Next Ebola Outbreak ‘inevitable’ But World Better Prepared
A new outbreak of the Ebola virus is "inevitable" but a new vaccine and rapid-response measures mean it will be ...
Tag: Ebola Virus Disease
Liberia Tests Mystery Illness After 11 Unexplained Deaths
Liberia said Friday that samples from people struck down by a mystery illness are being tested abroad after 11 unexplained ...
Liberia Tests Mystery Disease Swabs
Health ministry spokesperson Sorbor George said that efforts to resuscitate those who died unfortunately failed, the BBC’s Jonathan Paye-Layleh reports. ...
Ebola Ruled Out In Liberia As Cause of Mystery Deaths
The nine deaths happened in a short space of time in Sinoe county. The Liberian authorities have ruled out Ebola ...
Fear Grips Liberians As Mystery Disease Claims 9 Lives
A mysterious disease has killed nine people in Liberia, leading the health authorities to issue guidelines to citizens on what ...
Vaccine Created To Protect Ebola-Ravaged Chimps
Scientists announced Thursday that they have developed a vaccine to shield endangered chimpanzees and gorillas against Ebola, which has wiped ...
After Surviving Ebola, Liberian Icon Dies Giving Birth
In November 2014, Salome Karwah of Liberia graced the cover of Time magazine as a symbol of strength and humanity ...
Ghana Health Service Discredits Ebola Outbreak Rumours
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ministry of Health (MoH), has discredited rumours of an Ebola outbreak in the ...
Ghana Health Service Condemns False Ebola Outbreak Report
The Ghana Health Service has debunked information circulating on social media, suggesting that there is an outbreak of the deadly ...
A Woman Survives Ebola But Not Pregnancy In Africa
Salome Karwah fought past civil war and a deadly virus. But in Liberia, becoming a mother is too often a ...
Hero Nurse ‘died After Ebola Prejudice’
Liberian nurse Salome Karwah was one of those named as Time magazine’s person of the year in 2014 for her ...
Ebola Fighter, Time Person of the Year, Dies In Childbirth
The Liberian government has confirmed the death in childbirth of a nursing assistant who was among those named Person of ...
Liberian Ebola Fighter Dies In Childbirth
The 2014 West African Ebola outbreak killed 11,310 people. Liberian nursing assistant Salome Karwah was not one of them. The ...
Ebola Fighter, Time Person of the Year, Dies In Childbirth
Latest: Ebola fighter, Time person of the year, dies in childbirth The Liberian government has confirmed the death in childbirth ...
Bushmeat Trade Tests Cameroon’s Ebola Prevention
The market in Ambam, a colonial town with brick-red cottages and rusty roofs, near the southern borders with Equatorial Guinea ...
Ebola ‘super-Spreaders’ Cause Most Cases
The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research ...
Ebola ‘super-Spreaders’ Cause Most Cases
The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research ...
Disease ‘superspreaders’ Fueled the Ebola Epidemic
Disease 'superspreaders' fueled the spread of the devastating Ebola epidemic in 2014, a new study claims. The West African Ebola ...
Small Percentage of People Spread Most Ebola Cases
Most of the people infected with Ebola in the West Africa epidemic that began in 2014 got sick through contact ...
Experimental Ebola Vaccine Trial Shows Positive Prospects
An experimental Ebola vaccine was highly protective against the deadly virus in a major trial in Guinea. The vaccine is ...