Tag: Ebola virus
Ebola death toll hits 3431
The number of deaths recorded from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Liberia has risen to 2,069, according to the…
Texas tracks 50 exposed to Ebola, 10 ‘high risk’
Texas health officials were monitoring 50 people for Ebola exposure Friday, 10 of whom are at high risk of the…
Ebola strikes fourth American in Liberia
A US television network prepared Friday to evacuate a cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia, as the UN’s pointman flew…
Ibuprofen can help Ebola carrier pass airport screening
The infection control specialist, and President of Behavioral-based Improvement Solutions in Atlanta, Sean Kaufman, on Friday said people who contracted…
Ebola strikes fourth American as UN steps up response
The US prepared Friday to fly home a cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia, as the head of the UN’s…
Ebola: 7,178 cases, 3,338 deaths recorded in West Africa
The United Nations on Thursday said the number of cases of the Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa had risen…
US hunts contacts of Ebola patient, including kids
Health officials in Texas on Wednesday scoured the Dallas area for people, including schoolchildren, who came in contact with a…
Sirleaf sees signs of Ebola ‘stabilisation’
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said Wednesday the Ebola outbreak that has devastated her country was showing signs of stabilising…
US hospital bungled report of Africa travel in Ebola case
The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States initially told a nurse he had traveled in Africa but…
US Ebola patient had contact with kids – Governor
A man who was diagnosed with Ebola in virus in Texas came in contact with young children, and experts are…
Ebola in the US: Opportunity for Nigeria
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday announced the first domestic case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the…
US Ebola patient is first diagnosed outside Africa
The United States has diagnosed its first case of Ebola in a man who was infected in Liberia and traveled…
Texas hospital isolates patient for Ebola tests
A patient with symptoms of Ebola has been placed in strict isolation at a Texas hospital, and test results are…
Children who lost parents to Ebola shunned by families – UNICEF
Thousands of children who have lost parents to the west African Ebola epidemic risk are being shunned by frightened and…
Ebola screening for ships’ at Apapa port
Sand is unloaded from the vast hold of the Pintail cargo ship into waiting trucks at the port of Apapa…