Ebola Explored — Be Smart.

What you need to know about one of nature's scariest viruses.

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Read David Quammen's "Ebola": http://amzn.to/1wBLmzw

Ebola infection/death simulation from Washington Post: http://bit.ly/ebola_sim

Read the original 1976 case report describing the first Ebola patient: http://1.usa.gov/1svWp7i

Ebola outbreak disease info and case counts: http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/index.html

Ebola Deeply (a calm take on Ebola news): http://www.eboladeeply.org/

How contagious is Ebola? http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/02/352983774/no-seriously-how-contagious-is-ebola

Ebola outbreak and symptoms FAQ from WHO: http://bit.ly/1td3TBn

Can Ebola go airborne? No. http://www.virology.ws/2014/09/18/what-we-are-not-afraid-to-say-about-ebola-virus/

Ebola: What we should and shouldn't be worried about http://www.wired.com/2014/10/ebola-virus-infection-transmission-death-explained/

Hi-tech Ebola treatments: http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/08/bio-high-tech-treatment-for-ebola-may-have-saved-two-us-citizens/

The political effects of Ebola in West Africa: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/14/world/africa/ebola-virus-outbreak.html?_r=0

Maps of infectious disease vs. public health spending: http://ted.tumblr.com/post/99654182795/heres-what-we-should-talk-about-when-we-talk

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