Click above to listen to part 1 of Stopping Ebola, featuring Richard Prestonjournalist and author of “Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History,” describing how the most recent Ebola outbreak likely began, and how the virus spreads.

Stopping Ebola:
Part 1: Richard Preston / Ebola Outbreak
Part 2: Richard Preston / Ebola Treatment Fear
Part 3: Amy Maxmen / Ebola Politics
Part 4: Yap Boum / Treating Ebola

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