A veteran of the medial charity Medecins Sans Frontiers (Doctors without Borders) said that the organization wasted too much time by not calling for Ebola vaccines sooner in the unprecedented West African Ebola outbreak. By now, more than 5,000 people have been killed by the deadly virus. The group’s response to the outbreak has thus far received wise praise from governments as well as the … [Read more...]
Bellevue Ebola Patient, Craig Spencer, Makes Major Recovery
Last week, Dr. Craig Spencer, a Doctors Without Borders physician, was in 'serious but stable' condition. The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation declared that he is now in 'stable' condition after having contracted the deadly Ebola virus in Guinea. He traveled to West Africa to treat patients suffering from Ebola. The 33-year-old doctor is still under quarantined and monitored … [Read more...]
Ebola Could spread to 20,000; Sole Cause of the Outbreak is Patient Zero
According to a new analysis, published in the August 29 issue of Science, the current Ebola outbreak stemmed from an earlier initial leap from the wild into humans, rather than the virus repeatedly jumping from infected animals to humans. Moreover reports say that the outbreak is still accelerating and could infect more than 20,000 people before it is brought under control, the World Health … [Read more...]