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In 2014, Americans watched from afar as the Ebola virus raged through West Africa, killing thousands and threatening millions. Until Sept. 30, when a Liberian man named Thomas Eric Duncan tested positive in a Dallas emergency room. Two nurses were infected before he died. Fear traveled faster, and far wider, than the virus. Explore what happened in Dallas – and the lessons hospitals and governments learned.
A KERA News Digital Projectby
Lauren Silverman, Molly Evans and Krystina Martinez
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Texas Children’s is designing an isolation unit specifically for kids at the hospital's Katy campus. Photo/Texas Children's Hospital
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At Texas Children’s Hospital, An Ebola Treatment Center Just For Kids

Photo/XBiotech
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An Ebola Vaccine May Come From An Austin Lab

Art on display in Vickery Meadow, which was placed in the international spotlight last fall. Photo/Stella M. Chávez
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In Vickery Meadow, Ebola’s Epicenter, Life Returns To Normal

County Judge Clay Jenkins prays during a faith based organization meeting about the local response to the Ebola crisis at
Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas October 29, 2014. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News)
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‘I Had No Idea I Would Be In Charge,’ Dallas County Judge Says

Cleaning Guys Environmental workers prepare to cover the apartment with plastic material in The Ivy Apartment complex
where Ebola victim Thomas Duncan was staying in Dallas, Oct. 3, 2014 in Dallas. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News)
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After Ebola, Some Businesses Suffered, While Others Profited

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. (Jim Tuttle/The Dallas Morning News)
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Learning From Ebola Mistakes, North Texas Hospitals Make Changes

Decontamination workers clean an apartment in The Village complex near Skillman Avenue in Dallas. Photo/Max Geron Dallas Police Department Twitter/@maxdpd
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Reporter: Stella M. Chávez

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Selected photos courtesy of The Dallas Morning News

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In 2014, Americans watched from afar as the Ebola virus raged through West Africa, killing thousands and threatening millions. Until Sept. 30, when a Liberian man named Thomas Eric Duncan tested positive in a Dallas emergency room. Two nurses were infected before he died. Fear traveled faster, and far wider, than the virus.

KERA’s project Surviving Ebola explores what happened in Dallas – and what the medical community and local governments learned, how treatment changed and how the people on the front lines fought the disease and survived.
Surviving Ebola