The Ebola Virus

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In 1976, a mysterious and deadly illness appeared almost simultaneously in Sudan and Zaire. It killed with frightening speed, baffled doctors, and was eventually named after a river few people had ever heard of: Ebola. Since then, it has caused some of the most feared outbreaks in modern history, while also driving major advances in medicine, vaccines, and global public health. Learn more about the deadly Ebola Virus and the efforts to fight it on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Honor the past by uncovering its stories at Newspapers.com Promo Code EVERYTHINGEVERWHERE Samsara Don’t wait for the next accident to take action. Head to Samsara.com/EVERYTHING ButcherBox Get your choice between chicken breast or top sirloin for a year OR ground beef for life, PLUS $20 off when you go to ButcherBox.com/everything Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED Audible Listen to Project Hail Mary Audible.com/hailmary Fast Growing Trees Get 20% off your first purchase when using the code DAILY at checkout at fastgrowingtrees.com/daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1976, a mysterious and deadly illness appeared almost simultaneously in the Sudan and Zaire.
0:06.9	It killed with frightening speed, baffled doctors, and was eventually named after a river that few people had ever heard of, Ebola.
0:15.2	Since then, it has caused some of the most feared outbreaks in modern history, while also driving major advances in medicine, vaccines, and global public health.
0:23.6	Learn more about the deadly Ebola virus and the efforts to fight it
0:27.2	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Some follow the noise.
0:46.2	Bloomberg follows the money.
0:48.4	Because behind every headline is a bottom line.
0:52.2	Whether it's the funds fueling AI or crypto's trillion dollar swings,
0:56.8	there's a money side to every story.
0:59.4	And when you see the money side,
1:01.4	you understand what others miss.
1:03.8	Get the money side of the story.
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1:12.6	Attention all passengers.
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1:29.9	tickets on Uber. Trains on Uber. The very word Ebola strikes terror into some people and for good
1:42.0	reason. Ebola is one of the deadliest diseases on the planet.
1:46.0	And it isn't just that it has an incredibly high mortality rate, which it does. It's that the way
1:51.2	victims die is horrific and painful. Technically, Ebola is not a single virus. It's a group of
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