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French national soccer players of immigrant ancestry face harsher critics at the World Cup

The synergy that has propelled the French national team to the title game in the most recent World Cup in Russia has been colorblind — but French citizens and fans have not.

French national soccer players of immigrant ancestry face harsher critics at the World Cup
A doctor in protective clothing in the Ebola Training Academy in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Dec. 16, 2014.

A new Ebola vaccine may be 'up to 100 percent effective'

A new Ebola vaccine may be 'up to 100 percent effective'
Ebola Survivor Gorma Dolo, holds an ebola free health certificate at her house in Freeman Reserve, Liberia.

Ebola survivors face lingering health problems

Ebola survivors face lingering health problems
Health workers rest outside a quarantine zone at a Red Cross facility in the town of Koidu, Kono district in Eastern Sierra Leone December 19, 2014. Sierra Leone, neighbouring Guinea and Liberia was at the heart of the world's worst recorded outbreak of E

The day so many Guineans were waiting for is finally here

The day so many Guineans were waiting for is finally here
A health worker injects a woman with an Ebola vaccine during a trial in Liberia

Experimental Ebola vaccine is 'highly efficacious and safe' — but late

Experimental Ebola vaccine is 'highly efficacious and safe' — but late
Frontline's "Outbreak"

Inside the troubled early days of the Ebola response

Missteps dogged the early days of the Ebola response, with international groups relying on an untested government to combat the epidemic. "Letting the countries take the lead" is standard operating procedure for health agencies operating abroad.

Inside the troubled early days of the Ebola response
Nurse Kaci Hickox and her boyfriend, Ted Wilbur, speak with the media outside of their home in Fort Kent, Maine, on October 31, 2014. Hickox defied quarantine orders in New Jersey and Maine after returning from West Africa but testing negative for Ebola.

Calm down — America is officially Ebola-free

The US responded to Ebola quickly, and succeeded in stamping out the small number of known cases. Now that the last Ebola patient in the country has been cleared, one doctor says it's time to refocus on West Africa.

Calm down — America is officially Ebola-free
A satirical map created by Anthony England to show people around the world how little of Africa has been affected by the Ebola outbreak.

Twitter snark helps put the geography of Ebola in stark relief

British chemist Anthony England was at home with plenty of time on his hands during the Ebola outbreak, reading the ongoing coverage and reactions. But the errors he found online infuriated him, leading him to make a satirical Ebola map that's gone viral around the world.

Twitter snark helps put the geography of Ebola in stark relief
An endangered mountain gorilla rests inside a forest in a Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Rwanada.

We still don't know for sure how Ebola reached humans

Scientists are still trying to figure out when and how the Ebola virus first emerged in humans. Many believe that fruit bats are the so-called “reservoir hosts,” but that remains to be definitively proven. Science writer David Quammen ventured deep into the forest of central Africa to try to find out for his latest book “Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus.”

We still don't know for sure how Ebola reached humans
Soldiers from the U.S. Army put on one of three pairs of protective gloves during their final session of personal protective equipment training.

How 'big data' could help stop the spread of Ebola

When it comes to containing an outbreak like Ebola, anticipating where it might spread next is crucial. Until somewhat recently, however, the only way to do that was through untimely census records. But with the proliferation of so-called "big data," epidemiologists can track in real time where West Africans are headed — and where they might be spreading the disease.

How 'big data' could help stop the spread of Ebola
Fruit bats like the ones pictured here are often key vectors for diseases like Ebola, and disturbing their habitats may have made humans more vulnerable.

Here's how cutting down West African trees made us vulnerable to Ebola

Diseases that can move between animals and humans — called zoonotic diseases — make up a majority of infectious diseases that humans can get, scientists say. So it's no wonder that out-of-control logging in West Africa has likely aided the spread of Ebola.

Here's how cutting down West African trees made us vulnerable to Ebola
A sign is seen at the border with Guinea in Kouremale, October 2, 2014. The worst Ebola outbreak on record was first confirmed in Guinea in March but it has since spread across most of Liberia and Sierra Leone, killing more than 3,300 people, overwhelming

The Ebola outbreak quiets an important Muslim holiday in Guinea

Eid al-Adha is a big occasion for Muslims around the globe. But for any part of the Muslim world that's staring down the barrel of Ebola right now — like Guinea, the country where the current outbreak began — the parties are muted.

The Ebola outbreak quiets an important Muslim holiday in Guinea
A health worker, wearing head-to-toe protective gear, offers water to a woman with Ebola at a treatment center for infected persons at Kenema Government Hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone.

Why isn't the rest of the world helping fight the Ebola outbreak?

When there's a devastating earthquake almost anywhere around the globe, health care workers and humanitarian groups rush in. But in the case of Ebola in West Africa, only three countries — China, Cuba, and Uganda — have sent in medical teams. And the disease is outstripping the resources.

Why isn't the rest of the world helping fight the Ebola outbreak?
Residents in an Ebola quarantine area in the West Point of Monrovia, Liberia, complain to a security officer as they wait for their relatives to bring them food and essentials on August 23, 2014.

Ebola survivors return to lives of fear and ostracism

About 50 percent of people infected with Ebola in the current West African outbreak are surviving, but they're returning home to communities that often shun survivors. That's because many people don't understand how Ebola spreads, but some campaigns are now trying to raise awareness.

Ebola survivors return to lives of fear and ostracism
The monster mouth doorway at Lagunita

An ancient lost Mayan city reappears in Mexico

The Mayan civilization thrived more than a thousand years ago. Many of its cities simply disappeared as jungle overtook them. One of them was found decades ago and then lost again, until now. We also report on why women may be bearing the brunt of Ebola's attack in West Africa, and how Syrian cyber-warriors are using viral clickbait to trap enemies of the Syrian regime. All that and more, in today's Global Scan.

An ancient lost Mayan city reappears in Mexico