Category: Ebola virus

Scientists in Russia developing three Ebola vaccines – Health Ministry

Reuters / Thomas Peter Russian scientists are working on three potential Ebola vaccines which they expect to introduce as soon as in the next six months. One of the vaccines is “already ready for clinical trials,” Russia’s health minister Veronika Skvortsova has announced. “We have created three vaccines,” Skvortsova announced in an interview with Rossiya-1 TV. “One

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First Case of Ebola In Ethiopia Reported

By Hara Ethiopia A disease that medical doctors believe is Ebola appears to be suspected in the Ethiopian capital. One west African origin diplomat has been admitted for flu like symptoms in Saint Yared General Hospital. Three more people have been also admitted to the black lion hospital, with a reported cases of bleeding and

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First Ebola, Now Marburg in Uganda. How Do We Stop Future Outbreaks?

Yahoo By Ryan Wallace     Photo by Getty Images Marburg, a virus similar to Ebola, has hit the radar in the African country of Uganda, raising concerns about another deadly outbreak. With two lethal viruses threatening public health, many are questioning why these contagions seem to be flaring up more often — and more important, what

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First Ebola, Now Marburg in Uganda. How Do We Stop Future Outbreaks?

Yahoo By Ryan Wallace     Photo by Getty Images Marburg, a virus similar to Ebola, has hit the radar in the African country of Uganda, raising concerns about another deadly outbreak. With two lethal viruses threatening public health, many are questioning why these contagions seem to be flaring up more often — and more important, what

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Ebola outbreak: Bodies of victims ‘left in the streets’ as burial teams go on strike

The Independent By JAMES RUSH According to reports, workers have complained that they have not been paid Volunteers in protective suit bury the body of a person who died from Ebola in Waterloo, Sierra Leone, some 30 kilometers southeast of Freetown The bodies of Ebola victims in Sierra Leone have been left in the streets

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Ebola outbreak: Bodies of victims ‘left in the streets’ as burial teams go on strike

The Independent By JAMES RUSH According to reports, workers have complained that they have not been paid Volunteers in protective suit bury the body of a person who died from Ebola in Waterloo, Sierra Leone, some 30 kilometers southeast of Freetown The bodies of Ebola victims in Sierra Leone have been left in the streets

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World Bank, IMF Urge Sub-Saharan Africa to Focus on Ebola Risk

Bloomberg By Rene Vollgraaff Sub-Saharan African economies need to better prepare for the risks of the Ebola outbreak, wider budget shortfalls and security threats from militant groups, according to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. “Risks that require enhanced preparedness include rising fiscal deficits in a number of countries, economic fallouts from the activities

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‘In 1976 I discovered Ebola, now I fear an unimaginable tragedy’

The Guardian Peter Piot was a researcher at a lab in Antwerp when a pilot brought him a blood sample from a Belgian nun who had fallen mysteriously ill in Zaire By Rafaela von Bredow and Veronika Hackenbroch The Observer Professor Peter Piot, the Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: ‘Around June

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‘In 1976 I discovered Ebola, now I fear an unimaginable tragedy’

The Guardian Peter Piot was a researcher at a lab in Antwerp when a pilot brought him a blood sample from a Belgian nun who had fallen mysteriously ill in Zaire By Rafaela von Bredow and Veronika Hackenbroch The Observer Professor Peter Piot, the Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: ‘Around June

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