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A needle exchange program at the Austin Community Outreach Center in Austin, Ind., is aimed at stopping spread of HIV. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption
Tuesday
In 1962, a local leader in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea asks Fore men to stop the sorcery that he believes is killing women and children. Courtesy Shirley Lindenbaum hide caption
Friday
Mosquitoes hover around South Korea's bronze medalist Ki Bo Bae during the medal ceremony for archery, held on Aug. 11 at the Rio Games. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Tuesday
Secretary of State John Kerry and African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma signed an agreement Monday to establish the first Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Africa. The U.S. will provide technical advice and a few staff for the agency. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
A hand-drawn map on the wall of a rural clinic shows health workers where a woman with Ebola may be hiding. Kelly McEvers/NPR hide caption
As Ebola Pingpongs In Liberia, Cases Disappear Into The Jungle
Tuesday
Hotspots show where the common cold is popping up across the U.S. via Sickweather hide caption
Friday
Children play in the West Point neighborhood of Monrovia last week. West Point has been hit hard by Ebola. So local leaders formed their own Ebola task force, which goes door to door looking for cases. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
How Liberia Is Starting To Beat Ebola, With Fingers Crossed
Monday
A woman on the L train in New York City last week covers her face, fearful because a doctor with Ebola rode the train days earlier. Epidemiologists say people on the subway were not at risk. Stephen Nessen/WNYC hide caption
New York's Disease Detectives Hit The Street In Search Of Ebola
Thursday
Friday
A security man takes visitors' temperatures Wednesday at the Transcorp Hilton hotel in Abuja, Nigeria, about 400 miles north of Port Harcourt. Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Thursday
Kenyan health officials take the temperatures of passengers arriving at the Nairobi airport on Thursday. Kenya has no reported cases of Ebola, but it's a transportation hub and so is on alert. Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Average life expectancy around the world has ticked up over the past twenty years. Here it's shown for men in 2009. The extremes are in dark green and dark red, which represent 78 to 82 years old and less than 66 years old, respectively. Courtesy of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation hide caption
Friday
Lack of control and high demands make work stressful. iStockphoto.com hide caption