Ebola Virus

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Ebola Outbreak Declared After Three Die In DR Congo

An Ebola outbreak has been declared in the northeast region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The World Health...

Headlines

Next Ebola Outbreak ‘inevitable’ But World Better Prepared

A new outbreak of the Ebola virus is "inevitable" but a new vaccine and rapid-response measures mean it will be more...

International

Fear Grips Liberians As Mystery Disease Claims 9 Lives

A mysterious disease has killed nine people in Liberia, leading the health authorities to issue guidelines to citizens...

Top Stories

Ghana Health Service Condemns False Ebola Outbreak Report

The Ghana Health Service has debunked information circulating on social media, suggesting that there is an outbreak of...

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Ebola ‘super-Spreaders’ Cause Most Cases

The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research...

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Ebola ‘super-Spreaders’ Cause Most Cases

The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research...

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Successful Ebola Vaccine Will Be Fast-Tracked For Use

A highly effective vaccine that guards against the deadly Ebola virus could be available by 2018, says the World Health...

International

Canada Lab Worker May Be Exposed To Ebola

An employee at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg has potentially been exposed to the Ebola...

International

The Lingering Shadow of Ebola Outbreak In Sierra Leone

The lingering shadow of Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone Hassan sits silently and stares into the distance, he has tired...

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ECOWAS Sets Up Rapid Response Team To Help Contain Disease Outbreaks

A four-day ECOWAS health resilience training programme to equip selected individuals from the fifteen West African...

Health

GHS Training on Ebola and Cholera Surveillance Ends

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has held an Ebola and Cholera surveillance and contact tracing training for health...

Africa & World

World Health Organization: Nigeria and Senegal – Model Test Cases for Effective Ebola Control

(Geneva,GNA) – The World Health Organisations (WHO) says Senegal and Nigeria offers a test case for the world on how...

Africa & World

United States Ambassador to the United Nations visits Ebola Stricken Countries

(Accra, GNA) - In a communique released by the United States Embassy in Ghana, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,...

Feature

An Anti-Ebola March in South West Philadelphia “I’m a West African – Not a Virus.”

Practically everyone at the march had a story about someone who refused to shake hands or moved to a different bus seat...

Africa & World

President Mahama on Ebola and Investment in Africa

(The Presidency, Accra)President John Mahama has expressed optimism that there will be a positive turnaround in the...

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[UPDATE] – Arrested and Humiliated Ebola Ghanaian Student Tested Negative for Ebola

A Ghanaian student in Czech Republic arrested, forced into a suffocating black polythene bag, wheeled away in a trolley...

Health

Synthetic Molecule Based Anti-Ebola Drug Developed By University of Utah

There's more hope that an Ebola-fighting drug is on its way. Biochemists at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in...

Africa & World

President John Mahama Visits West Africa Hardest Hit Ebola Countries – Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea

Mr. Mahama, Chairman of ECOWAS, left Accra on Monday for Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, to discuss with the...

Health

Here’s How The Number of People Who Have Been Killed By The Ebola Virus – 2000

More than 2,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the World Health Organization said on Friday,...