Ebola update: Liberia announces outbreak, suspected cases reported in Mali
UPDATE: Guinea Ebola numbers are 137 suspect/confirmed cases and 86 deaths. The Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) outbreak first reported from forested areas in south-eastern Guinea has continued to increase...
View ArticleEbola ‘ruled out’ in Ghana girl, Guinea and Liberia numbers grow
The suspected case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in a young girl in Ghana has been ruled out by laboratory testing , according to a World Health Organization (WHO) update today. The WHO reports that The...
View ArticleEbola cases in Guinea near 200
The number of clinical cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and deaths associated with the disease have increased in both Guinea and Liberia, according to a World Health Organization update Thursday. The...
View ArticleSierra Leone Ebola outbreak rises to 50
The number of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases in Sierra Leone has jumped to 50 cases, up from 16 reported just two days ago, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) update today. 34 new cases (7...
View ArticleEbola in West Africa. Is it the worst Ebola outbreak ever?
The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, which saw it’s first cases appear in February 2014 in Guinea, the first time ever seen in west Africa, doesn’t appear to be close to ending as new cases are...
View ArticleEbola update: 11 new cases in Guinea, nine in Sierra Leone
WHO Global Alert and Response Between 2 and 3 June 2014, 11 new cases (8 confirmed, 1 probable and 2 suspected) and 3 new deaths were reported from Conakry (7 new cases and 1 death), Gueckedou (2 new...
View ArticleEbola deaths in West Africa now at 350
Just days after a senior official for Doctors Without Borders told news organizations that the West Africa Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak was “out of control”, the World Health Organization (WHO)...
View ArticleWHO calls for ‘drastic action’ as West Africa Ebola outbreak now a...
Brazzaville, 25 June 2014 — As the number of deaths and cases of Ebola virus continues to rise in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization is warning that drastic action is...
View ArticleEbola outbreak: Contact tracing key to outbreak control as number of cases...
With the number of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases closing in on 1,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says “contact tracing” is key to getting this, the largest Ebola outbreak in history, under...
View ArticleEbola 2014: West Africa outbreak tops 1,000 cases, situation remains ‘serious’
The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa has hit a new “milestone” as the World Health Organization reports in an update today than the number of cases have exceeded 1,000. The global...
View ArticleNigeria: Suspected Ebola case dies in Lagos
A Liberian man, who was in quarantine for “suspected” Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Lagos, Nigeria, has died, according to Nigerian officials. Thursday on a Nairaland.com forum, an individual posted the...
View ArticleSamaritan’s Purse doctor, Kent Brantly, stable after Ebola virus infection
Dr. Kent Brantly stable after report of Ebola infection, continuing work in Liberia
View Article‘Ebola in Town’: Ebola awareness via music
A music video by Liberian based trio D-12, Shadow and Kuzzy of 2 Kings offers a message of the things you should do to avoid contracting or spreading the lethal Ebola virus. The song warns of close...
View ArticleSamaritan’s Purse workers in Liberia showing ‘slight improvement’ in Ebola...
The Christian International Relief organization, Samaritan’s Purse issued an update on two workers in the West African country of Liberia who have been battling Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) infections....
View ArticleNC physician petitions FDA to ‘fast-track’ Tekmira’s Ebola drug
With the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) raging through West Africa resulting in the largest outbreak of the lethal disease since first found in 1976, one North Carolina physician is petitioning the Food and...
View ArticleNurses Play a Vital Role During Dangerous Outbreaks
The recent Ebola outbreak has killed more than 1,200 people in West Africa, making it the region’s deadliest battle with Ebola since the virus was discovered in 1976. In the trenches, nurses not only...
View ArticleRick Sacra, Missionary doctor infected with Ebola, comes to US for treatment
The latest American to be infected with Ebola while working as a missionary doctor in Africa has been flown in to the Nebraska Medical Center in order to receive treatment. Missionary doctor Rick...
View ArticleFour AG Pastors die from Ebola while serving in Liberia
While the Ebola outbreak continues in Africa, four Assemblies of God pastors have reportedly also passed away after contracting the Ebola virus. According to AG World Missions in a Sept. 4 statement,...
View ArticleDiscovery, ABC to air ‘Ebola: Inside the Deadly Outbreak’ with Dr Richard Besser
Discovery Channel and Discovery Fit & Health announced that the networks will simulcast EBOLA: INSIDE THE DEADLY OUTBREAK which premieres Thursday, Sept. 18 at 10PM. Discovery and ABC News partner...
View ArticleDarryl Williams to lead 3,000 troops in ‘War on Ebola,’ Lamar Alexander...
President Obama has announced the new plan to combat Ebola with troops deployed to Liberia, Africa to set up a command center and oversee 3,000 troops to assist with training new health workers and...
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