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The link between heightened disgust sensitivity, fear and conservative voting intentions appears to have played out in the US, writes Rob Brooks.

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A process of viral mutation, known as “genetic drift”, could compromise efforts to combat the world's worst known epidemic of Ebola, writes Peter White.

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As West Africa’s Ebola outbreak claims more lives, two UNSW public health students are providing much needed practical support from Australia.

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For the 25 million people of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, Ebola is not just an epidemiological terror, it is also a socioeconomic disaster, write Paul Munro and Greg van der Horst.

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How will the international Ebola crisis influence next week’s mid-term elections in the USA, asks Rob Brooks.

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Inadequate guidelines for personal protective equipment may be to blame for health care workers contracting Ebola outside West Africa, writes Raina McIntyre.

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Global guidelines in place to protect health workers treating Ebola in the field could be putting lives at risk, says UNSW infectious diseases expert Professor Raina MacIntyre.

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We have little to fear from mutating viruses. It is the rapidly evolving ones that we should be worried about, writes Rob Brooks.