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Josephine Karwah has check ups every six months as part of the largest ever study of Ebola survivors. More than a thousand survivors are being monitored in Liberia by local and American researchers. What the researchers discover about post-Ebola syndrome could help the estimated 17,000 West Africans who survived Ebola.

Image and caption by Seema Yasmin. Liberia, 2016.

To read more of Seema’s work, visit her project, “ Ebola Survivors.”

[pulitzerfieldnotes]

SMELL NO TASTE, Liberia—Josephine Karwah was seven months pregnant when she walked out of the Ebola treatment unit in Liberia in 2014. She lost her mother, father, aunt and uncle to the virus but Josephine survived. She is one of an estimated 17,000 Ebola survivors in West Africa who walked out of quarantines and Ebola treatment units and stepped into an uncertain future. Now scientists are tracking the health of Josephine and a thousand Liberian Ebola survivors to learn about post-Ebola syndrome. Read Josephine's story here.

Image and caption by Seema Yasmin. Liberia, 2016.

To read more of Seema’s work, visit her project, “ Ebola Survivors.” 

[dlsphjournalism]

Dallas News--2 paralysis cases linked to enterovirus seen in North Texas

BY ANNA KUCHMENT AND SEEMA YASMIN (FGJ '14)--Two North Texas children have been paralyzed by a mysterious polio-like illness that has been linked to a common respiratory virus, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Read More

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Dallas News -- Mourning another life lost to Ebola

BY SEEMA YASMIN (FGJ '14) -- The immense pain and suffering of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa resonated through Dallas when the news of Thomas Eric Duncan’s death was announced this morning. Read More

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NPR--Visitors question Dallas plans after Ebola patient dies

BY SEEMA YASMIN (FGJ '14) - Dr. Seema Yasmin discusses how Ebola in Dallas has affected visitors to the city. Listen Here

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Dallas Morning News -- Fort Worth doctor infected with Ebola offers serum to sick colleague

BY SEEMA YASMIN (FGJ '14) AND CHARLES SCUDDER Even as Dr. Kent Brantly’s condition worsened Thursday, the Fort Worth doctor diagnosed with Ebola in Liberia was trying to save the lives of others. An experimental serum arrived in the country, but only enough for one person. Brantly insisted that it go to his colleague Nancy Writebol, who is also fighting the disease. Read more