ebola outbreak

Gavi Signs $5 Million Deal for Ebola Vaccine Deal

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has signed a $5 million deal for an Ebola vaccine, to protect against future outbreaks of…

9 years ago

Ebola Outbreak 2015: WHO to Declare Sierra Leone Free of Disease

The World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to confirm that Sierra Leone is free of Ebola. The Ebola outbreak killed…

9 years ago

Ebola Vaccine VSB- EBOV Leads to 100% Protection

Ebola vaccine VSB- EBOV has led to 100% protection and could transform the way the virus is tackled, preliminary results…

9 years ago

Ebola Experimental Drug Cures Monkeys Infected with Makona Strain

A new Ebola drug has cured monkeys infected with the virus, US researchers announced. Experimental drug TKM-Ebola-Guinea targets the Makona…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak 2015: Guinea declares 45-day health emergency in five regions

Guinea has declared a 45-day "health emergency" in five regions in the west and south-west of the country over Ebola.…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Ten US healthcare workers evacuated from Sierra Leone

Ten US healthcare workers are being evacuated from Sierra Leone after another aid worker back from the West African country…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak 2015: Sierra Leone VP Samuel Sam-Sumana in quarantine

Sierra Leone Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana has put himself into quarantine after one of his bodyguards died from Ebola. Samuel Sam-Sumana…

10 years ago

Brincidofovir: Ebola drug trial starts at MSF center in Liberia

A trial of brincidofovir - a potential drug to treat Ebola - has started at a Medecins Sans Frontieres center…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak will be ended in 2015

The current Ebola outbreak will be ended in 2015, Anthony Banbury, the head of the UN team fighting the disease,…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Patient zero Emile Ouamouno likely infected by playing with bats

According to scientists, a two-year-old boy called Emile Ouamouno from Guinea - the Ebola victim who is believed to have…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone imposes mandatory lockdown

In an attempt to contain the Ebola epidemic, Sierra Leone has declared lockdown of at least three days in the…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Unreported bodies found in Kono, Sierra Leone

A number of bodies have been discovered by health officials in Kono, a remote diamond-mining area of Sierra Leone, raising…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Barack Obama calls for Congress to approve $6 billion emergency aid

President Barack Obama has again called for Congress to approve $6 billion in emergency aid to fight the deadly Ebola…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: 15-minute blood and saliva test to be trialed in Guinea

British scientists will trial a 15-minute blood and saliva Ebola test in Guinea. The solar-powered, portable laboratory should deliver results…

10 years ago

Ebola vaccine passes safety test in human trial

The experimental vaccine against Ebola is safe and may help the immune system to combat the virus, the first human…

10 years ago

Bill Gates foundation pledges $5.7 million for Ebola treatments

The foundation run by former Microsoft boss Bill Gates and his wife Melinda has pledged $5.7 million towards a program…

10 years ago

Bob Geldof: “Band Aid 30 sales manic since its unveiling”

Bob Geldof has revealed that pre-orders of the new Band Aid single have been "manic" since its unveiling. The Band…

10 years ago

Martin Salia: Sierra Leone surgeon with Ebola arrives in US for treatment

Martin Salia, surgeon from Sierra Leone, who is critically ill with Ebola, has arrived in the US for treatment. Dr.…

10 years ago

Ebola treatment: Clinical trials to start in West Africa in December

Clinical trials for an effective Ebola treatment are to start in West Africa in December. The medical charity Medicins Sans…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak death toll rises to 5,160

The Ebola outbreak death toll has risen to 5,160, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced in a new report.…

10 years ago

Sierra Leone Ebola health workers on strike

Health workers treating Ebola patients at a clinic in Sierra Leone have gone on strike, protesting about the government's failure…

10 years ago

Africa Cup of Nations 2015: Morocco will not host tournament over Ebola fears

The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals will not take place in Morocco because of the country’s fears over the…

10 years ago

Lara Logan: CBS News correspondent quarantined in South Africa after Ebola report

CBS News’s correspondent Lara Logan is being quarantined in a South Africa hotel for 21 days as a precaution after…

10 years ago

Ebola crisis fund set up by African business leaders

An emergency fund has been set up by top African business leaders to help countries hit by the Ebola outbreak.…

10 years ago

Teresa Romero: Spanish Ebola nurse released from hospital

Teresa Romero, the Spanish nurse who became the first person known to have contracted Ebola outside West Africa in the…

10 years ago