Ebola
UN warns 10,000 new Ebola cases a week in W. Africa by December
West Africa could face up to 10,000 new Ebola cases a week within two months, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday, adding that the death rate...
Ebola death rate rises to 70 percent as WHO warns of 10,000 new cases a week
The death rate in the Ebola outbreak has risen to 70 percent and there could be up to 10,000 new cases a week in two months, the World Health Organization...
Ebola crisis: UN worker who contracted virus in Liberia dies in Germany
An international member of the United Nations’ medical team who was infected with Ebola in Liberia has died despite “intensive medical procedures”,...
Doctor gives blood for Ebola-infected Dallas nurse
A Dallas nurse who caught Ebola while treating a Liberian patient who died of the disease has received a plasma transfusion donated by a doctor who beat...
Second Ebola case in Texas tests whether U.S. can handle outbreak
The announcement that a second person in the United States has been tested positive for Ebola is emerging as a crucial test for how Texas is responding...
Second Ebola case in Texas as health care worker contracts virus
Officials say a health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who attended to the Ebola patient hospitalised there has tested positive for the...
New measures to contain threat as Ebola death count passes 4,000
As the Ebola outbreak’s death toll climbed north of 4,000 deaths out of 8,000 cases, authorities around the world are realising the potential dangers...
UN bemoans lack of Ebola aid as U.S. airports begin advanced screening
Pledges of financial aid to fight Ebola have fallen far short of the $1 billion needed by the United Nations, with only one quarter of the amount raised,...
Ebola deaths exceed 4,000, WHO says, as epidemic fears take hold worldwide
More than 4,000 people have died in the Ebola epidemic that broke out in west Africa at the start of the year, according to the latest figures released...
EU steps up Ebola screening as top health official issues warning
Health authorities in many European countries have been preparing for the possible arrival of suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola, following guidelines...
Australian woman tested for Ebola while Spanish nurse’s condition worsens
A 57-year-old Australian woman has been tested for Ebola after she developed a fever following her return from Sierra Leone, health officials have confirmed.
Spanish nurse infected with Ebola ‘touched face with tainted glove’
The Spanish nurse being treated for Ebola says she touched her face with a tainted protective glove after helping treat a man dying from the virus.
Questions over Spanish handling of Ebola case as three more quarantined
Three more people are under quarantine for possible Ebola at a Madrid hospital after a Spanish nursing assistant became infected there.
Global Ebola fear grows as Spain nurse contracts deadly illness
U.S. President Barack Obama says his government is considering more careful screening of airline passengers arriving from West Africa amid heightened Ebola...
Body count rising: Sierra Leone records 121 Ebola deaths in a single day
Sierra Leone recorded 121 deaths from Ebola and scores of new infections in one of the single deadliest days since the disease appeared in the West African...
High-risk Ebola could reach France, UK by end of October, scientists calculate
Scientists have used Ebola disease spread patterns and airline traffic data to predict a 75 per cent chance the virus could be imported to France by Oct.
U.S. hospital retracts explanation for missed, now-critical Ebola diagnosis
The Texas hospital that failed to initially identify and isolate the country’s first Ebola patient in its emergency room is now backtracking on its explanation...
Fourth American contracts Ebola in Liberia; UN ramps up response
A US television network prepared Friday to evacuate a cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia, as the UN’s pointman flew to Sierra Leone, calling the...
American journalist working in Nigeria diagnosed with Ebola
Ashoka Mukpo, an American freelance cameraman working for NBC News is the fifth citizen of the United States and its first journalist known to have contracted...
Ebola: U.S. patient faces possible charges as Texas monitors 100 people
Liberia could prosecute Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan for making a false declaration on his travel document.
Concerns, questions as Dallas becomes ‘ground zero’ for Ebola in U.S.
The first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States - a man being treated in a Dallas, Texas, hospital - has sparked worries that the virus that has...
Texas patient confirmed as first Ebola case diagnosed in United States
A Texas hospital said on Monday it has admitted a patient into “strict isolation” to be evaluated for possible infection with the Ebola virus,...
Liberia’s chief medical officer puts herself in Ebola quarantine
Liberia’s chief medical officer is placing herself under quarantine for 21 days after her office assistant died of Ebola.
IMF unblocks cash as desperate west Africa awaits Ebola aid
The International Monetary Fund fast-tracked $130 million in aid to fight the Ebola epidemic after the governments of the worst-hit countries in west Africa...
U.S. calls for stronger worldwide response to fight Ebola
Sierra Leone on Thursday took the dramatic step of sealing off districts where more than 1 million people live as it and other West African countries struggle...
Global health experts predict sharp rise in Ebola deaths
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new report Tuesday that estimated Ebola cases in Liberia and Sierra Leone could reach 1.4...
Sierra Leone ends three-day Ebola shutdown with 92 bodies found
Millions of Sierra Leoneans are set to emerge from their homes on Monday after a three-day nationwide lockdown during which 92 bodies and new cases of...
Sierra Leone faces criticism on second day of 72-hour Ebola shutdown
Sierra Leone began the second day of a 72-hour nationwide shutdown aimed at containing the spread of the deadly Ebola virus on Saturday amid criticism...
Ebola deaths spiral as crisis dubbed ‘unparalleled in modern times’, UN says
The unprecedented Ebola outbreak in West Africa requires a $1 billion response to keep its spread within the “tens of thousands” of cases,...
Obama to ramp up U.S. response to Ebola with military mission
The United States is ramping up its response to West Africa’s Ebola crisis, preparing to assign 3,000 U.S.
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