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Africa: How I Could Have Brought Ebola to Washington
allAfrica, 23 October 2014
In September, I spent time with an American woman who had recently been in Lofa County, Liberia, an Ebola hot spot bordering the village in Guinea where the first case was… Read more »
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Africa: Woman Attacked in Rome Over Ebola Fears
allAfrica, 23 October 2014
A woman from Guinea has reportedly been attacked by angry bus passengers who told her she was infected by Ebola and had to get off, according to media reports. Read more »
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West Africa: Progress Towards Ebola Vaccine Would Have Been Faster Had Bioterrorism Research Been Completed
Guardian Network, 17 October 2014
Global vaccine alliance chief Dr Seth Berkley says waning fear of biological attack slowed Ebola work started a decade ago Read more »
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Africa: Scientists Question 21-Day Quarantine Period for Ebola
Guardian, 23 October 2014
A NEW study "On the Quarantine Period for Ebola Virus" published, last week, in the PLOS Currents: Outbreaks suggests that 21 days might not be enough to completely prevent spread… Read more »
How I Could Have Brought Ebola to Washington
Tami Hultman spent time with an American woman in September in Kigali who had recently been in Lofa County, Liberia, an Ebola hot spot bordering the village in Guinea where the first case was identified. They were both attending an international conference with participants from around the world. After the conference, her American-born dinner companion returned to eastern Europe, where she lives. Dr. Hultman flew through Doha, Qatar to Washington, DC. If an immigration official had asked her travel history - and no one did - the theoretical risk she presented would not have been revealed. There are hundreds of such examples weekly. But the pressure to implement travel restrictions has proved irresistible - and many infectious disease specialists fear there is worse to come.
InFocus
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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 »
One of the ambulances in Monrovia picking up patients to be tested for Ebola.
InFocus
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Around 150 British Army personnel, mostly medics from the Royal Army Medical Corps, are due to arrive in Freetown to join the fight against Ebola. Read more »
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Measures put into place by the government and its partners, coupled with the onset of the country's Dry Season, have led to a drop in the number of new Ebola cases nationwide, ... Read more »
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As Liberia and its neighbors grapple with the worst ever outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf cautions the global community in a guest column to ... Read more »
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"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 »
