But considering the Ebola hype, what really happened to the plague? The only disease mankind has been able to eradicate is smallpox, although the virus is still being stored in high security laboratories – in case one needs it!
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by Marianne Lindahl •
It’s nice to be back in our old house on the hilltop. I didn’t realise until now how much I have missed the Spanish mountains and the view from our terrace to the sea, the sunset with its colourful and sometimes dramatic variations.
Motril Port Police Want Ebola Equipment
by Martin Myall •
The local committee of the police union, SUP, has complained to the provincial police headquarters that they are lacking equipment and training against Ebola.
Ebola and Excalibur
by Martin Myall •
There seems to have been more concern about her family pet, Excalibur, than the nurse infected by Ebola, as far as social media goes.
Ebola in Alicante?
by Martin Myall •
A Nigerian man has been hospitalized in Alicante with symptoms similar to those of ebola victims.
Saved in the Nick of Time
by Hugh MacArthur •
One look at this Salvamento Marítimo photo of the crowded zodiac dingy and you can see it was on the point of sinking when help arrived.
Emerging Diseases
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Whilst it is inevitable that new infectious illnesses emerge all the time, mankind does its share to spread them more rapidly with its modern means of transport like the examples above teach us. But apart from that we have to prepare for known illnesses emerging in new populations because of the illness travelling itself. The African West Nile Virus is believed to have been spread nearly all over the world via an infected bird or mosquito entering the United States less than two decades ago. It mainly infects birds and kills them. It causes severe illness in humans, most patients however recover eventually.