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In December 2013, a young boy in a tiny West African village contracted the deadly Ebola virus. The virus spread to his relatives, then to neighboring communities, then across international borders. The world's first urban Ebola outbreak quickly overwhelmed the global health system and threatened to kill millions. In an increasingly interconnected world in which everyone is one or two flights away from New York or London or Beijing, even a localized epidemic can become a pandemic. Ebola's spread sounded global alarms that the next killer outbreak is right around the corner.

In Wuhan: How the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control, Dali L. Yang scrutinizes China's emergency response to the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, delving into the government's handling of epidemic information and the decisions that influenced the scale and scope of the outbreak. Yang's research reveals that China's health experts had an excellent head start when they implemented a health emergency action program to respond to the outbreak at the end of December 2019.

"U.N. Apologizes for Role in Haiti’s 2010 Cholera Outbreak" is from the December 01, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Somini Sengupta and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Chipotle Will Close Stores for Food Safety Meetings after Outbreaks" is from the Food section of The New York Times. It was written by Daniel Victor and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"In Rural Alabama, a Mistrust of Medicine Fuels a Tuberculosis Outbreak" is from the Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Blinder and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Chipotle Is Subpoenaed in Criminal Inquiry Over Norovirus Outbreak" is from the US section of The New York Times. It was written by The New York Times and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Hepatitis a Outbreak Linked to Strawberries at Smoothie Chain" is from the September 09, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Daniel Victor and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Yellow Fever Outbreak in Angola Strains Health Organizations" is from the April 04, 2016 Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Donald G. Mcneil Jr. and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Deadliest Ebola Outbreak on Record Is over, WHO Says" is from the Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Dionne Searcey, Nick Cumming Bruce and Clair Macdougall and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Zika Outbreak Could Be an Omen of the Global Warming Threat" is from the Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Justin Gillis and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Study of Zika Outbreak Estimates 1 in 100 Risk of Fetal Abnormalities" is from March 15, 2016, U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Catherine Saint Louis and narrated by Kristi Burns.