Is ebola the beginning to the end of the world?

MONROVIA, Liberia — Dr. Mohammed Sankoh, the medical director of Redemption Hospital, stole a few moments before meeting with his staff to sketch out a sermon in cursive in a blue spiral notebook. read more

As deaths rise in Monrovia and the sick cluster in gutters outside overcrowded treatment centers, many people are turning to God for answers -- and salvation. read more

Ebola is actually the opposite of the type of disease that would potentially cause a bad prolonged worldwide outbreak. Firstly, it kills way too quickly and too easily to allow people to spread it well (compare: HIV). read more

Erin Conway-Smith, GlobalPost Published 10:13 a.m. ET Jan. 21, 2015 | Updated 11:13 a.m. ET Jan. 21, 2015 A Guinean student gets his temperature checked as he enters at the Oumou Diaby school in the Ratoma area of Conakry as students head back to school after nearly four months of school recess due to the Ebola outbreak. read more