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Jane Halton, chair of CEPI, was in the room with the world’s health chiefs when WHO rang its most serious alarm about the Ebola outbreak in west Africa.

The Australian at the forefront of the fight against Ebola – and the next pandemic

Ebola is at the centre of a plan to prepare for disease X – the next global pandemic.

  • Angus Dalton

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Health workers disinfect their path after handling the corpse of a person thought to have died of Ebola in the DCR.

Brazil monitors patients for Ebola as travellers return from Africa

The virus is also being detected across a widening swath of the DRC’s conflict-hit east as health authorities struggle to trace exposed contacts and determine the true scale of the epidemic.

  • Rhea Rose Abraham
Health workers wearing protective suits prepare for Ebola response operations as residents gather outside a hospital in Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Hospital systems pass first test after suspected Ebola case in Melbourne

Victorian health authorities are on high alert for diphtheria and Ebola following outbreaks elsewhere.

  • Henrietta Cook
Djakisa Christian, 18, sells coffins at his shop in Bunia in the Democreatic Republic of the Congo.

‘Every hour making coffins’: Funeral wakes banned as WHO lifts Ebola threat to ‘very high’

There are now 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths, and one senior official has described the effort to stop the rapid spread as “a race against the clock”.

  • Justin Kabumba and Monika Pronczuk
Health workers are at particular risk from exposure to the bodily fluids of ebola patients.

What to know about the new Ebola outbreak that quietly raged for weeks

Health officials are racing to contain a rare strain of the disease that spread under the radar in Africa.

  • Nancy Lapid
This undated colourised transmission electron micrograph file image made available by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention shows an Ebola virus virion.

WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak. This rare variant has no approved treatments

There are more than 300 suspected cases and 87 deaths in the Congo and Uganda so far.

  • Disha Mishra and Akanksha Khushi
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Footage of a lizard in the bat cave in Uganda.

Stunning bat cave footage captures disease spread risk for first time

Researchers were astonished to film at least 14 different species, including monitor lizards, leopards and monkeys, visiting the cave to feast on potentially disease-ridden bats.

  • Arthur Scott-Geddes
Xiomara, a survivor of sexual abuse, in Huánuco, Peru.

Two of the hardest places on earth to be a woman

Survivor-led networks are ensuring that violence against women is no longer a private burden for victims but a public issue to confront.

  • Julie Kim, Morgan Theakston and Grace Ellis
Chimpanzees can consume the equivalent of two alcoholic drinks a day.

Chimpanzees consume equivalent of about two beers a day, study finds

Scientists found that some ape diets are inadvertently laced with alcohol, which could suggest a missing link to human drinking habits.

  • Sarah Knapton
Ugandan singer Faith Nassande is one of the choir members finally granted a visa to travel to Australia.

‘Jumping out of their skins’: Joy for African choir over visa backflip

An eleventh-hour change of heart from immigration officials gives the green light to Ugandan and Kenyan performers.

  • Nick Galvin