Year in review: Science faces Ebola epidemic
Spread of deadly virus challenges researchers, public health workers
BREAKING OUT The Ebola virus, shown in red in this micrograph, infected more than 17,000 people in 2014.
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West Africa’s 2014 Ebola epidemic demonstrated what can happen when a contagious virus emerges amid a population served by a broken medical system, and where cultural practices, public fears and porous borders fuel the spread of disease.