When the Ebola outbreak first emerged in West Africa earlier this year, few imagined that it would have an impact on almost every country on the planet. The disease spread rapidly, and it affected more than just the war- and poverty-ravaged region that was its incubator. The epidemic grew rapidly due to its early arrival in crowded slums and due to the poor local health care systems that would have barely served as a speed bump had not a rush of...

Ebola survivor Nina Pham is reunited with her dog Bentley at the Dallas Animal Services Center. Stringer / Reuters A total of $155,000 was spent on Ebola-related expenses. Much of Bentley’s care costs will be reimbursed by donations and grants. When nurse Nina Pham contracted Ebola, she requested her dog, Bentley, be taken care of and monitored for the disease and not euthanized – similar to what was done with an Ebola-exposed dog in Spain.. (read...

NBC News’ chief medical editor, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, apologized Wednesday morning for violating her voluntary Ebola quarantine, asserting that she had broken the trust of many Americans. “Good people can make mistakes,” she said in an interview with “Today” co-host Matt Lauer. “I stepped outside the boundaries of what I promised to do and what the public expected of me, and for that I’m sorry.” (read...