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WHO Weighs Declaring Global Health Emergency As Ebola Spreads In Africa

12:09pm June 13, 2019

by Scott Neuman

The latest outbreak has killed nearly 1,400 people in Democratic Republic of the Congo, but new cases in neighboring Uganda have raised further concern at the World Health Organization.

The National Institutes of Health is based in Bethesda, Md., but the vast majority of its research funding flows to universities around the country.

Trump Administration Proposes Big Cuts In Medical Research

3:32pm March 16, 2017

The National Institutes of Health, which funds research in treatments and cures, could lose 20 percent of its budget under the administration's proposal. More money would go for addiction treatment.

Ron Klain (left), then chief of staff for Vice President Joe Biden, talks with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on Capitol Hill in December 2009.

White House Appoints An Ebola 'Czar'

1:59pm October 17, 2014

by Scott Neuman

President Obama has selected former White House adviser Ron Klain to coordinate the U.S. response to the deadly disease.

Nina Pham, 26, steps off a plane Thursday night at a municipal airport in Frederick, Md. An ambulance was waiting to take her to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.

Ebola-Stricken Nurse Appears Well In Video

10:58am October 17, 2014

Nina Pham, 26, was filmed before being flown by executive jet from Dallas to Frederick, Md., and then transferred to the National Institutes of Health hospital in Bethesda on Thursday.

Ebola has spread through Monrovia, Liberia's congested capital city.

The Changing Face Of West Africa Has Fueled The Ebola Crisis

1:26am September 06, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

Population growth, the cutting down of forests and increased mobility all contribute to the current crisis. "The virus hasn't changed," says one infectious disease expert. "Africa has changed."

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