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A plan to get lifesaving food to hungry kids was working well -- until it wasn't

Jonathan Lambert, Rolando Arrieta

Through an innovative program, parents in Senegal had easy access to a therapeutic food that's a boon for malnourished kids. Now there are shortages. Health specialists say U.S. aid cuts are to blame.
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Ebola testing has improved in DRC but still isn't nearly enough

Jonathan Lambert

The DRC has improved testing capacity for Ebola with two facilities operating in or near the epicenter. But this still may not be enough to keep up with a rapidly expanding disease.
Ebola testing has improved in DRC, but still isn't enough

Jonathan Lambert

The Democratic Republic of Congo has improved its capacity for PCR testing. But it may not be enough to keep up with a rapidly expanding outbreak, and there are no approved rapid tests yet.
Officials are scrambling to understand the scope of the Ebola outbreak

Jonathan Lambert

Ebola cases are rising in Congo and Uganda. NPR's Jonathan Lambert explains why the outbreak may be even larger than official numbers show.
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What will it take to get a vaccine for the Ebola strain driving the current outbreak?

Jonathan Lambert

There is an effective vaccine for Ebola — but not for the variety spreading rapidly in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Trials are going on for several candidates. How long will it take?
Ebola vaccine candidates being fast-tracked to target rare strain

Jonathan Lambert, Leila Fadel

Three vaccine candidates are being fast-tracked to target the Ebola species spreading in Central Africa. Big organizations and companies are behind the effort, but logistics are complicated.
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How Ebola kills -- and what it takes to stop it

Jonathan Lambert

It's a virus that can strike with unrelenting force. The kind of care need to knock it out is often not fully available in a lower resource country like the Democratic Republic of Congo.