YOU GOT EBOLA?!?!

NEWS BREAK BY:WILLAM WAITERS

5TH PERIOD

11/4/14

WHAT IS EBOLA• EBOLA IS A RARE AND DEADLY DISEASE CAUSED BY INFECTION WITH A

STRAIN OF EBOLA VIRUS. THE EBOLA EPIDEMIC IS THE LARGEST IN HISTORY, AFFECTING MULTIPLE COUNTRIES IN WEST AFRICA. THE RISK OF AN EBOLA OUT AFFECTING MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THE U.S. IS VERY LOW.

• EBOLA VIRUS HAS BEEN FOUND IN AFRICAN MONKEYS, CHIMPS AND OTHER NONHUMAN PRIMATES. A MILDER STRAIN OF EBOLA HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN MONKEYS AND PIGS IN THE PHILIPPINES

HOW DOES EBOLA SPREAD

• EBOLA SPREADS THROUGH DIRECT CONTACT WITH BLOOD AND BODY FLUIDS OF A PERSON INFECTED BY AND ALREADY SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF EBOLA. EBOLA IS NOT SPREAD THROUGH THE AIR, WATER, FOOD, OR MOSQUITOES

SYMPTOMS OF EBOLA • SIGNS AN SYMPTOMS TYPICALLY BEGIN ABRUPTLY WITHIN FIVE TO 10 DAYS OF

INFECTION WITH EBOLA VIRUS. EARLY AND SYMPTOMS INCLUDE . . .

• FEVER, SEVERE HEADACHE, JOINT AND MUSCLE ACHES, CHILLS, WEAKNESS

• OVER TIME SYMPTOMS BECOME INCREASINGLY SEVERE AND MAY INCLUDE . . .

• NAUSEA AND VOMITING, DIARRHEA (MAY BE BLOODY),RED EYES, RAISED RASH, CHEST PAIN AND COUGH, STOMACH PAIN, SEVERE WEIGHT LOSS, BLEEDING USUALLY FROM THE EYES, AND BRUISING (PEOPLE NEAR DEATH MAY BLEED FROM OTHER ORIFICES SUCH AS EARS NOSE AND RECTUM), INTERNAL BLEEDING

EBOLA

• MORE THAN 13,500 PEOPLE INFECTED WITH EBOLA

• THE “WHO” FOUND THAT HEALTH CARE WORKERS TREATING EBOLA VICTIMS ARE AT THE RISK OF CONTRACTING THE DISEASE. A TOTAL OF 523 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH THE EBOLA VIRUS SINCE THE START OF THE OUTBREAK 296 HAVE DIED

• “WHO” = WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION