5 things to know about the Ebola outbreak

Whenever you hear about an outbreak of Ebola, it is frightening, and the current one in the Democratic Republic of Congo is particularly troubling. There have been hundreds of cases and dozens of deaths in the country, plus spread into Uganda, making it one of the largest outbreaks we’ve ever seen. New modeling from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests this outbreak could even surpass other historic outbreaks if strong public health interventions are not rapidly imple