May 8, 2025

2014 a year of struggles, survival

BY JACK PARKINSON When historians look back at 2014 they will find a year of hardship and almost unimaginable human loss. But they will also find a year of endurance. There is no mincing words: a lot of bad things happened in 2014. As early as February, the Ebola outbreak was rearing its head, and the crisis in Ukraine was starting. Although in its infancy, the deep-seated divide in the … Continued

Information is key in struggle against Ebola

BY JACK PARKINSON Ebola. It is a word that is unfortunately, becoming more and more familiar these days. The first reports this year were in March, with hospital staff in Guinea telling the country’s Ministry of Health about a virus from its southeastern regions. The World Health Organization (WHO) later confirmed the disease to be Ebola. In 2013, researchers at the New England Journal of Medicine traced the outbreak to … Continued