Inside STAT: After decades fighting Ebola, a beloved expert hangs up his boots

DR. PIERRE ROLLIN, SECOND FROM LEFT, IN UGANDA DURING AN EBOLA OUTBREAK IN 2012. (CDC)

Dr. Pierre Rollin has more Ebola field experience than almost anyone on the planet — and in late January, after decades at the CDC dealing with the deadliest known viruses, he quietly retired. Rollins is renowned among the community of people who work on Ebola as someone who’s willing to do anything that needs to get done during an outbreak, from entering data to digging graves. “He’s just a giant,” Dr. Mike Ryan, a veteran of outbreak responses, tells STAT’s Helen Branswell. More here.