Why World Bank’s Controversial Pandemic Bonds Didn’t Function as Hoped December 10, 2020 By Tracy Alloway and Tasos Vossos In late January 2015, just after the deadliest outbreak of Ebola in history, then-World Bank President Jim Yong Kim stood...
World Bank Pandemic Bond Losing Value, Facing Criticism as Coronavirus Spreads February 19, 2020 By Karin Strohecker A World Bank bond designed to deliver funding to help the world’s poorest countries to tackle fast-spreading diseases has lost...
Why Year-Long Ebola Outbreak Hasn’t Triggered Payout from Pandemic Insurance August 2, 2019 By Karin Strohecker World Bank funding instruments issued to help emerging countries swiftly tackle pandemics have come under the spotlight after the latest...
Connecticut Family Sues Over School’s Ebola Fears October 30, 2014 By Pat Eaton-Robb The father of a Connecticut third-grader filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday saying his daughter has been unfairly barred from school...
Politics of Ebola Response Tricky for Christie, Cuomo October 30, 2014 By Jill Colvin and Jonathan Lemire Two ambitious governors — one Republican, one Democrat — known for their no-nonsense, take-charge style in a calamity have set...
Aon: Planning, Communications Will Keep Real Risk of Ebola in Perspective October 29, 2014 With concerns growing in the U.S. over Ebola exposure — New York City confirmed its first case of Ebola Thursday,...
N.Y., N.J. Governors Stress Home Quarantine for Ebola Workers October 28, 2014 By Frank Eltman State leaders in New York and New Jersey are at odds with scientists over Ebola as the states’ governors back...
Ebola: NYC Had Jump-Start, Dallas Had to Learn Fast October 27, 2014 By David B. Caruso and Lauran Neergaard The contrast in handling two Ebola diagnoses in New York and Dallas highlights how differently U.S. cities and hospitals prepare...
CDC ‘Go’ Team Sprints to New York as City Faces First Ebola Case October 23, 2014 By Caroline Chen and John Lauerman Start packing for New York, the “go” team from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was told. A...
Ebola ‘Tipping Point’ Could Come By Late January, Reports RMS October 23, 2014 The Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa has the potential to be the most deadly infectious disease event since...