2014: Top 8 Stories That Weren’t So Great

This Sept. 30, 2014 file photo shows Nowa Paye, 9, as she is taken to an ambulance after showing signs of Ebola infection in the village of Freeman Reserve, about 30 miles north of Monrovia, Liberia. AP Photo/Jerome Delay

If you’re looking for inspiration to start the new year, this isn’t the place for you. But hey, this makes 2015’s outlook just a bit better... right?

 

Ebola: More 20,000 people have been sickened with Ebola this year in West Africa, said the World Health Organization. More than 7,500 have died this year, and it doesn’t appear that the epidemic is slowing down.

Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said, “I remain realistic that this is going to be a long, hard fight.” The epidemic spread to the US, prompting a nationwide scare.

Local residents look at a British Navy helicopter after it made a food drop on Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014.  AP Photo/Michael Duff