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A Story of Sacrifice – How Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh Saved Nigeria from Ebola Catastrophe and Died Doing It.

A day after the World Health Organization declared Nigeria free of Ebola, the doctor who treated the country's first...

Health

Drugmakers to Join Forces to Make Millions of Ebola Vaccine Doses

(Africa,Reuters) - Leading drugmakers plan to work together to speed up the development of an Ebola vaccine and hope to...

Africa & World

Travel Restrictions Imposed: U.S. to Funnel Travelers from Ebola-hit Region Through Five Airports

(Reuters, Africa) - Travelers to the United States from Ebola-stricken Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea must fly into...

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...

Africa & World

Nigeria Declared Free From Ebola After 42 Days of No New Cases

The World Health Organization declared Nigeria Ebola free on Monday after a 42 day period with no new cases, in a...

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President Mahama urges Ghanaian soldiers to join in efforts to fight Ebola

President John Mahama has urged Ghanaian soldiers to complement efforts of their counterparts in the West African...

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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...

World News

UK Starts Screening For Ebola At Airports for People Traveling From Ebola Hit Countries.

People arriving in the UK from areas hit by Ebola face "enhanced screening" for the virus at Heathrow, Gatwick and...

World News

More Ebola Outbreaks outside Africa – Nurse Infected in Spain

Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato has confirmed that a nurse who treated two victims of Ebola in Madrid has tested...

Africa & World

The World Bank Increases Ebola Crisis Management Fund to $400 million

The World Bank has agreed a dramatic increase in financing to address the Ebola crisis upping the initial $230 million...

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

Gates Foundation Pledges $50m to fight Ebola

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $50m on Wednesday to support emergency efforts to contain West Africa's...

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,...

Africa & World

Sierra Leone Fights Ebola With Nationwide Lockdown, Experts Warn It Won’t Work

Sierra Leone's proposed countrywide "lockdown" will not help control an Ebola outbreak and could lead to the disease...

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Third American Doctor Tests Positive For Ebola In Liberia

Another American doctor who works as a Missionary in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia. He is...

Africa & World

Sudan Just Banned Reporting on Ebola

The Sudanese authorities have prohibited local media from covering any news related to the Ebola virus. Press sources...

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US Universities Screening African Students for Ebola

College students from West Africa may be subject to extra health checks when they arrive to study in the United States...

Sports

Ivory Coast Risk Disqualification for 2015 Nations Cup over Ebola Fears

Ivory Coast will be disqualified from the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations if they forfeit their qualifier against Sierra...

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First Case Of Ebola Confirmed In Senegal

Senegal's health minister has confirmed a first case of Ebola, making it the fifth West African country to be affected...