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MSF Accused of Wasting Time by Not Calling for Ebola Vaccines

November 14, 2014 Posted by Editor

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...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Doctors Without Borders, Ebola, ebola treatment, ebola vaccine trial, ebola vaccines, ethical concerns, guinea, medecins sans frontiers, outbreak, sierra leone, treatment, vaccines, waste time

Senator James Inhofe Allows $750 Million Funding Shift for Ebola Fight

October 10, 2014 Posted by Editor

The Justice Department has just won an important battle that will allow for $750 million in war funds to be shifted towards the fight against Ebola in West Africa. A Republican senator has lifted his objections to the transfer, thus allowing operations to commence. By lifting his objections, Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma has just granted the Pentagon sufficient funding for approximately six … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health, National News Tagged With: Ebola, ebola cases, ebola evolution, Ebola outbreak, ebola outbreak containment, ebola transmission, epidemic, funding shift, military deployed, sierra leone, us funds, us military, WHO, who estimates, World Health Organization

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

CDC Confirms First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the United States

September 30, 2014 Posted by Editor

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...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ebola, Ebola case in america, ebola cases, ebola evolution, ebola in the U.S., Ebola outbreak, ebola patient in U.S., ebola transmission, epidemic, sierra leone, U.S. ebola, us ebola case, WHO, who estimates, World Health Organization

President Obama Advocates Better Prevention of Other Deadly Outbreaks

September 26, 2014 Posted by Editor

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...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: aid organizations, delayed response, Ebola, ebola cases, ebola evolution, Ebola outbreak, ebola transmission, epidemic, faster response, international response, sierra leone, WHO, who estimates, World Health Organization

Aid Groups Ask World Leaders for Faster Ebola Response

September 24, 2014 Posted by Staff

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...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: aid organizations, Ebola, ebola cases, ebola evolution, Ebola outbreak, ebola transmission, epidemic, faster response, sierra leone, WHO, who estimates, World Health Organization

WHO Warns that Ebola Cases Could Reach 20,000 by November

September 23, 2014 Posted by Contributor

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...]

Filed Under: Health, National News Tagged With: Ebola, ebola cases, ebola evolution, Ebola outbreak, ebola transmission, epidemic, sierra leone, WHO, who estimates, World Health Organization

Three Day Sierra Leone Ebola Lock Down Comes to an End

September 21, 2014 Posted by Staff

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...]

Filed Under: Health, National News Tagged With: 3 day lockdown, Ebola, Ebola outbreak, epidemic, Evacuation, health workers, lockdown, national lockdown, sierra leone

Sierra Leone Burial Team Attacked During Lockdown

September 20, 2014 Posted by Staff

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...]

Filed Under: Health, National News Tagged With: attacks, burial team, Ebola, Ebola outbreak, health workers, health workers attacked, lockdown, sierra leone

Three Day National Lockdown in Sierra Lone

September 18, 2014 Posted by Contributor

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...]

Filed Under: Health, National News Tagged With: cost, Ebola, Ebola outbreak, lockdown, sierra leone, three day lockdown, World Health Organization

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