ebola
15-minute test for Ebola ‘could be a game-changer’
Tulane University scientists in New Orleans have created an Ebola diagnostic device that they say is as easy to use and nearly as fast as a home pregnancy...
Ebola appears to be slowing in Liberia: WHO
Liberia, the country worst-hit by the Ebola epidemic, may be seeing a decline in the spread of the virus, although the battle to contain the outbreak is...
Ebola fight in W. Africa needs thousands more workers, says World Bank president
More than 5,000 additional health care workers are needed to fight Ebola in the three most affected countries in West Africa, the president of the World...
US Army, governors heighten Ebola precautions despite science
Governors of the US states of New York and New Jersey are standing by their intensified Ebola precautions, even after a 5-year-old boy who arrived from...
Teen tests negative for Ebola in Australia
Australian authorities said early Monday that a teenager who was in isolation in hospital had tested negative for Ebola after she developed a fever following...
White House pushes states to reverse Ebola quarantine orders
The White House is pressuring the governors of New York and New Jersey to reverse their orders imposing a quarantine on all medical workers returning from...
WHO eyes mass Ebola vaccines by mid-2015 as cases exceed 10,000
Hundreds of thousands of Ebola vaccine doses could be rolled out to West Africa by mid-2015, the World Health Organization said, after a two-year-old girl...
A ‘viral’ Halloween: Texas man creates Ebola biohazard decor
Taking inspiration from the fear of Ebola, a Dallas, texas man has stacked up barrels marked “biohazard,” surrounded his yard with yellow caution...
First Ebola patient in Mali dies; WHO says vaccine not ready until mid-2015
A two-year-old girl who was Mali’s first case of Ebola died on Friday, shortly after the World Health Organization warned that many people had potentially...
U.S. nurses are Ebola free as wary calm, determination settles in NYC
Two American nurses who contracted Ebola from a Liberian patient in the U.S. state of Texas were declared cured on Friday, and one was healthy enough to...
Ebola vaccine set for trial in Africa in December as virus spreads to Mali
The World Health Organisation says it expects 100,000 doses of new Ebola vaccine to be available early next year and trials could start in west Africa...
New York mayor confirms first case of Ebola in the city; doctor in isolation
A Doctors Without Borders physician who recently returned to New York City after treating Ebola patients in West Africa tested positive for the Ebola virus...
North Korea shuts borders to tourist groups over rising Ebola fears
North Korea is planning to stop foreign tourist groups from entering the country because of concerns over Ebola.
Two dead in Sierra Leone Ebola riot as WHO starts vaccine trials
Tensions surrounding the Ebola epidemic raging in West Africa sparked a deadly riot in Sierra Leone as the World Health Organization prepared Wednesday...
Cuban response to Ebola outbreak helps thaw relations with U.S.
Cuba’s contribution of hundreds of doctors and nurses to fight Ebola puts the island at the forefront of the international response and is even thawing...
Nigeria declared Ebola-free as dozens cleared from U.S. watch lists
Nigeria was declared free of the deadly Ebola virus on Monday after a determined doctor and thousands of officials and volunteers helped end an outbreak...
Canada to send experimental Ebola vaccine to WHO as cases develop
Canada will start shipping its experimental Ebola vaccine to the World Health Organization on Monday.
Ebola outbreak ‘over in Senegal’ as Nigeria approaches all-clear
The U.N. health agency officially declared an end Friday to the Ebola outbreak in Senegal, a rare bit of good news amid the public outcry and fear over...
U.S. company sells out of Ebola toys
In what some may be tempted to call the least tasteful advertising campaign in the history of marketing, a website called Giant Microbes, which promotes...
UN admits major mistakes in Ebola response as West Africa death toll rises
The World Health Organisation has admitted it botched attempts to halt the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
UN chief: Nobody is contributing towards my £620m Ebola trust fund
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has called for more financial support from the international community for the struggle against killer disease...
U.S. President Obama may appoint Ebola ‘czar’ to lead U.S. efforts
President Barack Obama said on Thursday he is considering appointing an Ebola “czar” as the lead U.S.
U.N. pushes international community for more funds as Ebola cases increase
A major international push has been announced to intensify efforts to contain the ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa.
Frustrated Obama chides allies on lukewarm response to Ebola crisis
Even as the wobbly US response to Ebola dominated headlines this week, US President Barack Obama ramped up a frustration-powered campaign to get reluctant...
Ebola deaths near 4,500 as virus spreads in West Africa
A total of 4,493 people have died from the world’s worst Ebola outbreak on record, and the situation in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone is deteriorating,...
Ebola intensifies worldwide travel fears, precautions
Ebola could spread globally if the world does not respond to the epidemic in Africa, Barack Obama has warned.
As 2nd U.S. nurse with Ebola identified, worldwide fears spread about travel
A second health care worker in Texas tested positive for Ebola, U.S. officials said Wednesday, as concerns mounted worldwide over the possibility that...
Controversial Ebola suits this year’s ‘most wanted’ Halloween costume
Emergency protection gear seems set to be all the rage for Halloween this year as the world struggles to get to grips with the Ebola crisis.
Ebola in the U.S.: Second Dallas health care worker diagnosed with virus
A second Texas healthcare worker who treated the first patient in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola has tested positive for the disease, the...
Ebola.com could be yours – for $150,000
A Las Vegas company, seeking to capitalize on the world’s worst Ebola outbreak on record, is looking to sell the domain name Ebola.com for $150,000.
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