Pestilence

Attackers kill doctor at hospital in Congo's Ebola epicenter
The AP reports: "Attackers stormed a hospital at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak and killed 'a dear colleague,' the head of the World Health Organization said Friday as he condemned the latest violence against health workers trying to contain the virus. [...] The world’s response to the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has been hampered by a series of deadly attacks on health centers in Butembo and elsewhere that have disrupted medical care and vaccination efforts, leading to a rise in new Ebola cases in the sprawling African nation. [...] the militiamen erroneously believed that foreigners had brought the disease with them to Congo."

Comment: It's unfortunate that those who are bravely fighting this Ebola outbreak are being killed by those who have little understanding of the disease.  Hopefully, international efforts to fight the outbreak will continue even as local authorities hunt the culprits.