Liberia’s leader Sunday said she had sacked 10 senior government officials who defied an order to return to the west African nation to lead the fight against the deadly Ebola outbreak.

Two American doctors sickened by Ebola have been given blood transfusions from survivors, a technique the World Health Organization advocates but that experts say carries some risks.

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Friday said that there was no reason why schools should not reopen on Sept. 22.

Chukwu said this at a media briefing in Lagos.

Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has joined the fight against the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, as she embarks on nationwide sensitisation campaign on the killer virus.

Washington – President Barack Obama will meet leading US medical experts next week as he considers how to follow through on his pledge to step up aid to Africa over the Ebola epidemic.

The United Nations has vowed its peacekeepers will not abandon Liberia and will “stay the course” despite the Ebola epidemic raging across the west African nation

The worst-ever outbreak of Ebola fever has now killed more than 2,400 people, the UN said on Friday, as Cuba pledged the largest foreign medical team deployed so far in the west African health crisis.

Chief Medical Director of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, NAUTH, Nnewi, Professor Anthony Igwegbe, has advised healthcare workers in Nigeria to adopt standard universal precaution in handling affected and unaffected Ebola Virus Disease patients.

With the call for better intake of food supplements towards boosting immunity against diseases such as Ebola Virus Disease, a host of natural products such as Tumeric formular; Bowel care; Liver-Kidney care; Ashwagandha, which inhibits and retards tumours, reduces chronic fatigue among other functions, are now on the Nigerian market.

The Ebola epidemic could slice more than three percentage points off economic growth in the worst-hit countries of West Africa, requiring hundreds of millions of dollars in financial aid, the IMF said Thursday

Rivers State Commissioner of Health, Dr Sampson Parker, yesterday, said that the 18 months old child at the Port Harcourt Ebola treatment centre tested negative, adding that a fresh test would be done on the infant before concluding on his Ebola status.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said Wednesday it was pledging $50 million to help boost the fight against the Ebola outbreak as overwhelmed medical teams in west Africa struggle to contain the disease.

Health workers in Liberia reported being overwhelmed by new Ebola cases on Wednesday, as the epidemic was blamed for shattering economic growth in neighbouring Sierra Leone.

AT what point is it safe to declare a place and a people safe from the menace of a dangerous disease? When can a potential plague of devastating proportions be viewed as under effective control?

Lagos State Government on Tuesday warned residents against stigmatizing survivors of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) or those placed under surveillance