Thurmond: DeKalb Schools' Ebola Policy Errs on Side of Caution
Several metro Atlanta school systems have updated their health policies to include Ebola guidelines. The DeKalb County school district was one of the...
View ArticleDeal Announces Tiered Ebola Monitoring, Quarantine Policy
Following moves by a handful of states late last week, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal Monday announced a new monitoring and quarantine policy for travelers...
View ArticleCity Cafe on WABE Ebola Documentary
Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m., the WABE newsroom will be presenting their documentary The Ebola Outbreak: Atlanta’s Response. This special presentation...
View ArticleEmployers Seek Ebola Advice
After several recent U.S. Ebola cases, a number of businesses are trying to figure out how to keep workers safe and to make sure they don’t get sued if...
View ArticleEbola 'Czar' Visits Atlants
The White House’s Ebola coordinator is visiting Atlanta today to meet with the head of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, but again remained...
View ArticleThe Ebola Outbreak: Atlanta’s Response
WABE’s exclusive documentary, “The Ebola Outbreak: Atlanta’s Response,” takes a look at how the current epidemic in West Africa began to take form. The...
View ArticleCDC: 35 Hospitals Now Equipped With Ebola Treatment Units
The Atlanta-Based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there are now dozens of hospitals across the country equipped with Ebola treatment...
View ArticleEmory Doctors Detail Treating Anonymous Ebola Patient: 'We Didn't Know If He...
When Emory University Hospital accepted its third Ebola patient in early September, national and local media flocked to the hospital’s grounds to get a...
View ArticleCDC Head: Ebola's Spread Slowing, But Outbreak Isn't Close To Over
The head of the Atlanta-based CDC says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is slowing, but it’s still a ways away from ending. Speaking to the Atlanta...
View ArticlePolitiFact's "Lie of the Year:" A Talk with Jim Tharpe, Editor of PolitiFact...
2014 was an election year, which meant it was a tougher year than usual for the truth. But PolitiFact gave the title "Lie of the Year" to a batch of...
View ArticleOutgoing Emory Healthcare CEO John Fox Talks Ebola, Medicaid Expansion
After 16 years leading Emory Healthcare, CEO John Fox will depart Atlanta for a new job with Beaumont Health in Detroit. In a wide-ranging conversation...
View ArticlePeace In Liberia, 10 Years Later: A Conversation At The Carter Center
One year ago, WABE senior reporter Jim Burress traveled to Liberia on a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. He spent three weeks in the...
View ArticleTwo More Americans Return To US After Possible Ebola Exposure
Two more Americans healthcare workers who were potentially exposed to Ebola in Sierra Leone are returning to the U.S. according to the Atlanta-based...
View ArticleN.Y. Ebola Patient Cost City $4.3M, Ga. Expenses Much Lower
When Manhattan Dr. Craig Spencer was diagnosed with Ebola after returning from Guinea, New York City officials faced a daunting task. The city’s...
View ArticlePossible Ebola Cure May Be Found In Native African Plants
Some of Atlanta’s top minds believe the cure for Ebola could be hidden in five native African plants. Among those touting the natural cure at a two...
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