Sometimes, animal diseases spread to humans, and scientists don’t always know how that happens. However, a team of researchers says they have come up with a better way to predict how the phenomenon takes place. According to their model for Lassa fever, there will be twice as many human cases of the disease in Africa by 2070; Lassa fever is spread by rats. However, the method they have … [Read more...]
First Results for the Ebola Vaccine Show Promise
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...]
MSF Accused of Wasting Time by Not Calling for Ebola Vaccines
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...]
Fujifilm’s Avigan May Receive Approval for Ebola Treatment This Year
Avigan, the influenza drug which showed promise in the treatment of Ebola patients, might receive approval by the end of 2014, Fujifilm Holdings Corp announced. Fujifilm’s pharmaceutical division has been growing despite a tiresome series of mergers and acquisitions while its photography business wanes. Toyama Chemical Co. was one of Fujifilm’s most inspired acquisitions in 2008, and Avigan, … [Read more...]
Mali Ends Quarantine, 108 Declared Ebola Free
After its brush with Ebola which started last month, Mali is about to release 108 people who had been quarantined in an effort to contain the outbreak. Everything began when a woman attempted to rescue her two granddaughters from the hemorrhagic fever by bringing them from Guinea, the epidemic's cradle, to Mali. The 700-mile ride aboard buses and taxis back to the woman's home in Kayes, … [Read more...]
Visa Bans imposed by Canada on Nations affected by Ebola Outbreak
An announcement made on Friday by the Canadian government addressed the current Ebola outbreak, saying that visas will no longer be issued to people from the three West African nations where the deadly disease is raging. The move was explained by the federal citizenship ministry, which sad in an official document that: "the introduction or spread of the disease would pose an imminent and … [Read more...]
Gov. Rick Scott Mandates 21-Day Ebola Monitoring
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has issued an order on Saturday which mandates any citizen coming back from an Ebola affected country to undergo health monitoring. Any traveler returning from places or countries considered to be a risk for Ebola as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates them will be required to be monitored twice a day for 21 days. “This executive order will give … [Read more...]
Amber Vinson is Ebola Free, Big Pharma Teams-up To Make Vaccine
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...]
43 Ebola Patient Contacts Leave Isolation, Authorities Urge Compassion
On Monday, 43 out of the 48 initial contacts of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first U.S. Ebola victim, have been allowed to resume their lives after a 21-day isolation period. Dallas officials not only celebrated the milestone but also asked the community to welcome them back into their midst without stigmatizing those who are returning to their normal routines. "There is zero risk that any of … [Read more...]
Ebola Health Worker Blood Samples Retrieved by Coast Guard
A blood sample from the Dallas health care worker aboard the Carnival Magic cruise ship, which just returned to Galveston, was retrieved by the Coast Guard on Saturday. The Texas-based cruise ship had attempted to approach Belize’s shore, however, Belize authorities did not allow the health worker to come on shore. The woman being monitored for Ebola is believed to pose no risk for several … [Read more...]
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