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Today β€” 12 October 2026Main stream

He Helped Discover Ebola 50 Years Ago. He’s Still Worried.

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.

Β© Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times

Dr. Peter Piot was the first scientist to identify the Ebola virus as a young researcher in Belgium in 1976.

He Helped Discover Ebola 50 Years Ago. He’s Still Worried.

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.

Β© Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times

Dr. Peter Piot was the first scientist to identify the Ebola virus as a young researcher in Belgium in 1976.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Trump Administration Delays Threaten Funding for HIV Research

The networks also develop treatments and preventions for other infectious diseases and were instrumental in testing the Covid vaccine.

Β© Ihsaan Haffejee for The New York Times

Drawing blood at an H.I.V. clinic in South Africa last year. The research networks’ large footprint has enabled them to develop tools to prevent and treat H.I.V., including in marginalized or rare populations.
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