Lassa Fever Kills One Person In Accra
One person has been confirmed dead in Accra from Lassa fever, an acute viral haemorrhagic illness. Director of Ghana Health Service, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, confirmed this to 3FM’s Sarah Parku...
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We’re Ready To Contain Lassa Fever If…
Director of the Ghana Public Health Service, Dr. Badu Sarkodie, has assured Ghanaians his outfit is prepared to contain lassa fever should there be an outbreak in the country. He was reacting to the...
GHS Dispels Lassa Fever Outbreak Scare
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has allayed the fears of the public on the outbreak of Lassa fever, saying its alert was to create the needed awareness so that precautionary measures would be strictly...
Ghana’s Response To Emergencies ‘not Serious’ – Fred Agbenyo
Deputy Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress, Fred Agbenyo, has questioned the preparedness of government agencies in responding to emergencies on the back of the health crisis...
Japan Woman Dies of Tick Disease After Bitten By Sick Cat
A Japanese woman has died from a tick-borne virus after being bitten by a stray cat in what is possibly the world's first animal-to-human transmission of the disease. The woman in her 50s died some...
DR Congo Declares End of Ebola Outbreak
The Congolese health minister on Saturday declared the end of an Ebola outbreak in a remote northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo which caused four deaths in the area. On May 12,...
Health Ministry Alerted Over ‘strange’ Killer Disease From Liberia
The Ministry of Health has been advised to increase its surveillance at all levels over a strange disease that has already killed 11 persons in Liberia. A letter written by the Ministry to heads of...
Health Ministry Alerted Over ‘strange’ Killer Disease From Liberia
The Ministry of Health has been advised to increase its surveillance at all levels over a strange disease that has already killed 11 persons in Liberia. A letter written by the Ministry to heads of...
Health Ministry Issues Alert On ‘strange Disease’
Ghana’s Health Ministry has issued a health alert following a “strange disease” that has claimed eleven lives in West African country, Liberia. According to the Ministry, it had received...
DR Congo Authorises Trial of Experimental Ebola Vaccine
The Democratic Republic of Congo has approved using an experimental Ebola vaccine to combat an outbreak of the virus in the northeast, the government said Monday. "The DRC accepts the use of vaccines...
Fourth Person In Probable Ebola Death In Congo
A fourth person has likely died from Ebola in remote northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo A fourth person has likely died from Ebola in remote northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the...
WHO Eyes Vaccine Trial For Ebola-Hit DR Congo
An unlicenced Ebola vaccine could soon be tested in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo hit by an outbreak of the virus, the World Health Organization said Thursday. There is no...
Ebola In DR Congo’s Isolated Far North A Logistical Challenge
An Ebola outbreak in a remote region in DR Congo's far north poses a logistical challenge for doctors and aid workers although the sheer remoteness could help limit its spread. The latest outbreak of...
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 Organisation says three deaths are being linked to the virus, and it is taking the...
Ebola Outbreak Declared In Northeast DR Congo
An Ebola outbreak has been declared in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said Friday, after the virus caused three deaths in the area since April 22. The WHO said...
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 effectively contained, the head of the World Health Organization said Thursday....
Liberia Tests Mystery Illness After 11 Unexplained Deaths
Liberia said Friday that samples from people struck down by a mystery illness are being tested abroad after 11 unexplained deaths, though Ebola has been ruled out. The unidentified illness has...
Liberia Tests Mystery Disease Swabs
Health ministry spokesperson Sorbor George said that efforts to resuscitate those who died unfortunately failed, the BBC’s Jonathan Paye-Layleh reports. Mr George added that five others, showing...
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 on what to do as they investigate the illness. The BBC reports that the Chief...
Dead Bat Found In Florida Prepackaged Salad
US health authorities on Monday studied the remains of a dead bat discovered inside a prepackaged salad mix sold in Florida for possible traces of the deadly rabies virus. The Fresh Express company,...