President Barack Obama will announce today his plans to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to help fight the Ebola virus,…
According to the World Health Organization, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed 2,288 people, with half of them…
Sierra Leone has announced a four-day lockdown to try to tackle the Ebola disease. According to a senior official, from…
More than 1,900 people have now died in West Africa's Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. WHO head…
The first human trials for an Ebola vaccine have begun in Maryland. Researchers are studying how human immune systems respond…
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people…
Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. Ebola first…
Liberian doctor Abraham Borbor has died despite taking experimental anti-Ebola drug ZMapp, Liberia's information minister says. Abraham Borbor was one…
Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed two Ebola deaths in the country's north-west. They are the first reported Ebola cases…
Sierra Leone’s parliament voted to pass a new amendment to its health act, imposing possible jail time for anyone caught…
Dr. Kent Brantly, one of the US aid workers who recovered from an Ebola infection, is "thrilled to be alive"…
Liberia has imposed a night-time curfew in a bid to halt the deadly Ebola outbreak. In addition, it has quarantined…
Liberia's information ministry has announced that 17 suspected Ebola patients who went missing after a Monrovia quarantine centre was attacked…
Liberia has admitted that 17 suspected Ebola patients are "missing" after a quarantine unit in capital Monrovia was looted. The…
A Liberian quarantine centre for suspected Ebola patients in capital Monrovia has been attacked and looted by protesters, police say.…
Kenya is closing its borders to travelers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in response to the deadly Ebola outbreak.…
According to the World Health Organization, the scale of the Ebola outbreak appears to be "vastly underestimated", as the death…
A second senior doctor in Sierra Leone, Modupeh Cole, was confirmed dead from Ebola on Wednesday as West Africa anxiously…
Canada will donate up to 1,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine to help battle the disease's outbreak in West…
Liberia will receive ZMapp, an untested experimental Ebola drug, to treat infected patients, the government announces. The move came after…
Clinical trials of a preventative vaccine for the Ebola virus made by pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline may begin next month and…
Guinea has decided to close its borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone to contain the spread of Ebola, which has…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has declared the outbreak of Ebola "a national emergency" and approved more than $11 million to…
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak an international health emergency. WHO officials said a coordinated international response…
A New York man who was admitted to hospital with a high fever and stomach problems after travelling through West…