Ebola
Another outbreak: Measles cases could double in Ebola-stricken countries
Measles cases could almost double in countries hardest hit by the West African Ebola outbreak as overwhelmed health systems are unable to maintain child...
Measles cases seen almost doubling in Ebola epidemic countries
Measles cases could almost double in countries hardest hit by the West African Ebola outbreak as overwhelmed health systems are unable to maintain child...
UN tally of Ebola deaths passes 10,000, most in West Africa
More than 10,000 people have now died from the Ebola virus, almost all of them in west Africa, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The three...
Liberia releases last known Ebola patient from care
Liberia discharged its last confirmed Ebola patient on Thursday, as it reported for the first time in nine months it had gone a full week without any new...
Nearly 30 countries ‘highly vulnerable’ to Ebola-style epidemic: charity
Almost 30 countries around the world are “highly vulnerable” to an Ebola-style epidemic, with Somalia, Chad, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Haiti...
Sierra Leone: Vice president in quarantine after possible exposure to Ebola
Sierra Leone’s Vice President Sam Sumana has placed himself in quarantine following the Ebola death of one of his guards, a government spokesman...
Sierra Leone vice president in Ebola quarantine
Sierra Leone’s Vice President Sam Sumana has placed himself in quarantine following the Ebola death of one of his guards, a government spokesman...
U.S., Liberia kick off trial of Ebola drug ZMapp
U.S. and Liberian researchers have started a clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc’s Ebola drug ZMapp,...
UK’s second Ebola vaccine ready for testing and could be in Africa this year
The UK’s second Ebola vaccine is being fast-tracked to start testing in Africa in the coming weeks. The trial, at the Oxford Vaccine Group, consists...
Hospital staff under observation after Ebola scare in Liberian capital
Eight health workers at a hospital in Liberia’s capital have been sent home for observation after coming into contact with a patient who later tested...
15-minute Ebola testing kit given green light by World Health Organization
The World Health Organization has approved a rapid test for the Ebola virus which can deliver a diagnosis in just 15 minutes. In what could be a breakthrough...
Ebola cases prompt mini-quarantine in Sierra Leone capital
Sierra Leone imposed a quarantine in a fishing district of the capital city, Freetown, after at least five new Ebola cases were confirmed there, an official...
Sierra Leone loses track of $3.3m in Ebola funds: audit
Sierra Leone has been criticised in a report presented to its parliament on Friday showing ministers lost track of more than $3 million in internal emergency...
Secret burials thwarting efforts to stamp out Ebola: United Nations
Efforts to stamp out West Africa’s Ebola epidemic are being thwarted by villagers touching and washing the infectious bodies of dead victims at secret...
Number of new Ebola cases rises for first time in 2015: WHO
The weekly number of new Ebola cases registered across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone rose in the last week of January, marking the first hike in 2015,...
With just five cases left, Liberia hopes to be Ebola free within weeks
Liberia, once the epicenter of West Africa’s deadly Ebola epidemic, has just five remaining confirmed cases of the disease, a senior health official...
Just five Ebola cases left in Liberia, government says
Liberia, once the epicenter of West Africa’s deadly Ebola epidemic, has just five remaining confirmed cases of the disease, a senior health official...
Ebola vaccine trials to begin in west Africa as disease reaches ‘turning point’
Two long-awaited studies of experimental Ebola vaccines are due to begin in West Africa within weeks, according to U.S.
Number of new Ebola cases declining as disease evolves: UN
United Nations officials say new cases of Ebola in West Africa have been decreasing.
United Nations and government declares Mali Ebola-free
The Malian government and the United Nations on Sunday declared the country free of Ebola after 42 days without any new cases of the deadly virus.
UN: At least 50 Ebola hotspots remain, but new cases falling
At least 50 Ebola hotspots remain in the three hardest-hit West African countries but new cases are declining and the deadly disease will be defeated,...
WHO: Ebola may be leveling off in Sierra Leone, disease still far from over
The spread of Ebola in Sierra Leone, the country worst affected by the virus, may at last be slowing down, despite reports of nearly 250 new confirmed...
Ebola vaccine clinical tests started by pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson
U.S. pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson said today that it has started human trials on a possible vaccine against Ebola.
UK nurse diagnosed with Ebola transferred to London hospital
A health worker who was the first person diagnosed in Britain with Ebola arrived at a London hospital from Scotland early on Tuesday for treatment after...
Liberia reports dozens of new Ebola cases on border with Sierra Leone
Dozens of new Ebola cases have erupted in Liberia, near the border with Sierra Leone, Liberian health officials warned Monday, marking a setback amid recent...
Liberia is having ‘the worst Christmas ever’ because of Ebola
The Ebola epidemic has cast a dark shadow over Christmas this year in Liberia, where small businesses are especially feeling the pinch.
Village chief first in Sierra Leone to be convicted under Ebola laws
A village chief has become the first person in Sierra Leone to be jailed under laws aimed at preventing the spread of the Ebola virus.
German medics report on drug success for Ebola patient
German doctors on Friday gave details of how an experimental drug together with advanced intensive care helped save a Ugandan physician who had been airlifted...
Donors and WHO responded too slowly to West Africa Ebola outbreak: report
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the nations that fund it failed to respond quickly and effectively to the deadly West Africa Ebola outbreak despite...
Ebola killed 6,841, infected 18,464 so far: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that 6,841 people have been killed by the Ebola virus disease (EVD) so far since its outbreak, with a...
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