Krista Larson

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Liberia children orphaned, ostracized by Ebola

Krista Larson · October 9, 2014 4:03 pm

Ebola a constant threat in reporting from Liberia

Krista Larson · October 3, 2014 7:56 pm

Neighbors sit in front of the house that Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian man now hospitalized in Texas, rented on 72nd SKD Boulevard during his stay in Liberia, in Morovia, Thursday Oct. 2, 2014. Since the announcement of his illness, Duncan has become a symbol of how Ebola could spread within the United States. Here in Liberia, though, he is just another neighbor infected by a virulent Ebola cluster ravaging this neighborhood of tin-roof homes along 72nd SKD Boulevard.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Many sick in US Ebola patient’s Liberia hometown

Krista Larson · October 2, 2014 7:32 pm

Liberia short on ambulances for Ebola patients

Krista Larson · October 1, 2014 4:10 pm

In this picture taken Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, Julius Prout, 32, poses for a photograph in front of the St Paul Bridge community clinic where he works in Monrovia, Liberia. Falling victim to the Ebola virus after treating more than a dozen others infected, following a traditional funeral, Prout was wrongly declared dead, prompting family members to hold two wakes in his memory. A registered nurse, Prout stunned relative when he called them after recovering from the deadly disease. Prout is now back in his neighborhood, immune from Ebola and eager to help other victims. Ebola has killed more than 1800 people in Liberia this year. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Families wait in agony for word on Ebola patients

Krista Larson · September 30, 2014 12:41 pm

In this April 15, 2014 photo, an Anti-Balaka Christian fighter stands on the front of a looted Muslim store in Guen, some 250 kilometers north of Bangui, Central African Republic. As U.N. peacekeepers prepare to go into the Central African Republic to take over a regional mission, the death toll since fighting between Muslims and Christians started in December underscores how the aid is coming too late for thousands of victims. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

AP: More than 5,000 dead in C. African Republic

Krista Larson · September 12, 2014 9:56 pm

In this photo taken on July 8, 2014, Ebola advocacy group Crusaders for Peace, spokesperson Juli Endee, right, educates people on the deadly virus in Paynesville, east of the city Monrovia, Liberia. Ebola, a hemorrhagic fever that can cause its victims to bleed from the ears and nose, had never before been seen in this part of West Africa where medical clinics are few and far between. The disease has turned up in at least two other countries _ Liberia and Sierra Leone _ and 539 deaths have been attributed to the outbreak that is now the largest on record. (AP Photo/Jonathan Paye-Layleh)

Ebola crisis in West Africa deepens; 500+ dead

Krista Larson · July 14, 2014 10:47 am

In this Wednesday, April 16, 2014 photo, Muslim refugee children carry firewood for cooking at the Catholic church compound in Carnot, Central African Republic. Christian fighters in the area have threatened to burn down the church sheltering over 900 Muslim refugees and have made death threats against the priests who work there. Yet the presence of armed African peacekeepers at the church compounds' gates has kept the militants at bay. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

AP PHOTOS: Muslims at C. African Republic church

Krista Larson · June 5, 2014 9:58 am

In this April 16, 2014 photo, 10-year-old Hamamatou Harouna smiles as she sits in a tent with other Muslim refugees on the grounds of the Catholic Church in Carnot, Central African Republic. Hammamatou, who had lost the use of her legs to polio, fled Anti-Balaka violence in her village, carried on the back of her 12-year-old brother Souleymane. She spent 10 days alone in the forest. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Girl left in forest in C. African Republic chaos

Krista Larson · June 2, 2014 6:28 pm

C. African Republic violence hits clinic, convoy

Krista Larson · April 28, 2014 4:09 pm

1,300 Muslims leave C. African Republic capital

Krista Larson · April 27, 2014 6:07 pm

US envoy: C. African Republic needs more troops

Krista Larson · April 9, 2014 3:05 pm