U.S. health officials have requested laboratories to submit plans of increasing the production of Zmapp, the experimental Ebola drug, after supplies ran out. Although the drug hasn’t been widely tested, it had positive results when being used to treat medical workers infected with the hemorrhagic fever virus. On Thursday, an order was issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human services … [Read more...]
British Ebola Patient Leaves Hospital after Taking ZMapp
William Pooley, the Ebola patient in Britain who took ZMapp, the experimental drug given to two American aid workers, was released Wednesday from a London hospital. The 29-year old had worked as a nurse treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone and on Wednesday thanked the Royal Free Hospital staff for its successful treatment of his case. He said he was "wonderfully lucky" to … [Read more...]
Trial Ebola Drug Ready to be Offered by Japan
A Japanese company has been developing their own experimental drug for the Ebola virus, and Tokyo stands ready to offer this drug in the attempts of stemming the global tide of the deadly virus. Yoshihidie Suga, chief cabinet secretary stated on Monday that Japan is ready to provide the experimental drug (which is yet to be approved) and that the manufacturer is also prepared to cooperate with … [Read more...]
Kent Brantly was Released From Atlanta Hospital Thursday
The American doctor who contracted Ebola treating victims of the deadly virus in Liberia, Kent Brantly, 33, was released from an Atlanta hospital Thursday. Both Brantly and Nancy Writebol were flown out of the West African nation of Liberia earlier this month and have been getting treatment for the deadly disease in an isolation unit at the hospital. The two were infected while working at a … [Read more...]
Ebola Drugs Sent to Nigeria by a Nigerian in Diaspora
Health Minister Oneybuchi Chukwu confirmed that an experimental drug for the treatment of Ebola has been sent by a Nigerian in diaspora and will be arriving on Thursday in the country. The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the drug called “Nanosilver” in the case of the current Ebola outbreak. As such, the drug can now be used in spite of it still being experimental, since the WHO has … [Read more...]
