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He Helped Discover Ebola 50 Years Ago. He’s Still Worried.

12 octobre 2026 à 05:02
In an interview, Dr. Peter Piot recalled when he first saw the spindly virus under a microscope and reflected on a five-decade career spent fighting two deadly pathogens.

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Dr. Peter Piot was among the first scientists to see the Ebola virus, as a young researcher in Belgium in 1976.

He Helped Discover Ebola 50 Years Ago. He’s Still Worried.

12 octobre 2026 à 05:02
In an interview, Dr. Peter Piot recalled when he first saw the spindly virus under a microscope and reflected on a five-decade career spent fighting two deadly pathogens.

© Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times

Dr. Peter Piot was among the first scientists to see the Ebola virus, as a young researcher in Belgium in 1976.

Understanding France’s Polycrisis

6 octobre 2026 à 16:22
An autumn of discontent has gripped the country ahead of its presidential election.

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Paris yesterday.

Kenya Records Ebola Case for First Time

6 octobre 2026 à 17:02
The authorities said that the virus had been diagnosed in a man arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo and that they were taking measures to prevent any spread.

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The Kenyan cabinet secretary for health, Aden Duale, at a news conference in Nairobi on Tuesday. He said the man with Ebola had lived in Congo for seven years, and fell sick a month ago.

How Congo’s Ebola Epidemic Got So Bad So Quickly

5 octobre 2026 à 17:00
What happened in Mangala, where residents were left with little outside support, helps explain how this outbreak became the worst seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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