This is just a very quick diary on some medical information sources that might help those looking for information on Ebola (Ebolaphiles?)
There are a few medical sites offering free access to articles on Ebola published in their journals. Most of the articles are very current, but some go back to the beginning of the current outbreak. Some have information about previous outbreaks.
I’ve read a number of the articles, and those I’ve read have been excellent. A few are difficult to read and have a lot of medicalese. Others are very simple and straightforward and could be read by a 7th grader.
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The New England Journal of Medicine has a section (link below) that has a number of articles ranging from human interest, to editorials, to hard science/medical research. Some are accounts of how Ebola is affecting villagers in West Africa, local government problems and other sociocultural topics. It gives a different perspective on the outbreaks-from the victims' point of view.
The Lancet has a series of Ebola articles (link below) that are basically straight medical research.
The Journal of the American Medical Association does not have a specific section on Ebola articles that I can refer you to. But they have made some of their Ebola articles free to read without a subscription. You can go to their site and search for Ebola-related articles. Link to the JAMA is below.
Also, Science (the magazine from the American Academy for the Advancement of Science) has an Ebola site with good information available there for you. (h/t elmo)
The CDC always has a lot of information on Ebola, though their search function is terrible. CDC’s link follows, too.
NEJM: http://www.nejm.org/... 15+ articles
Lancet: http://ebola.thelancet.com Articles and a podcast, too
JAMA: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/... Use the “Search” function to look for Ebola articles. IF the article says “FREE” you can read the entire article. If it doesn’t say “FREE” you can at least access the abstract.
Science (AAAS): http://www.sciencemag.org/...
The CDC http://www.cdc.gov/... Lots of information on Ebola. Plus links to other areas of the CDC with more information and links to other sites (WHO, NIH, etc.) for further reading. Be careful, though. Some of the links you may find can take you to papers that were written several years ago and may not be current. Check the date on the webpage that the CDC sends you to. It should show the date the article was written and, at the bottom, the last time it was reviewed.
You can also follow the CDC on Facebook and Twitter. They use social media frequently to send out information. The CDC also does periodic CDC Chats, last week's chat was on Ebola.