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Breaking: Sierra Leone Ebola flare-up over, says WHO

The latest flare-up of Ebola in Sierra Leone has ended, leaving no confirmed cases of the virus in West Africa, the UN said Thursday, hai...

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WHO Declares End Of Separate Ebola Outbreak In DR Congo

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Friday that an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo was over after no peopl...

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Ebola Crisis: Toddler Tests Positive As Mali Confirms First Infection Case

The Mali government has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the country. It said a two-year-old girl had tested positive for the haemor...

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WHO Declares Nigeria Ebola-Free Today?

The World Health Organisation is being expected to declare Nigeria Ebola-free today, which marks three months after widespread fear that Ebo...

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Liberia’s Chief Medical Officer Under Ebola Quarantine

Liberia’s chief medical officer has put herself under quarantine for 21 days, after one of her assistants died from the deadly Ebola virus. ...

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Guinean Who Brought Ebola To Senegal Recovers From Virus

The first case of the Ebola virus detected in Senegal, a 21-year-old student who arrived from neighbouring Guinea last month, has recovered ...

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Gates Foundation Pledges Ebola Cash

More money has been announced to help the emergency response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The Gates Foundation is committing $5...

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Ebola Death Toll Rises To At Least 2,296: WHO

The death toll from the worst Ebola outbreak in history has risen to at least 2,296 out of 4,293 cases in five West African countries, the W...

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Ebola Crisis: Liberia 'Faces Huge Surge' Says WHO

Ebola is spreading exponentially in Liberia, with thousands of new cases expected in the next three weeks, the World Health Organization (WH...

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Hope Rises For Ebola Vaccine

Vaccinated monkeys have developed “long-term” immunity to the Ebola virus, raising a prospect of successful human trials, say scientists. ...

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Use Ebola Survivors’ Blood To Treat Others – WHO

The blood of patients who recover from Ebola should be used to treat others, the World Health Organization has announced.  West Africa i...

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Nigerian Health Officials Monitor 200 For Ebola

 Health officials are monitoring more than 200 people in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt who may have been exposed to Ebola afte...

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Ebola Update: Japan Offers Experimental Anti-Flu Drug To WHO For Ebola Treatment

Japan is offering an experimental anti-viral drug called favipiravir as a possible treatment for the Ebola virus.    The drug, known und...

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WHO Warns Of 'Shadow Zones' And Unreported Ebola Cases

Families hiding infected loved ones and the existence of "shadow zones" where medics cannot go mean the West African Ebola epidemi...

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Ebola Crisis To Last 'At Least Six Months' - MSF

The outbreak of Ebola in West Africa will take at least six months to bring under control, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) sa...

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Canada To Donate Ebola Vaccine To WHO

Canada says it will donate up to 1,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine to help battle the disease's outbreak in West Africa. ...

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Ethical To Use Untested Ebola Drugs, Says WHO

The WHO said it was ethical in light of the scale of the outbreak and high number of deaths - over 1,000 people have died in west Africa. ...

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All W’African Nations Exposed To Ebola Infection, Says WHO

“THE Ebola outbreak in the West African region remains uncontained with number of cases and deaths still increasing.” With these words,...

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World Health Organization Meets With Islamic Leaders To Stop Polio Worker Attacks

Top World Health Organisation officials and Islamic leaders will meet in Egypt next week in an effort to stop attacks on polio workers, whic...

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