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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...maternity hospital, they realized the crisis was worse than they had imagined. "It's a huge epidemic," Heyman says of the previously unrecorded cases, "and it's got nothing to do with the main hospital." By week's end who doctors had counted 97 Ebola deaths, and the toll seemed certain to rise much higher. The only good news was that the disease had not yet spread-as far as anyone could tell-to the 4 million people of Kinshasa, 250 miles to the west...
EBOLA DEATH TOLL RISES...
...week's end, there were 49 confirmed deaths from Ebola and 50 more suspected-the number was highly uncertain because Kikwit is also dealing with an outbreak of shigellosis, a form of dysentery whose symptoms can easily be confused with Ebola's. While the death toll is certain to rise, since the virus' incubation period lasts up to 21 days, infectious-disease experts doubt that the Ebola will travel much farther than it has already, even within Zaire. Says Dr. Ralph Henderson, an assistant director-general of the World Health Organization: "We are not talking about thousands or tens...
Highest Death Toll: Die Hard with a Vengeance. Evil genius Jeremy Irons wants to kill all of New York City; tough cop Bruce Willis wants to wear a T shirt and get sooty. Subways, trucks, actors' mannerisms-all get blown skyline-high...
...pair of drifters whose travels before and after the bombing paralleled McVeigh's. But the two men were quickly released for lack of evidence, the parallel taste in small towns and cheap motels an apparent coincidence. In Oklahoma City rescuers ended their search for bodies and survivors. The final toll: 167 people dead, including 19 children...