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Former 'Ebola czar' weighs in on differences between 2014 epidemic and today

NPR | By Kathryn Fink,

Christopher Harland-Dunaway, Scott Detrow, Christopher Intagliata

Published May 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM EDT

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Ron Klain, former White House Ebola response coordinator under President Obama, about the response to the 2014 Ebola epidemic and what's different today.

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Kathryn Fink

Kathryn Fink is a producer with NPR's All Things Considered.

Christopher Harland-Dunaway

Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

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Christopher Intagliata

Christopher Intagliata is an editor at All Things Considered, where he writes news and edits interviews with politicians, musicians, restaurant owners, scientists and many of the other voices heard on the air.