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Ebola Outbreak: Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone Record First Week with No New Cases

Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone recorded their first week with no new cases of Ebola since the outbreak began in…

9 years ago

Ebola Outbreak 2015: Liberia Declared Virus-Free After 42 Days of No Cases

Liberia is Ebola-free, the World Health Organization (WHO) announces confirming the African country has had no new cases in 42…

9 years ago

Ebola vaccine: First large-scale trial begins in Liberia

Ebola experimental vaccine first large-scale trial is due to begin in Liberia. The potentially preventative medicine was taken under strict…

10 years ago

Ebola experimental vaccine sent to Liberia

The first batch of GSK’s Ebola experimental vaccine is on its way to Liberia. The shipment will be the first…

10 years ago

Ebola 2015: Falling cases show turning point

According to World Health Organization officials, there has been a "turning point" in the Ebola crisis, with cases falling in…

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 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

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

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…

10 years ago

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…

10 years ago

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…

10 years ago

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…

10 years ago

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…

10 years ago

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…

10 years ago

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…

10 years ago

Thomas Eric Duncan: Dallas Ebola patient to be prosecuted in Liberia

Liberia will prosecute Thomas Eric Duncan, the first man diagnosed with Ebola in the US, accusing him of lying over…

10 years ago

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…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak death toll passes 3,000 in West Africa

According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, the death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has passed…

10 years ago

Barack Obama to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to tackle Ebola epidemic

President Barack Obama will announce today his plans to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to help fight the Ebola virus,…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Liberian doctor Abraham Borbor dies despite taking ZMapp

Liberian doctor Abraham Borbor has died despite taking experimental anti-Ebola drug ZMapp, Liberia's information minister says. Abraham Borbor was one…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Liberia imposes night-time curfew and orders quarantine

Liberia has imposed a night-time curfew in a bid to halt the deadly Ebola outbreak. In addition, it has quarantined…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Liberia runaway patients found

Liberia's information ministry has announced that 17 suspected Ebola patients who went missing after a Monrovia quarantine centre was attacked…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Liberia admits West Point patients lost

Liberia has admitted that 17 suspected Ebola patients are "missing" after a quarantine unit in capital Monrovia was looted. The…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Liberia quarantine centre attacked by protesters

A Liberian quarantine centre for suspected Ebola patients in capital Monrovia has been attacked and looted by protesters, police say.…

10 years ago