A nurse who had treated a missionary infected with the Ebola virus at a Madrid hospital was just diagnosed with the illness herself, Spain’s health ministry declared on Monday. The Spanish nurse was part of Madrid’s Carlos III hospital medical team and treated Manuel Garcia Viejo, a missionary who had aided patients in Sierra Leone and had been repatriated but died on Sept. 25th. In a televised … [Read more...]
CDC Confirms First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the United States
According to U.S. health officials’ statements on Tuesday, the first case of Ebola in the United States had been diagnosed, showing that the deadly outbreak in West Africa has the potential of spreading globally. The patient is currently in the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, in isolation. He has recently traveled to West Africa but it was only a few days after returning to Texas … [Read more...]
President Obama Advocates Better Prevention of Other Deadly Outbreaks
The current Ebola outbreak wreaking havoc in Western African countries has, according to many epidemiologists, only advanced to this stage because of an ineffective and far too slow response. Many experts believe that the outbreak that could have been easily controlled, but, because of hesitations, it has now become an all-out epidemic and will cause the deaths of thousands despite a full … [Read more...]
United States Hospitals Not Prepared to Dispose of Ebola Waste
Biosafety experts believe that United States hospitals may be unprepared to properly dispose of infectious waste generated by Ebola virus disease patients that might arrive unannounced in the country. Federal guidelines mandate that Ebola-related waste be handled by specialized personnel, trained in hazardous material disposal. They also require that the material be sealed in special packaging … [Read more...]
Aid Groups Ask World Leaders for Faster Ebola Response
New forecasts revealed on Tuesday suggest that every 30-day delay in the isolation of an Ebola patient will result in the tripling of daily cases of the hemorrhagic fever epidemic that is decimating the populations of West African countries. World leaders are gathering this week in New York for the annual United Nations meeting and U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon has called for a special … [Read more...]
WHO Warns that Ebola Cases Could Reach 20,000 by November
A World Health Organization report suggests that the number of current Ebola cases in West Africa could quadruple to over 20,000 by November if monumental efforts aren’t made to hinder the transmission of the hemorrhagic fever. According to the researchers who published the study in the New England Journal of Medicine, the West African outbreak could become an endemic among the countries … [Read more...]
Three Day Sierra Leone Ebola Lock Down Comes to an End
Sunday marked the last moments of a particularly difficult period for Sierra Leone: the three day lockdown that had citizens anxious and frightened has finally ended. Authorities claim that this measure helped them not only locate scores of bodies that could represent sources of infection for countless people, but also identify dozens of new infections. Sierra Leone was the only nation to … [Read more...]
Sierra Leone Burial Team Attacked During Lockdown
While trying to bury the bodies of the five Ebola victims in Sierra Leone, health workers found themselves under attack east of the capital. According to Sgt. Edward Momoh Brima Lahai, the confrontation on Saturday began when a group of youths attacked the burial team in the Waterloo district. The attack on the health workers came only days after eight members of a delegation aimed at educating … [Read more...]
Three Day National Lockdown in Sierra Lone
A three day nationwide lockdown has just begun in Sierra Leone, one of the West African countries struck by the deadly Ebola outbreak. Authorities are attempting to contend with the never before seen lethal thrust that the hemorrhagic virus has across West Africa. Experts, however, fear that such measures may do more harm than good. Sierra Leone is one of the nations that was hit the worst by the … [Read more...]
Obama Will Announce Increased Efforts to Tackle the West-African Ebola Epidemic
The World Health Organization estimates the number of deaths caused by Ebola at around 2.400, out of 4.784 confirmed cases. Unfortunately, health care officials believe the number of sick people is much larger. Moreover, the virus may spread soon to Nigeria. WHO believes that up to 20.000 people may get infected in the following months. On Tuesday, Obama will announce a new wave of efforts to … [Read more...]
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