On 17 May the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an ongoing Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Centred on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, the outbreak has seen mounting numbers of suspected cases and deaths linked to the rare Bundibugyo species of Ebola virus.

In this podcast we hear what's currently known about the outbreak and the efforts of clinicians, researchers and public health officials to halt its progress.

Nature: Ebola outbreak is a global health emergency: what happens next

Nature: Race begins to trial Ebola drugs amid current outbreak

Nature: Ebola outbreak spirals out of control: how might it have started?

Nature: Will this Ebola outbreak be the biggest yet?

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In this episode:

Research article: Ghareeb et al.

Research article: Gottweis et al.

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Editorial: Why AI cannot do good science without humans

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Nature: Pristine Antarctic ice records the Solar System’s travels

Research article: Somasundaram et al.

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In this episode:

Nature: Hantavirus outbreak exposes uncertainty about how disease spreads

Nature: There is no vaccine for deadly hantavirus: what that means for future outbreaks

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