NAIROBI — About a year and a half after it emerged, the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone has officially ended. More than 11,000 Sierra Leoneans died of the disease, and at least 17,000 survived it. It came upon some slums and villages like a wave, infecting scores overnight and posing one of the most significant public health challenges in recent … Read More
Plague case confirmed in Michigan
A Michigan resident has contracted the life-threatening bubonic plague — the first documented case in Michigan’s public health history, state officials confirmed. The Marquette County adult is recovering after apparently contracting the rare flea-borne illness during a trip to Colorado. Officials are reassuring the public there is no cause for alarm, despite the disease’s connection to the microorganism that caused the Black Death plague in Europe in … Read More
Police cars’ ‘In God We Trust’ decals draw complaints
DALLAS (AP) — A police department in a Texas Bible Belt community has placed large “In God We Trust” decals on its patrol vehicles in response to recent violence against law enforcement officers, drawing criticism from a watchdog group that says the decals amount to an illegal government endorsement of religion. The decision by police this month to unveil the … Read More
Sierra Leone village in quarantine after Ebola death
Nearly 1,000 people in Sierra Leone have been put under quarantine following the death of a 67-year-old woman who tested positive for Ebola. It comes five days into a six-week countdown for the country to be officially declared Ebola-free. The quarantine will last for three weeks, provided no new cases are recorded. More than 11,000 people have died since the … Read More