duncan received round-the-clock care once admitted to the hospital, his case has raised questions about the relationship of communities of color, the poor, and the uninsured to the US health care system. Also, the ACLU of Massachusetts released a report charging the Boston Police Department with racial bias, a charge the Department vigorously rejects, pointing to advances made in the last few years under the leadership of Commissioner William Evans. But beyond the report, which only uses data from 2007-2010, how should we look at Boston's policing of communities of color in the context of the national conversation that sprung from events in Ferguson?

Panelists: - Latoyia Edwards, Anchor, New England Cable News - Kim McLarin, Assistant Professor of Writing, Emerson College - Phillip Martin, Senior Reporter, WGBH News - Peniel Joseph, Professor of History, Tufts University - Yawu Miller, Senior Editor, Bay State Banner
Photo: Licensed clinician Roseda Marshall, of Liberia, disrobes after a simulated training session on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, in Anniston, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Authorities in Sierra Leone have launched an Ebola vaccination campaign targeting at least 5,000 health workers. Many health workers caught the Ebola virus during the outbreak that hit West Africa a decade ago. Victoria Amunga reports from Kenema, Sierra Leone. Camera: Jimmy Makhulo.

Silver Spring, MD – Hospitals should put in place the “highest standards” for protective equipment and hands-on training to protect health care workers from Ebola, National Nurses United said in a statement issued Oct. 12.

Washington – A lack of mandatory standards on Ebola for health care workers leaves nurses unprepared and vulnerable to infection, a registered nurse and union official testified during an Oct. 24 House hearing.

Geneva – As the largest Ebola outbreak in history spreads across West Africa, the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization have issued guidelines to help keep workers safe.

Washington – With the current Ebola outbreak spreading throughout West Africa, OSHA is providing resources to help protect workers from the disease.

Washington – A new OSHA fact sheet provides guidance on selecting personal protective equipment for workers who may be exposed to Ebola.

To make the world safer against future infectious disease threats, national health systems should be strengthened, the World Health Organization’s emergency and outbreak response activities should be consolidated and bolstered, and research and development should be enhanced, says a new Policy Forum article that appears in the May 19 edition of PLOS Medicine.

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is challenging the health systems of some very poor countries, and a proper response requires global cooperation.

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Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Video Case Study

The medlinkEbola virus/medlink generates and utilizes intercellular tunnels, aiding its movement between cells while evading treatments. (!--ref1--)

About 28 Ebola virus cases have been reported, of which 11 people have died so far in the African countries of Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the

The agency, however, warns that it’s not clear whether any of these will work against the deadly virus that has already killed over 4,800 people this year.

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that senior directors at the WHO were informed of how dire the situation was early on and held off on declaring a global emergency.

National Bureau of Economic Research

The first goal is to thwart the outbreak, but researchers also hope for new insights into combating the virus

The conditions of managing this crisis are coming to resemble those at Chernobyl

ಇಡೀ ವಿಶ್ವವೇ ಕೊರೊನಾವೈರಸ್‌ ಎಂಬ ಸಾಂಕ್ರಾಮಿಕ ಪಿಡುಗುನಿಂದ ತ್ತರಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವಾಗಲೇ ಈ ಹಿಂದೆ ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಸಾವಿಗಟ್ಟಲೆ ಜನರ ಬಲಿಪಡೆದಿದ್ದ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಸಾಂಕ್ರಾಮಿಕ ಪಿಡುಗು ಎಬೋಲಾದ ಭಯ ಶುರುವಾಗಿದೆ. ಮಧ್ಯಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಕಾಂಗೋದಲ್ಲಿ ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 10ರಷ್ಟರಲ್ಲಿ 3456 ಜನರಲ್ಲಿ ರೋಗ ಕಂಡು ಬಂದಿದ್ದು, 2276 ಜನರು ಸಾವನ್ನಪ್ಪಿದ್ದಾರೆ ವಿಶ್ವ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಹೇಳಿದೆ.

Ebola virus disease, also termed Ebola haemorrhagic fever is a disease of the humans caused by four strains of Ebola virus. Ebola was first discovered in the year 1976, and since then there have been many incidences of the diseases with

To make the world safer against future infectious disease threats, national health systems should be strengthened, the World Health Organization’s emergency and outbreak response activities should be consolidated and bolstered, and research and development should be enhanced, says a new Policy Forum article that appears in the May 19 edition of PLOS Medicine.

Measures taken in the current Ebola outbreak may hold some clues for how to handle samples brought back to Earth from Mars.

A primer on the deadly virus that has taken hold in Congo and scaring people around the globe.

A Dallas nurse with Ebola has arrived in Maryland for treatment. Her plane landed Thursday night in Frederick.

Prospectus BioScience of Baltimore announced they'll get $8.6 million from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Three hospitals in Md. are working together to set a strategy for caring of Ebola patients.

Some members of Congress say the new Ebola infection in New York City is exposing flaws in the system and raising new concerns.

A nurse who caught Ebola while caring for the patient diagnosed in Dallas was released from a hospital Friday, free of the virus.

Science Magazine: ‘Finally, a virus got me.’ Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects on facing death from COVID-19. “Virologist Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, fell ill with COVID-19 in mid-March. He spent a week in a hospital and has been recovering at his home in London since. … Continue reading ‘Finally, a virus got me.’ Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects on facing death from COVID-19 (Science Magazine)

The present disclosure provides antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to EBOV glycoprotein. The present disclosure further provides hybridoma cell lines and methods for making and using the compositions provided herein.

For over 60 years the World Health Organisation has been the pre-eminent international health organisation but questions have been asked about its response to several infectious diseases. This is the story of the WHO, its strengths and its failings. Episode first aired 1 March 2015

Both treatments rely on infusing patients with antibodies that latch onto the virus and block it from invading cells.