Just as the world was grappling with the worst ever outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever, Ebola, in West Africa with over 4000 dead, tragedy struck thousands of kilometres away in ... Read more »
... "[T]he Ebola outbreak in Nigeria is over. The virus is gone. The outbreak was defeated", says the head of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan. Read more »
Nigerian President H.E. Goodluck Jonathan has given U.S.$500,000 to the government of Liberia to assist with the fight against the deadly Ebola virus. Read more »
President Obama appointed Ron Klain to coordinate the administration's efforts to contain and stamp out the Ebola virus threat currently facing west Africa. Read more »
In a nationwide address, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf hailed the U.S. for commiting 3000 troops to the fight against the Ebola virus. She said the "strong and resilient" people ... Read more »
An ambulance crew from Kwekwe abandoned their vehicle when they realised that the emergency call-out was for a patient who may have been infected with Ebola. Read more »
Wilkins Infectious Hospital was shut down following a suspected case of Ebola involving a Congolese national who is studying at Harare Polytechnic. Read more »
If media coverage of the three Ebola cases in the United States - some of it calling attention to the far greater danger of influenza - causes more people to ask their doctors ... Read more »
"It is the duty of all of us, as global citizens, to send a message that we will not leave millions of West Africans to fend for themselves against an enemy that they do not know, ... Read more »
The WHO says 80 people are now being monitored after a pregnant woman in Equateur province died after showing Ebola-like symptoms. The 12 people who came in contact with her also ... Read more »
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