Keeping track of Ebola

Nov 5, 2014
Reporter Colin Baker talks through the difficulties of collecting data on Ebola.

The unexpected budget lines

Nov 3, 2014
Experts say the federal budget is likely to be punctuated with new, previously unexpected spending.

BARDA: The venture capital firm buried in the U.S. government

Oct 30, 2014
HHS is paying for expedited drug research on Ebola.

The Ebola fight's HR problem

Oct 27, 2014
How do groups recruit healthcare workers who are needed to contain the outbreak?

Tracking Ebola's digital footprints

Oct 24, 2014
Tracking the human contacts of an Ebola patient using his digital contacts.

The numbers for October 24, 2014

Oct 24, 2014
Amazon is taking a $170 million hit on the Fire phone. Let's do the numbers.

The economics behind the rush for an Ebola vaccine

Oct 22, 2014
Believe it or not, experts say the profit motive is secondary.

For public good, not for profit.

The piece that's missing from new CDC guidelines

Oct 21, 2014
Having protective gear is part of the solution, but so is an educated workforce.

Ebola plush toy sells out online

Oct 21, 2014
For less than $10, you can order Ebola online and take it home — not the disease itself but rather, a cuddly, worm-shaped mock up of the virus. “GIANT Microbes” are stuffed animals that resemble tiny microbes, only at one million times their actual size. The website says the characters are designed to be “appealing personalities” […]

Liberians in U.S. feel Ebola's social, economic impact

Oct 21, 2014
We look at Ebola's economic impact on the Liberian community in America.