Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers were able to make accurate predictions about the spread of dengue fever in the U.S., Poland, Japan, Thailand and Brazil by examining three years of search data from Wikipedia. The researchers also had a moderately success in predicting the tuberculosis outbreaks in China and Thailand, and of the spread of dengue fever in Thailand. As claimed by 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...]
United States Expands Efforts to Suppress Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
While the Ebola crisis is in full bloom in West African countries, where the death toll has reached 3,865 according to WHO reports, the United States have decided to expand its efforts in defeating the deadly virus that has already began spreading across the globe. Military troops are prepared to be deployed in Liberia, the country that was hit the hardest by the outbreak. According to Obama , … [Read more...]
Supply Shortage Forces Liberian Nurses to Improvise Protective Gear
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...]
WHO Announces that Ebola Death Toll Increases
The World Health Organization has announced that the Ebola virus is continuing to spread in the West of Africa, crossing the borders between Liberia, Sierra Leone and entering Guinea. There are large numbers of new cases and death in this region, with 44 new cases between the 6 and 8 of July. The total number of cases since the outbreak in February of this year is 888 cases and 539 deaths. There … [Read more...]
