Ebola: Fears and Facts

by Patricia Newman

Ebola is a deadly contagious disease. From 1975 to 2013, it killed about 1,500 people. But a 2014 epidemic killed more than six times that number. At first the outbreak was contained to one country. But soon it spread to two others--the virus was on the move, and people were scared. When two American healthcare workers became infected and were sent to the United States for treatment, many people feared a pandemic--an outbreak that would spread...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467792403
• ISBN13: 9781467792400
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 9