Ebola
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![An artist's image shows a stormy human mind.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NdgYcrPeLKDeDuEEmum9oc-320-80.jpg)
To Fight Ebola, Battle the Brain's Bias for Mistrust (Op-Ed)
By Paul Zak, Walter Montgomery published
To fight Ebola fear, the mind must receive messages it trusts.
![NYC Doctor Tests Positive For Ebola, Officials Quell Panic](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8o9DJFAwWvmDAG6LhSnDfi-320-80.jpg)
NY Doctor with Ebola May Have Recovered
By Bahar Gholipour published
The New York City doctor Craig Spencer, who was the first and so far the only Ebola patient in the city, will be released from Bellevue Hospital Center on Tuesday morning.
![Health care workers put on protective gear before entering an Ebola treatment unit in Liberia during the 2014 Ebola outbreak..](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C9zQ4rycLJ8ZgE93L7gciN-320-80.jpg)
New Ebola Protective Gear Added to CDC Stockpile
By Bahar Gholipour published
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ordered $2.7 million in personal protective equipment for health care workers to wear while treating Ebola patients, the agency said today.
![An Ebola treatment center in Guina.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xNWhwM23mdYFnV6Kzcsi9W-320-80.jpg)
More Intensive Care Could Improve Ebola Survival Rates, Researchers Say
By Karen Rowan published
A new report of the some of the earliest cases of Ebola in the West African outbreak may hold clues to helping more patients survive.
![Staff members of Médecins Sans Frontières, or Doctors Without Borders, conduct a decontamination process on Dr. Tom Frieden, CDC Director, who is dressed in his personal protective equipment and is exiting an Ebola treatment unit in Monrovia, Liberia.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pAifAWWAFnm26Wy8REmBcV-320-80.jpg)
Is Ebola Outbreak Entering New Phase?
By Bahar Gholipour published
There are positive news from Liberia, but experts warn the shift in the speed of the outbreak may be temporary.
![This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) shows Ebola virus particles budding from the surface of a cell.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YnyJ5PJBBueJvALxodi78-320-80.png)
How Ebola Spreads in the US: Myth vs. Reality
By David Mielach published
Before you run out for some Lysol, please read this.
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