Ebola
The boy who cried Ebola: Taiwanese man faces fine over false report
A Taiwanese teenager faces a fine after telling doctors he had travelled to Africa and had symptoms of Ebola, sparking emergency quarantine measures at...
Dehydration and despair ‘killing more Ebola victims than virus itself’
Simple intravenous fluid drips could save the lives of many West African Ebola patients, but are being neglected because of a perception that there is...
Five million children out of school in West Africa due to Ebola
Some five million children are out of school in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone because of the deadly Ebola outbreak, according to a report by the Global...
WHO says Liberia, Guinea meeting Ebola targets
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the 60-day goals it set in October for tackling the Ebola outbreak in West Africa have largely successful.
Death toll of Ebola outbreak nears 7,000 in West Africa: WHO
The death toll from the worst Ebola outbreak on record has reached nearly 7,000 in West Africa, the World Health Organization said on Saturday.
British scientists to trial 15-minute Ebola diagnosis test in Guinea
British scientists have announced trials of a rapid Ebola test in Guinea designed to diagnose victims faster, as health professionals try to curb the spread...
Ebola vaccine ‘triggers immunity’ and is ‘safe’ after first set of tests
An experimental Ebola vaccine appears safe and triggered signs of immune protection in the first 20 volunteers to test it, U.S.
Contradicting WHO, Sierra Leone official says Ebola may have reached peak
The Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, which has been surging in recent weeks, may have reached its peak and could be on the verge of slowing down, Sierra...
Sierra Leone Ebola workers dump bodies in salary protest
Burial workers in Sierra Leone have dumped bodies in the street outside a hospital in protest at authorities’ failure to pay bonuses for handling...
Rising Ebola cases in Sierra Leone sets UN off course
The U.N. Ebola Emergency Response Mission will not fully meet its Dec. 1 target for containing the virus due to escalating numbers of cases in Sierra Leone,...
Rising Ebola cases in Sierra Leone sets U.N. off course
The U.N. Ebola Emergency Response Mission will not fully meet its Dec. 1 target for containing the virus due to escalating numbers of cases in Sierra Leone,...
U.S. looks past Ebola to prepare the world for the next major outbreak
The Obama administration has requested $600 million for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to implement what it calls the Global...
Bandits in Guinea make off with vials of suspected Ebola-contaminated blood
It was a highway robbery but the bandits got more than they bargained for when they stopped a taxi in Guinea and made off with blood samples that are believed...
U.S. grants 18-month residency amnesty to those from Ebola hotspots
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will grant temporary protected status to people from the three West African countries most affected by Ebola who...
Celeb-filled ad silently confronts world’s slow response to Ebola crisis
Sometimes silence speaks louder than words. A new PSA featuring some of today’s brightest stars does not feature their acting abilities—it just shows...
Cuba says doctor catches Ebola in Sierra Leone
Dr Felix Baez Sarria, a member of the 165-member medical team Cuba sent to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone, has been diagnosed with the disease.
Teen pregnancies ‘on the rise’ in Ebola-stricken African countries
Maternity wards in Freetown have been deserted by women who fear being infected by Ebola, yet nurses report seeing an increase in pregnant teenage girls,...
Ebola doctor flown to U.S. from Sierra Leone dies in Nebraska hospital
An Ebola-infected surgeon from Sierra Leone who was receiving treatment in a U.S.
Ebola-infected doctor from Sierra Leone flown to U.S.
A Sierra Leone surgeon with Ebola being flown to the United States for treatment is critically ill, possibly sicker than other patients treated in the...
Second wave: Mali in race against time to contain Ebola outbreak recurrence
Mali is trying to trace as many as 343 people linked to confirmed and probable Ebola victims in an effort to control its second Ebola outbreak.
Liberia lifts emergency on Ebola virus, but war on epidemic far from over
Liberia lifted its state of emergency Thursday, announcing huge gains in the fight against Ebola as Africa pinned its hopes on trials for a “miracle...
Mali battles Ebola outbreak as African death toll passes 5,000
Mali scrambled Wednesday to prevent a major Ebola epidemic after the deaths of an Islamic cleric and a nurse, as the official death toll in the worst epidemic...
US declared Ebola free as final patient recovers from virus
The only Ebola patient being treated in the United States has been cleared of the deadly virus.
Africa sets up $28 million Ebola crisis fund
Regional business leaders have partnered with the African Union (AU) and African Development Bank to set up a crisis fund that will help areas hit by the...
As Ebola deaths rise in Sierra Leone, Obama seeks $6bn to fight disease
President Barack Obama asked the U.S. Congress on Wednesday to approve $6.18 billion in new emergency funds this fiscal year to combat Ebola where it is...
Thousands break Ebola quarantine to find food
Thousands of people in Sierra Leone are being forced to violate Ebola quarantines to find food because deliveries are not reaching them, aid agencies said.
Creepy critters: Bats could hold secret in fighting Ebola outbreak
Bats can carry more than 100 different viruses, including Ebola, rabies and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), without becoming sick themselves.
Lockdown: North Korea orders Ebola quarantine on all foreigners
North Korea will quarantine foreigners entering the country for 21 days over fears of the spread of Ebola, even though no cases of the disease have been...
Individual genetic differences may affect your ability to survive Ebola
Scientists have been puzzling for years over why some people survive Ebola while many others perish.
In U.S. Ebola fight, no two quarantines are quite alike
In the U.S. battle against Ebola, quarantine rules depend on your zip code. For some, like nurse Kaci Hickox, who defiantly left her house and went on...
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