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CDC says Ebola Virus could spread through unprotected sex

May 3, 2015

NEW YORK - Health officials think that there are high chances of Ebola virus getting spread through unprotected sex. Ebola has killed thousands of people around the world, but the numbers can go a lot higher if...

Geneva suspends trials of Ebola vaccines following reported side-effects

Charles Omedo

Dec 12, 2014

Health

The ongoing clinical trial of a promising Ebola vaccine has been suspended in Geneva following complaints of observed side-effects by some volunteers. Sixty people were injected with the vaccine to determine it...

WHO will fail its target of isolating 70% of Ebola patients by December 1 in West Africa

Jamie Hacking

Nov 30, 2014

Health

It is two months since the WHO started an ambitious plan to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus across the West Africa. The plan was to isolate 70% of the Ebola sick by December 1, 2014. Going by the indi...

GlaxoSmithKline reports success for Phase I trial of Ebola vaccine

Charles Omedo

Nov 27, 2014

Health

In association with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and Okairos, GlaxoSmithKline has developed an Ebola vaccine candidate that has proved ...

Dr Craig Spencer hugging New York City Mayor after being discharged from hospital

New York’s Ebola patient Dr Craig Spencer recovers, discharged from hospital

Amanda

Nov 11, 2014

Innovation

Dr Craig Spencer who had contacted Ebola while treating patients in West Africa and become a household name in the USA after becoming the first person to test positive for the deadly virus in New York City. He ...

Ebola toll nears 5,000 mark

Amanda

Nov 7, 2014

Health

Ebola, one of the deadliest viruses to have struck the world in recent times, has killed almost 5,000 people across the world till now. The death toll from the Ebola epidemic has risen to 4,950 out of 13,241 ca...

China to send 1,000 trained Ebola aid workers to Africa as part of its efforts to help combat Ebola

Amanda

Nov 6, 2014

Health

As a part of its effort to help control the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, China plans to send 1,000 medical workers and experts to the worst affected areas in the coming months. China has already sent 252 peop...

Doctor Quarantined At NYC's Bellevue Hospital After Showing Symptoms Of Ebola

Governors of New York City and New Jersey order mandatory quarantine for all those who contacted Ebola patients

Amanda

Oct 25, 2014

Health

Both the governors have ordered a mandatory 21 day quarantine for all doctors, health care workers and travelers who came in contact with Ebola victims in West Africa. The move came after a New York City doc...

Ebola epidemic could kill tens of thousands in West Africa by mid- December, warn scientists

Amanda

Oct 24, 2014

Health, World

Scientists have warned that unless serious international efforts are taken to control the spread of Ebola virus, it could kill tens of thousands by the middle of December, which is alarming indeed. In a repo...

Cuba deploys 300 more doctors to fight EVD in Africa

Cuba deploys 300 more doctors to fight EVD Ebola in Africa

Charles Omedo

Sep 27, 2014

Health

The Cuban government is sending almost 300 more doctors and nurses to contain the Ebola disease outbreak in West Africa; and this contingent will total 461 medical experts that the communist nation will be send...

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