Africa

Thandi Mgwebi describes the struggle to get good science to the public

Early release of results from Guinea trial has Ebola researchers scrambling to respond

The first person to catch the virus in West Africa speaks out about the importance of privacy

Studies could begin in high-risk West African volunteers in 1 month

Study suggests the first known victim, a toddler, could have been infected playing in the hollow trunk

The Bushmen of the Kalahari are remnants of a huge ancestral population

In Liberia's Ebola outbreak, Rosling is facing the intellectual challenge of a lifetime

As new cases drop in Liberia, experts call for a fresh strategy that would target flare-ups

Oyewale Tomori, president of the Nigerian Academy of Science, blames corruption and bad leadership

An apparent decline in the rate of new cases is a dollop of good news

Senegal also officially transmission-free, and close contacts of Thomas Eric Duncan have been released from quarantine. Two other health care workers have also recovered

Authorities missed a teaching opportunity after the first case diagnosed in the United States, say Peter Sandman and Jody Lanard

In a remote part of the country, a desperate family's taxi ride moved the virus from county to county

Support grows for churning out millions of doses before candidates prove effective

At a WHO meeting, participants clash over the ethics of using a randomized controlled study in West Africa

2007 study of outbreak in Uganda offers most detailed clues to how virus is transmitted