James J. Chopik was a general schedule employee assigned to the 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 3rd Wing, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
NPR reports from Mongbwalu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The fight to contain the virus faces obstacles from lack of supplies to residents who doubt that the virus is real.
U.S. troops deployed to Kenya to build an Ebola isolation facility as part of a effort to contain an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The fecklessness of Washington leaders contrasts with the courage of doctors, nurses and aid workers in places like Congo.
'Not allow any cases of Ebola to enter the United States'
In past outbreaks, Americans exposed to the virus were sent home to be treated in state-of-the-art facilities. The Trump administration has already flown some U.S. citizens to Europe for treatment.
Aid cuts by the Trump administration have shut down crucial disease surveillance networks and medical supply chains in East Africa.
A 162nd Wing aerospace medical service specialist is recognized by the Tucson Fire Department for providing critical, life-saving emergency medical care to a civilian at the scene of a severe motor vehicle crash while off duty.
The British military took critical medical supplies to Tristan da Cunha, a tiny British archipelago where authorities have identified a suspected hantavirus case.
A once-robust H.I.V. treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble.