At least 5 dead in Guinea Ebola flare-up: health officials
Ebola has likely killed five people in Guinea after re-emerging in the country's south, health authorities said Tuesday, as Liberia announced it was closing their shared border to guard against the spread of the virus.
Ebola outbreak moving faster than medics can handle
The Ebola outbreak that has claimed more than 1,000 lives in west Africa is moving faster than aid organisations can handle, the medical charity MSF said Friday.
Woman tested for Ebola in Scotland
A woman who fell ill at an immigration facility centre in Scotland is being tested for the Ebola virus, health officials said Friday.
UN to feed up to one million people hit by Ebola
The United Nations will provide food aid to a million people affected by the Ebola outbreak wreaking havoc in west Africa, the World Food Programme said Friday.
Lagos Sex workers lament low patronage caused by Ebola
Kate, Bright and Happiness sat on the lawn of a Lagos brothel, sipping lager and chatting with men in groups of two or four. Business had been good, they said, until Ebola arrived.
Why Ebola is so dangerous
Ebola is a viral illness of which the initial symptoms can include a sudden fever, intense weakness, muscle pain and a sore throat, according to the World Health Organization, WHO.
Ebola scare: Controversy, facts and alternative remedies
Ebola remains the most dreaded word in the Nigerian- even West African vocabulary right now, pushing HIV/AIDS, malaria, typhoid and hepatitis B to the background of oblivion
Ebola a challenge for Nigerian professors, students – BIU’s VC
THE Vice-Chancellor of the Benson Idahosa University, Benin, Professor Ernest Izevbigie, yesterday, charged Nigerian scientists and students on the need to embark on serious research with a view to finding solution to the dreaded Ebola virus and other diseases rather than wait for Americans and other Western countries.
Proper information management about Ebola virus outbreak in Nigeria
STRATEGIC communication remains a critical success factor or element of any human endeavour, issue or institution. Strategic communication is a well-planned and well-coordinated means of passing well-designed messages from an individual or institution to its identified stakeholders or general public at the right time, in the right quantity to achieve well-defined objectives.
Singapore gets first scare
SINGAPORE experienced its first ebola scare, yesterday, when a Nigerian woman was sent to a hospital isolation unit in the city state.
US doctor with Ebola to be released from hospital soon
The American doctor who became ill with the Ebola virus while treating patients in Liberia will be released from a US hospital soon, a Christian aid group said Thursday.
