Second Ebola patient dies in Uganda, two others in intensive care
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA, June 13 (Reuters) – A Congolese woman has become the second patient in Uganda to die of Ebola since the virus
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As Ebola threatens mega-cities, vaccine stockpile needs grow
Doubts are growing about whether the world’s emergency stockpile of 300,000 Ebola vaccine doses is enough to control future epidemics as the deadly disease moves out of
Four new Congo Ebola cases, medics prepare experimental treatment
Four new cases of Ebola virus have been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministry said, as authorities prepare to deploy an
First reported deaths in Congo Ebola outbreak came in January
Cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in an area of Congo that is facing an Ebola epidemic as far back as December and the first
Disease ‘superspreaders’ fuelled West Africa Ebola epidemic – researchers
By Kieran Guilbert Most people infected with Ebola in the world’s worst outbreak of the deadly virus contracted it from just a tiny fraction of
Scottish nurse who had Ebola cleared of hiding symptom
A Scottish nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for patients in Sierra Leone was cleared on Wednesday of allegations that she had put the public
WHO declares Liberia free of active Ebola virus transmission
Liberia has reached the end of active Ebola virus transmission, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, the fourth such declaration from one of
British nurse who recovered from Ebola back in hospital again
A Scottish nurse, who recovered from Ebola but then suffered life-threatening complications from the virus persisting in her brain, has been admitted to hospital for
Why Zika may be as tough to beat as Ebola
By Peter Apps Taraneh Shirazian, obstetrician and gynaecologist at New York University Langone medical centre has been seeing some very worried women – those with
More than 100 people quarantined after Sierra Leone Ebola death
By Umaru Fofana More than 100 people have been quarantined in Sierra Leone after coming in contact with a woman who died of Ebola last
Boy dies of Ebola in Liberia, first fatality in months
By James Harding Giahyue A 15-year-old boy has died of Ebola in Liberia, the first such fatality for months in a country declared free of
Liberia monitors over 150 Ebola contacts as virus re-emerges
By James Harding Giahyue Liberia has placed 153 people under surveillance as it seeks to control a new Ebola outbreak in the capital more than
Discharged British Ebola nurse back in hospital
A Scottish nurse who contracted the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone last year but had seemingly made a full recovery was back in hospital in
Vaccine success holds hope for end to deadly scourge of Ebola (Updated)
By Kate Kelland and Tom Miles The world is on the verge of being able to protect humans against Ebola, the World Health Organization said
Africa’s Ebola outbreak not yet run its course
Africa’s Ebola outbreak has not run its course and around 30 people are still getting infected each week, the United Nations’ special envoy for the
Liberia records Ebola death after country declared virus-free
By Alphonso Toweh A Liberian has died of Ebola in the first recorded case of the disease since a country at the heart of an
Sierra Leone 3-day Ebola lockdown leaves capital ‘eerily quiet’
The capital of Sierra Leone was “eerily quiet” on Friday as hundreds of health volunteers spread out across the city and the surrounding area to
Liberia releases last known Ebola patient from care
By James Harding Giahyue Liberia’s last Ebola patient left hospital on Thursday to cheers of delight from friends and family, a year after the West
Secret burials thwarting efforts to stamp out Ebola – UN
By Stephanie Nebehay Efforts to stamp out West Africa’s Ebola epidemic are being thwarted by villagers touching and washing the infectious bodies of dead victims
Second British health worker tested for Ebola in London
A second British military healthcare worker has been flown back to England from Sierra Leone following the likely exposure to the Ebola virus, a government
