Inside an Ebola Ward, and a Roadblock for Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund
6/1/202610 min
Plus, the 20-year-old director with the No. 1 movie.
Here’s what we’re covering:
Inside the Ebola Epicenter, the Virus Rages With Little to Stop It, by Declan Walsh
Federal Judge Bars Trump From Immediately Setting Up $1.8 Billion Fund, by Zach Montague
U.S. Military Is Quietly Guiding Ships Through the Strait of Hormuz, by Peter Eavis and Eric Schmitt
The Earth Shook. Tanks Burst. Now Kona Faces a Water Crisis., by Libby Leonard and Vivian Yee
Young Moviegoers Power ‘Backrooms’ to $82 Million in Ticket Sales, by Brooks Barnes
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Tracy Mumford· Host0:29
[instrumental music] From The New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today is Monday, June 1st. Here's what we're covering.
Declan Walsh0:38
When I walked into the Ebola ward in Mangwalu General Hospital, the first thing that struck me was how many people were walking around without any form of protection. A handful of people were wearing rubber gloves. Some of them had pulled a scarf or part of their sweater across their mouths, but for the most part, people were wearing nothing, and that meant that they were at great risk of catching the virus that causes Ebola themselves.
Tracy Mumford· Host1:09
Declan Walsh is The Times' Chief Africa Correspondent. He's been on the ground in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Ebola outbreak has now ballooned to the third-largest on record, and where hospitals are struggling to keep up.
Declan Walsh1:23
The other thing was just how tightly packed the patients were. In that small ward that we visited, we