Multiple teams of virus hunters have been on a mission, scouring our planet’s rainforests to discover previously unknown viruses that carry the potential of transforming into pandemics. It is all part of a $200 million project called PREDICT, part of USAID’s Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT) program. The PREDICT program was launched 2009 in an effort […]
It is no surprise that the Ebola outbreak devastated many lives and communities in West Africa, but it’s been over a year since the Ebola outbreak made mainstream media headlines. That must mean the Ebola virus no longer poses a threat to the countries in West Africa, right? According to an article recently published in […]
December 2013 to April 2016 marked the largest epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in recent history, causing 28,000 incidences and nearly 11,000 deaths according to an article by The New England Journal of Medicine. Although the recent outbreak has supplied researchers much more insight about the disease, EVD still remains a volatile force in […]