ebola outbreak

Canada suspends visas for Ebola countries

Canada has decided to suspend visa applications from residents and passport-holders from West African countries in the grip of the…

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Doctors Without Borders warns US on Ebola quarantine

Doctors Without Borders has warned some mandatory Ebola quarantine measures in the US are having a "chilling effect" on its…

10 years ago

Ebola nurse Kaci Hickox defies quarantine order by leaving her house in Maine

Nurse Kaci Hickox has defied the Ebola quarantine order, leaving her house in Maine for a brief bike ride. She…

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Ebola outbreak: Liberia sees decline in spread of infections

Liberia, the country hardest hit in the Ebola outbreak, is seeing a decline in the spread of infections, the World…

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Ebola outbreak: World Bank appeals for 5,000 health workers to volunteer in West Africa

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has made an emotional appeal for thousands of medical workers to volunteer and help…

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Ebola in US: CDC issues new guidelines for quarantines

Medical staff returning from treating Ebola patients in West Africa will be actively monitored but not placed in quarantine under…

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Kaci Hickox: Ebola nurse to be discharged from quarantine after threatening legal action

Nurse Kaci Hickox, who was quarantined in New Jersey after treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, will be discharged after…

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Nurse Kaci Hickox criticizes Ebola quarantine rules in New Jersey

Nurse Kaci Hickox, who was quarantined on her return to the US from treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, has…

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Ebola outbreak cases exceed 10,000, with 4,922 deaths

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) latest report, the number of cases in the Ebola outbreak has exceeded 10,000,…

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Ebola nurses: Nina Pham and Amber Vinson declared free of virus

Nina Pham and Amber Joy Vinson, the two nurses infected with Ebola while caring for Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas,…

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Ebola vaccine: One million doses to be produced by the end of 2015

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that one million doses of an Ebola vaccine will be produced by the…

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Craig Spencer: New York doctor tests positive for Ebola virus

New York doctor Craig Spencer, who recently returned from Ebola-hit Guinea in West Africa, has tested positive for the virus.…

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Mali confirms first case of Ebola

Mali has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the country. The Malian government said a two-year-old girl had tested…

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WHO: Ebola serum could be available within weeks in Liberia

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that serum made from the blood of recovered Ebola patients could be available…

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Cam’ron Ebola mask to go on sale in November

As the WHO has declared the Ebola outbreak an “international public health emergency” rapper Cam'ron has stepped in to offer…

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WHO declares Nigeria free of Ebola after six weeks with no cases

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared Nigeria free of Ebola after six weeks with no new cases. Nigeria,…

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Barack Obama urges Americans not to give in to Ebola hysteria

President Barack Obama urged Americans not to give in to Ebola hysteria, stressing that the two cases contracted in the…

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Ebola in US: CDC to issue new guidelines for healthcare workers

The CDC will issue new guidelines for healthcare workers handling Ebola patients, the Los Angeles Times reported. The Centers for…

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Barack Obama: Risk of Ebola in US is extremely low

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a major outbreak of Ebola in the US and elsewhere in the West…

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Amber Vinson is the second Texas nurse infected with Ebola

Amber Vinson is the Texas nurse who flew on a plane with more than 130 people on board on the…

10 years ago

Jet passenger alert over Ebola nurse

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials are seeking 132 people who flew on a plane with a…

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Ebola in Texas: Second health worker tests positive for virus after treating Thomas Eric Duncan

A second Texas health care worker has tested positive for Ebola, health officials say. A 26-year-old female nurse is already…

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Ebola: UN medical worker dies in Leipzig hospital

A UN medical worker infected with Ebola has died at St Georg hospital in Leipzig, Germany. The 56-year-old man, originally…

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UK airports to start Ebola screening

London’s Heathrow airport is to start screening for Ebola among passengers flying into the UK from countries at risk. A…

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Ebola outbreak: Liberian medical staff on national strike over risk fee

Liberian nurses and medical assistants are on national strike, as the Ebola epidemic continues in the country. The National Health…

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