Workers with Doctors Without Borders prepare isolation and treatment areas for Ebola patients in Gueckedou, Guinea. Kjell Gunnar Beraas/AP hide caption
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Doctors Without Borders workers transport a body at a center for victims of the Ebola virus in Guekedou, Guinea, in April. Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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On the lookout for SARS, an employee checks a baby's temperature at the Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, in 2003. The deadly virus quickly spread around the world once it reached Hong Kong, a central travel hub. Nir Elias/Reuters/Landov hide caption
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A health worker from Doctors Without Borders examines Ebola patient Finda Marie Kamano, 33, at her home in Conakry, Guinea, in April. The outbreak that began in February is still spreading in West Africa. Sylvain Cherkaoui/Cosmos/Courtesy of Doctors Without Borders hide caption
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A Saudi Arabian man wears a mask to protect against the Middle East respiratory syndrome at his farm outside Riyadh, May 12. Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Fishermen drag a net in Lake Malawi in 2012. About the size of New Jersey, the lake is home to hundreds of fish species and is considered one of the most biologically diverse lakes in the world. Ding Haitao/Xinhua/Landov hide caption
Thriving Towns In East Africa Are Good News For A Parasitic Worm
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Contaminated water can spread diseases like cholera and typhoid. A new project aims to provide water filters in the form of an educational book. Soe Than Win/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Filtering A New Idea: A Book That's Educational And 'Drinkable'
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Muslim pilgrims wear masks to prevent infection from the Middle East respiratory syndrome in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday. Hasan Jamali/AP hide caption
How U.S. Hospitals Are Planning To Stop The Deadly MERS Virus
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A farmworker in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, wears a mask to protect against Middle East respiratory syndrome earlier this month. The MERS virus is common in camels. Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Shefali Rani Das, an expectant mother in Bangladesh, has given birth to six children (including 4-year-old Suborna) at home without a doctor. Only three of her babies have survived. Colin Crowley/Save the Children hide caption
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A Muslim pilgrim wears a mask in Mecca to protect against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in October 2013. Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Disease detective Neil Vora of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looks for the new smallpox-like virus in Georgian cattle. Darin Caroll/CDC hide caption
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Loved ones express their grief at the burial of Ramon Romero Ramirez in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua, January 2013. The 36-year-old died of chronic kidney disease after working in the sugar cane fields for 12 years. Ramirez is part of a steady procession of deaths among cane workers. Ed Kashi/VII hide caption