By Smitha Mundasad, BBC Ebola tablet device Medics wear full protective gear to shield themselves from the virus A tablet device that can withstand being doused in chlorine has been developed to help medics caring for patients with Ebola. Designed by technology volunteers and Google, it can be used even wearing gloves and in storms
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Liberia has confirmed a new case of Ebola, undermining growing hopes in the country that it might soon be declared free of the disease. There had not been a new case for 20 days until a woman tested positive on Friday in the capital, Monrovia. The World Heath Organization requires 42 days to elapse from
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Liberia has released its last Ebola patient after going a week without any new cases of the virus, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Beatrice Yardolo, 58, left a Chinese-run treatment centre in the capital Monrovia after two weeks of treatment. Nearly 10,000 people have died from Ebola, the vast majority in Guinea, Liberia
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Ebola vaccine Mark Doyle reports on the first people to receive the vaccine The first large-scale trials of two experimental vaccines against Ebola have begun in Liberia. The potentially preventative medicines were taken under strict security to a secret location in the West African country. Scientists aim to immunise 30,000 volunteers, including front-line health workers.
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By Michelle Roberts Other researchers have been testing bats in West Africa for Ebola virus The Ebola victim who is believed to have triggered the current outbreak – a two-year-old boy called Emile Ouamouno from Guinea – may have been infected by playing in a hollow tree housing a colony of bats, say scientists. They
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Addis Ababa (AFP) – African nations need to be more engaged in the fight against the Ebola virus and stop relying on aid from Western governments, Ethiopia’s prime minister said Monday. Hailemariam Desalegn said the response to the epidemic in west Africa should not be “only for the non-Africans”, urging African states to respond to
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Addis Ababa (AFP) – African nations need to be more engaged in the fight against the Ebola virus and stop relying on aid from Western governments, Ethiopia’s prime minister said Monday. Hailemariam Desalegn said the response to the epidemic in west Africa should not be “only for the non-Africans”, urging African states to respond to
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By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC Ebola virus Testing kit A 15-minute blood and saliva test for Ebola is to be trialled in Guinea, it has been announced. The solar-powered, portable laboratory should deliver results six times faster than tests currently used in West Africa. The researchers involved say faster diagnosis would increase the chances
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ANTWERP, Belgium, (Reuters) – The outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is costing Ethiopian Airlines $8 million a month in lost revenue, as the disease is putting travellers off the entire continent, the airline’s chief executive said on Thursday. “For us, the Ebola effect is stronger than any slowdown in the global economy,” Tewolde Gebremariam,
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Social media rallies behind ‘less patronising’ record with lyrics that stress importance of trusting doctors on Ebola The Guardian By Amelia Gentleman and Maeve Shearlaw Africa’s alternative Band Aid single Tiken Jah Fakoly recording the single, Africa Stop Ebola, with Salif Keita Main. Photograph: Lionel Urman/Corbis As the latest Band Aid single becomes the fastest-selling
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