ebola outbreak in West Africa Archives

CDC warns that Ebola is now out of control

Sep 3, 2014

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned the US that unless urgent steps are taken to prevent the Ebola virus from spreading further afield, it could get out of control. The Director of t...

Ebola outbreak: Harvard University medical lab studies its mutations

Charles Omedo

Aug 29, 2014

Health

Following the piling deaths recorded from Ebola virus in parts of West Africa, lab scientists from the Harvard University have harvested strains of the deadly virus and begun series of tests to determine its ge...

Ebola scare: Western tourists stay away from Africa on misconception

Charles Omedo

Aug 29, 2014

Health

The outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and recently in Nigeria has revealed the ignorance of many westerners concerning the actual geography of Africa as a continent made up of about 51 countri...

Ebola Outbreak: CDC flies back exposed WHO employee to US via charter flight

Charles Omedo

Aug 28, 2014

Health

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has chartered a private flight to fly back one of its exposed employee back to the United States for treatment after exposure to Ebola. The CDC employee work...

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