The Risk That Ebola Will Spread to Uganda Is Now Very High

Published: Nov. 13, 2018, 7:12 a.m.

Ebola is one of those scourges where the mere mention of its name strikes fear: the virus, which kills about half of those it infects and gets passed on through body fluids, is notoriously hard to contain. Because of its long incubation period, healthy-looking people can spread the deadly disease for weeks before symptoms appear.