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First Results for the Ebola Vaccine Show Promise

November 30, 2014 Posted by Editor

The Ebola vaccine that scientists have been struggling to come up with in the battle against the fatal disease has just undergone the first testing phase and proves amazing potential. So far, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has caused nearly 16,000 cases of infection, and 5,674 deaths over the territory of the three countries most affected by it - Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Given the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: cAd3-EBO, Ebola, Ebola cure, Ebola outbreak, ebola vaccine, Ebola virus, NIAID

Amber Vinson is Ebola Free, Big Pharma Teams-up To Make Vaccine

October 23, 2014 Posted by Staff

Authorities have confirmed that doctors can no longer detect the Ebola virus in Amber Vinson’s blood samples. Additional tests should be conducted, as doctors usually do several tests in consecutive days so that a false negative result is ruled out, however, both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University Hospital officials confirmed that Ebola was no longer detectable on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: amber vinson, Ebola, Ebola crisis, ebola free, ebola infection, ebola us, Ebola virus, gsk, healed, J&J, us patient, vaccine, vaccine production, vinson, vinson ebola, zaire strain

Burial Teams Declare Strike, Ebola Victims Left on The Streets

October 8, 2014 Posted by Editor

Sierra Leone is now experiencing a new crisis as burial teams have gone on strike after not receiving their hazard pay this week. Workers left the bodies of Ebola victims on the streets. The strike was first reported on Wednesday, by the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation. A spokesman from the Health Ministry told reporters that the situation was “very embarrassing” and assured his audience … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: attacks, burial team, burial team on strike, Ebola, Ebola outbreak, ebola transmission, Ebola virus, health workers, health workers attacked, lockdown, sierra leone

121 Ebola Deaths Recorded in a Single day in Sierra Leone

October 6, 2014 Posted by Editor

To say that the situation in West Africa is dire would be an understatement. Sierra Leone has recorded 121 deaths caused by Ebola in a single day. Of course, scores of new infections have also been recorded. This makes it one of the deadliest days since the disease was first detected, roughly four months ago. According to the data compiled on Saturday, the total number of deaths went from 557 to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: American doctor Ebola infection, Ebola news, Ebola outbreak, Ebola virus, Liberia quarantine, quarantine in liberia, West Africa

First Patient to be Diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. is Getting Worse

October 4, 2014 Posted by Contributor

The first patient to be diagnosed of Ebola in the United States slipped from serious to critical condition on Saturday. In the meanwhile, hospitals in the U.S. are investigating other possible cases. According to U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Thomas Frieden, news of the Ebola patient has spread through hospitals and doctors are now checking all incoming patients for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Ebola news, Ebola outbreak, Ebola virus, Liberia quarantine lifted, quarantine in liberia, U.S. ebola, U.S. Ebola patient, West Africa

Ebola Exposed US Doctor Admitted to the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

September 29, 2014 Posted by Staff

In the past months, the Ebola outbreak has claimed many lives of civilians and doctors. Although some people have been treated, and a cure supposedly exists, the outbreak continues to spread through ill-equipped West African nations. An American doctor who was recently exposed to the Ebola virus while volunteering in Sierra Leone was admitted at the National Institutes of Health near the country's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Ebola virus, Emory hospital, experimental treatment, Kent Brantly, national news, West Africa diseases

Ebola growing out of control, warns WHO’s Margaret Chan

September 13, 2014 Posted by Contributor

The Ebola virus rampaging in West Africa is spreading faster than expected and the World Health Organization fears worldwide disaster. Ignoring the problem will not make it go away. The death toll is rising fast and out of the 4,784 reported cases 2,400 have died says WHO director general Margaret Chan to reporters at the UN health agency's headquarters in Geneva. She also states that the figures … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Ebola news, Ebola outbreak, Ebola virus, Liberia quarantine lifted, quarantine in liberia, West Africa, WHO, ZMapp drug

Ebola Outbreak Stirs Anger in Liberia While American Doctor’s Condition Improves

September 7, 2014 Posted by Staff

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's government has gone to great lengths to protect impoverished West African residents from the Ebola virus. However, Ebola has claimed more than 1000 lives in Liberia alone. The total death toll right now has surpassed 1900 victims. On September 6, a starving Ebola patient escaped from the ELWA hospital in Monrovia. Scared residents claimed that this was the fifth … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: American doctor Ebola infection, Ebola news, Ebola outbreak, Ebola virus, Liberia quarantine, quarantine in liberia, West Africa

Supply Shortage Forces Liberian Nurses to Improvise Protective Gear

September 4, 2014 Posted by Editor

In spite of the international promises of supplies being delivered, nurses in Liberia are forced to make do with what they have to protect themselves from infection. As such, they cup used overalls in an attempt at making makeshift head-coverings. While the World Health Organization has warned involved countries that the 2014 outbreak will become harder and harder to control, it seems that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: contagious, Ebola, Ebola virus, liberia, monrovia, nurses, outbreak, protective gear

African Demand for Ebola Drug Grows While Liberia Lifts its Quarantine

August 30, 2014 Posted by Editor

The African demand for Ebola drug is growing. The newly tested drug has managed to completely heal monkeys in lab test. On Saturday, crowds of people celebrated in the street after the authorities reopened a pharmacy that was barricaded for roughly a week to contain the spread of the infection. Kindy Kobbah was expected to be released from the hospital after she survived the infection with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Ebola news, Ebola outbreak, Ebola virus, Liberia quarantine lifted, quarantine in liberia, West Africa, ZMapp drug

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