He Helped Discover Ebola 50 Years Ago. He’s Still Worried. NYT - World By: Apoorva Mandavilli 12 October 2026 at 09:02 In an interview, Dr. Peter Piot recalled when he first saw the spindly virus under a microscope and reflected on a five-decade career spent fighting two deadly pathogens. © Daniel Berehulak/The New York TimesDr. Peter Piot was the first scientist to identify the Ebola virus as a young researcher in Belgium in 1976.
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