FILE – This undated file image made available by the CDC shows the Ebola Virus. As a deadly Ebola outbreak continues in West Africa, health officials are working to calm fears that the virus easily spreads, while encouraging those with symptoms to get medical care. (AP Photo/CDC, File)
After all, flu isn’t capitalized, and neither are chickenpox or measles.
Here’s why:
According to the World Health Organization, Ebola “first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, one in Nzara, Sudan, and the other in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. The latter occurred in a village near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name.”
And how do you pronounce it? According to a memo on Wednesday from NPR, it should be “ee-BOH-luh” but “eh-BOH-la” is OK if you’re Ofeibea Quist-Arcton.
(h/t Brian Ries)
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