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.
Man dies from Ebola-like Marburg virus in Uganda
A hospital technician has died of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in Kampala, the Ugandan government announced on Sunday.
Survivors bring shocking realism to Ebola treatment boot camp
A delirious man staggers through a hospital ward, banging into walls until he is overpowered by nurses in protective suits. Trainers are using survivors of the Ebola virus to give frighteningly realistic courses to medical staff fighting the disease in Liberia.
Texas Ebola patient in critical condition
The first person diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus on US soil is faring worse and now in critical condition, health officials said Saturday, having previously described him as seriously ill.
Two Ebola patients flown to Germany and France recover
Hamburg University Hospital on Saturday said that a Senegalese researcher who contracted the Ebola virus in West Africa and flown to Germany for treatment had made full recovery.
Ugandan doctor hospitalised for Ebola in Germany
A Ugandan doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone was hospitalised on Friday in Frankfurt, becoming the second victim of the deadly virus to be treated in Germany.
Patient with Ebola symptoms enters Washington hospital
A patient with symptoms that could be associated with the deadly Ebola virus and a recent travel history to Nigeria was admitted Friday to a Washington-area hospital, a spokeswoman told AFP.
Ebola strikes fourth American in Liberia
A US television network prepared Friday to evacuate a cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia, as the UN’s pointman flew to Sierra Leone, calling the epidemic the world’s “highest priority”.
Provide Ebola prevention facilities or we’ll go on strike — Anambra teachers
Nigeria Union of Teachers in Anambra State has threatened to go on strike should the state government fail to fully provide facilities to check Ebola virus disease in primary and secondary schools as it earlier promised.
Texas monitoring 100 people for possible Ebola exposure
Health officials in Texas are monitoring 100 people for signs of Ebola Thursday and ordered four “close family members” to stay home as authorities investigate the first confirmed US case of the disease.
US sends medical experts to study how Nigeria tamed Ebola
Stunned by the entrance of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, into America, the United States’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention has despatched its personnel to study how Nigeria contained the killer disease.
US hunts contacts of Ebola patient, including kids
Health officials in Texas on Wednesday scoured the Dallas area for people, including schoolchildren, who came in contact with a Liberian man who was diagnosed with Ebola in the United States.
Liberia’s Sirleaf sees signs of Ebola ‘stabilisation’
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said Wednesday the Ebola outbreak that has devastated her country was showing signs of stabilising as the official death toll rose again.
Australia commits N8.7 million to tackle Ebola outbreak in Nigeria
The Australian Government says it has contributed ₦ 8.7 million to the Nigeria Ebola Virus Emergency Appeal launched by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
Second American doctor recovers from Ebola
American doctor Rick Sacra, a 51-year-old Christian missionary who was infected with Ebola in Liberia, has recovered and was released from a US hospital on Thursday.
Ban commends Nigeria’s efforts at containing Ebola
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday commended President Goodluck Jonathan for Nigeria’s efforts at containing the spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country.
