Nigeria is taking measures to fight the spread of Ebola, with Lagos State urging the national government to close its borders - This comes as the doctor who treated Liberian ... Read more »
A couple of weeks back it was easy to stumble upon small groups questioning whether or not Ebola actually existed. In the last few days, however, the discourse has changed. You ... Read more »
The U.S. Center for Disease Control has announced it is sending 50 disease-control experts to West Africa to help "find, respond to and stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus". Read more »
According to the ministry of health, a sick passenger who arrived in Nairobi from Monrovia on board the Kenya Airways does not have the Ebola virus. Read more »
Presidents of West African nations affected by the deadly Ebola virus are meeting in Guinea where they are expected to launch a U.S.$100 million action plan announced by the World ... Read more »
The government has placed 69 people under observation and two others under quarantine for having contact with Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-born victim who died in Lagos. Read more »
With health workers leading the fight against the the deadly Ebola virus themselves being killed, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders has warned that the epidemic in the ... Read more »
There are growing concerns about how travelling within Africa will be affected by the spread of the deadly Ebola virus - a concern the World Health Organisation is addressing by ... Read more »
Authorities are in the process of tracing 30, 000 people who may be at risk of contracting the Ebola disease. Read more »
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has said that surveillance measures have been put in place to prevent the West African ebola outbreak from reaching the country. Read more »
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