ebola outbreak

UN: Ebola outbreak can be brought under control within three months

Dr. David Nabarro, the UN's senior system coordinator for Ebola, says he hopes that the outbreak can be brought under…

10 years ago

Ebola screening to begin at JFK airport

New York’s JFK airport has started to implement the Ebola screening measures on Saturday, October 11. The recent outbreak has…

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Ebola outbreak death toll tops 4,000

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the number of people killed in the Ebola outbreak has risen above…

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WHO official: Ebola outbreak bigger than expected

WHO Director of Strategy, Dr. Christopher Dye, has said in a recent interview that leading global health experts did not…

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Thomas Frieden: Ebola outbreak biggest challenge since AIDS

CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden has said that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is unlike anything since the emergence…

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Teresa Romero: Spanish nurse may have touched her face after treating Ebola patient

Teresa Romero, the Spanish nurse infected with Ebola, remembers touching her face with her gloves after treating a dying priest,…

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Thomas Eric Duncan: Texas Ebola patient dies in Dallas hospital

Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola on the US soil, has died in Dallas, Texas…

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WHO: More Ebola cases can be expected among medical staff

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that more Ebola cases can be expected among medical staff - even in…

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Ebola in Spain: Four people quarantined in Madrid hospital

Spanish authorities are investigating a hospital in Madrid after a nurse became the first person known to have contracted the…

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Ebola outbreak: Spanish nurse tests positive for virus in Madrid

A Spanish nurse, who treated a victim of Ebola in Madrid, has tested positive for the disease, the health minister…

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Extra Ebola screening at US airports

Health officials have announced that passengers arriving in the US from Ebola-affected countries in West Africa could be subject to…

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Thomas Eric Duncan in critical condition at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital

Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola within the US, has deteriorated from a serious to…

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Ashoka Mukpo: NBC cameraman to be transferred to Nebraska Medical Center

Freelance photojournalist Ashoka Mukpo was diagnosed with Ebola on Thursday, October 2, and was being cared for at a treatment…

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Ebola in US: Thomas Eric Duncan’s family moved out of Dallas flat

The occupants of the Dallas flat where Thomas Eric Duncan lay sick for days with Ebola have been moved from…

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Ebola outbreak: NBC cameraman tests positive for virus in Liberia

An American cameraman working in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola. The 33-year-old freelancer is to be flown home to…

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Sierra Leone: Five new Ebola cases per hour

Leading charity Save the Children has warned that a rate of five new Ebola cases an hour in Sierra Leone…

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First Ebola case on US soil confirmed in Dallas

The first Ebola case diagnosed on US soil has been confirmed in Dallas, Texas. According to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital…

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Ebola outbreak: Liberia’s Deputy Health Minister Bernice Dahn under quarantine

Liberian chief medical officer Bernice Dahn has put herself under quarantine for 21 days, after one of her assistants died…

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Ebola outbreak: Sierra Leone quarantines another one million people

Sierra Leone has widened the Ebola quarantine to include another one million people in an attempt to curb the spread…

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WHO projections: Nearly 20,000 Ebola cases by November 2014

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Ebola infections will treble to 20,000 by November if efforts to tackle…

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Sierra Leone: Ebola lockdown declared success

Sierra Leone’s three-day curfew aimed at containing the Ebola outbreak has been declared a success by authorities. They say more…

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Ebola outbreak: Three-day lockdown begins in Sierra Leone

A three-day lockdown has come into effect in Sierra Leone in a bid to stop the spread of the Ebola…

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Ebola team found dead in Guinea

Guinean authorities searching for a team of health workers and journalists who went missing while trying to raise awareness of…

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Barack Obama’s Ebola speech: Outbreak in West Africa a threat to global security

President Barack Obama has announced the US measures to combat the Ebola virus as he called the outbreak in West…

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UN: More than $1 billion needed to fight Ebola virus

UN's Ebola co-ordinator David Nabarro has said that more than $1 billion is needed to fight the West Africa Ebola…

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