
María Teresa Romero Ramos became internationally known this week as the first person to contract Ebola outside of the continent of Africa. The Spanish auxiliary nurse, currently quarantined in a Madrid hospital, spoke to a reporter for national newspaper El
by Frances Martel8 Oct 2014, 9:06 AM PST0

A company specializing in selling plush toy models of microorganisms tells Breitbart News interest in their Ebola products– both stuffed animal Ebola viruses and the putty “petri dish” variety toy– have been selling out, with high interest coming from both
by Frances Martel8 Oct 2014, 8:40 AM PST0

Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian man who became the first person to test positive for Ebola on U.S. soil, has died, according to multiple news sources citing a statement from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Reuters, NBC News, and
by Frances Martel8 Oct 2014, 8:37 AM PST0

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour this week that Turkey was open to putting boots on the ground in Syria, but only if “we can be sure that our border can be protected,” to which he later added,
by Frances Martel7 Oct 2014, 10:24 AM PST0

The head of Cuba’s minority Muslim community announced this week that the Cuban government has rejected plans to build a mosque for Havana’s Islamic population, in yet another crackdown on religious freedom on the island. According to World Bulletin, Pedro
by Frances Martel6 Oct 2014, 11:58 AM PST0

A nursing auxiliary in Madrid has tested positive for Ebola after treating a patient in the Spanish capital, according to Spanish newspaper El Pais. The case is believed to be first in which a person contracts Ebola from a source
by Frances Martel6 Oct 2014, 11:04 AM PST0

In what is being reported as the first recorded instance of suicide bomber tactics being used against the terrorist Islamic State group, a female commander in the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) blew herself up to attack an Islamic State
by Frances Martel6 Oct 2014, 9:53 AM PST0

On a visit to Washington, D.C. to discuss, among other things, the global war on terrorism, Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced that authorities in his home nation would work with America’s FBI to secure their country
by Frances Martel5 Oct 2014, 6:58 AM PST0

Officials and medical personnel have expressed concern that American troops being deployed in Liberia to fight the spread of the Ebola virus may be at risk for contracting malaria, an often just-as-deadly disease more easily spread in an insecure sanitary
by Frances Martel4 Oct 2014, 10:38 AM PST0

Sierra Leone remains one of the west African nations hardest hit by the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the region. To emphasize the scale of the operation the Leonean government has undertaken to attempt to stop the virus in its tracks,
by Frances Martel4 Oct 2014, 10:05 AM PST0

Virologist Heinz Feldmann, who has studied Ebola for 20 years and is currently working on one of several experimental vaccines for the virus, warned in a September interview that the airport was the place in Monrovia where he felt the
by Frances Martel3 Oct 2014, 12:40 PM PST0

The protests against the Communist Party of China currently engulfing China have been described as largely a student-led movement, and within that movement, one teen has distinguished himself as a veteran activist, with wins against the Chinese government under his
by Frances Martel3 Oct 2014, 10:24 AM PST0

A Liberian man who traveled to the United States four days after having contact with a symptomatic Ebola victim in Monrovia “knew he had Ebola,” according to his former boss, who said he abruptly left his job before the incident.
by Frances Martel3 Oct 2014, 6:33 AM PST0

As the international media and law enforcement authorities begin to investigate how a man who had contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia came to arrive in Texas, new details are surfacing about Thomas Eric Duncan and his voyage to the
by Frances Martel2 Oct 2014, 12:04 PM PST0

The government of Liberia has announced that they plan on prosecuting Thomas Eric Duncan, the first man to ever be diagnosed with the Ebola virus on U.S. soil. Duncan, they claim, may have lied about having contact with people who
by Frances Martel2 Oct 2014, 11:22 AM PST0

Thomas Eric Duncan, the 42-year-old Liberian citizen identified as the first person to be diagnosed with the Ebola virus on American soil, was vomiting upon arriving at the Texas hospital that initially let him go with antibiotics, according to a
by Frances Martel2 Oct 2014, 10:06 AM PST0

International health organizations working to combat the breakneck pace at which the Ebola virus is spreading in west Africa are warning that, in Sierra Leone, the number of cases has been doubling every few weeks, with five people contracting the
by Frances Martel2 Oct 2014, 8:08 AM PST0

The Islamic State’s goal of eradicating Christianity from its ancient home in northern Iraq is nearly complete, report Christian officials remaining in the area. According to one Vicar, last week marked the first time in millennia that Christians did not
by Frances Martel1 Oct 2014, 1:31 PM PST0

A read-it-to-believe-it column in the Huffington Post is demanding that each American do more to stop the looming threat of the Islamic State– by recycling. Arguing a direct correlation between droughts in Syria and the rise of Islamist extremism, the authors
by Frances Martel1 Oct 2014, 1:21 PM PST0

Russian state media has developed a reputation for absurd interpretations of international news events that may shed unfavorable light on the control the Russian government has on expression and politics in the nation. The burgeoning protests in Hong Kong are
by Frances Martel1 Oct 2014, 10:26 AM PST0

In what could be a pivotal error in the war against the Islamist terrorist group, the Iraqi military accidentally provided Islamic State jihadists with food, water, and ammunition meant to have been air-dropped to needy Iraqi soldiers on the front
by Frances Martel1 Oct 2014, 9:18 AM PST0

A patient in Dallas, Texas has been confirmed by the U.S. Center for Disease Control as the first case of Ebola diagnosed on American soil, reports CNBC. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital had confirmed earlier this week that they had isolated
by Frances Martel30 Sep 2014, 2:01 PM PST0

The Obama administration’s efforts to combat Ebola in west Africa by sending 3,000 military personnel to Liberia and Sierra Leone have begun, and while residents appear grateful and optimistic about the efforts, both infection and death tolls appear to be
by Frances Martel30 Sep 2014, 11:37 AM PST0

Sierra Leone’s largest newspaper, the Awareness Times, is reporting with alarm that at least 1,028 Ebola patients appear to be missing in the country, as official Ministry of Health statistics account for a smaller number of combined victims and survivors
by Frances Martel30 Sep 2014, 7:26 AM PST0

The Cuban government will appropriately “discipline” the state pharmaceutical company Labiofam for creating perfume products in honor of communist heroes Ernesto “Che” Guevara and Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez, calling the creation of said perfumes a “grave error.” In a note
by Frances Martel29 Sep 2014, 10:46 AM PST0