Sam Mednick, Author at Greenfield Recorder

In this photo taken Friday, June 1, 2018, a family sits outside in a neighborhood where three people died of Ebola last month, in Mbandaka, Congo. For the first time since the Ebola virus was identified more than 40 years ago, a vaccine has been dispatched to front line health workers in an attempt to combat the epidemic from the onset. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Crucial test of Ebola vaccine raises hopes, doubts in Congo

by Sam Mednick Associated Press, and Lauran Neergaard Associated PressJune 11, 2018

MBANDAKA, Congo — Irene Mboyo Mola spent 11 days caring for her husband as he died of Ebola in a hospital where she said nurses were too scared to get close. She helped him to the bathroom, picked up his feverish body when he lost his balance, and…