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or less commonly Ebola fever
: the hemorrhagic fever caused by the Ebola virus
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Meanwhile wanted to find out whether an emergency operation like the one mounted by the Obama administration that successfully put down a 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa would be possible after Musk’s carnage.
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Stephen Collinson, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
The Ebola prevention effort was reinstated — although NPR reported experts disagree it has been fully restored — and the nuclear weapons workers had their terminations rescinded.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Feb. 2025
Well, the first thing to know is that measles is one of the most contagious diseases on Earth — more than Ebola, smallpox or just about any other infectious disease.
—Alyson Hurt, NPR, 28 Feb. 2025
And despite an assertion from Musk that funding to fight Ebola outbreaks had been restored, The Associated Press obtained a termination notice for a project by the Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation that was poised to respond to Ebola cases in Uganda.
—Gary Fields and Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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Stephen Collinson, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
The Ebola prevention effort was reinstated — although NPR reported experts disagree it has been fully restored — and the nuclear weapons workers had their terminations rescinded.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Feb. 2025
Well, the first thing to know is that measles is one of the most contagious diseases on Earth — more than Ebola, smallpox or just about any other infectious disease.
—Alyson Hurt, NPR, 28 Feb. 2025
And despite an assertion from Musk that funding to fight Ebola outbreaks had been restored, The Associated Press obtained a termination notice for a project by the Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation that was poised to respond to Ebola cases in Uganda.
—Gary Fields and Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Ebola.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ebola. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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Ebola
noun
Ebo·la
ē-ˈbō-lə 
: a serious often deadly disease that is caused by a virus found in Africa and is marked by fever, muscle aches, and bleeding inside the body
Medical Definition
Ebola
noun
Ebo·la
i-ˈbō-lə
ē-; ˈē-ˌbō-
ē-; ˈē-ˌbō-
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: the hemorrhagic fever caused by the Ebola virus
called also Ebola fever
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