Liberian officials are reporting a reduction in Ebola cases as the United States completes Ebola Treatment Unites (ETUs) across the country. Officials claim twelve out seventeen ETUs promised have been completed. But as their cases decrease, Sierra Leone’s streets remain
GENEVA (Reuters) – Liberia may be seeing a decline in the spread of Ebola, with falls in the number of burials and new admissions as well as a plateau in laboratory-confirmed cases, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. “Do
The World Health Organization (WHO) certified this week that more than ten thousand people worldwide–10,141, to be exact–have officially been declared Ebola patients. Of these, almost half (4,922) have died from the disease, and the public health giant warns these estimates
ATLANTA (AP) — A nurse who fueled Ebola fears by flying to Cleveland after being infected by her dying patient was released Tuesday from a hospital isolation unit, where doctors defended her as a courageous front-line caregiver. Another nurse, held
On Monday, Australia temporarily suspended immigration for people from West African nations ravaged by Ebola. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that “Immigration Minister Scott Morrison told parliament on Monday Australia had suspended its immigration program, including its humanitarian intake, from
SYDNEY Oct 28 (Reuters) – Australia has issued a blanket ban on visas from West African nations affected by the Ebola outbreak to prevent the disease reaching the country, Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said, becoming the first rich nation to shut
BAMAKO/NOUAKCHOTT, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Mauritania has closed its border with Mali to prevent the spread of Ebola, officials said on Saturday, highlighting fears of further contagion in West Africa after a girl from Guinea died of the disease in
WALLER, Texas — Florida Governor Rick Scott announced an executive order mandating twice-daily health screening for all travelers returning from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone for a period of 21 days. Scott joins other governors in calling for some type
Beyond the human tragedy of the Ebola epidemic unfolding in west Africa, the crisis is claiming a collateral victim: trust in the medical order. The biggest casualty is the reputation of the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO), which analysts fault
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) continued his calls for a 21-day quarantine of all Ebola health workers returning to the United States in the wake of New York City receiving its first Ebola case. In an October 16 letter to President
GENEVA (Reuters) – The death toll from the Ebola epidemic rose to 4,922 out of 10,141 known cases in eight countries through Oct. 23, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. The three worst-hit countries of West Africa –
Hundreds of thousands of Ebola vaccine doses could be rolled out to West Africa by mid-2015, the World Health Organization said Friday, after new cases of the virus were reported in New York and a two-year-old girl died in the
NEW YORK (AP) — Alarmed by the case of an Ebola-infected New York doctor, the governors of New Jersey and New York on Friday ordered a mandatory, 21-day quarantine for all medical workers and other arriving travelers who have had
An attempt to take an Ebola-ridden nonagenarian in Sierra Leone resulted in a riot after her son, described as a “famous gangster” in local media, and friend, blockaded the ambulance, insisting she was not sick. Adamu Eze, son of Aminata
A Nigerian man collapsed in a shivering fit at Madrid airport earlier this month and was immediately quarantined by fearful staff, who had no idea several balloons of cocaine in his stomach he had carried illegally into the country had
NEW YORK (AP) — An emergency room doctor who recently returned to the city after treating Ebola patients in West Africa has tested positive for the virus, becoming the first case in the city and the fourth in the nation.
New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett reported that New York City Ebola patient Dr. Craig Spencer rode the subway in New York after he returned from Guinea at a press conference on Thursday. “We know that during the
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali reported its first case of Ebola late Thursday, marking a major setback for West African efforts to contain the deadly virus that now has affected six countries in the region and left nearly 5,000 dead.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy’s order to quarantine all travelers from West Africa, even if they are symptom-free of the Ebola virus, has led to nine individuals who traveled to that region being held under quarantine. An order signed by Malloy
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Thursday came up with another 24.4 million euros ($31 million) to fight Ebola, as the bloc’s leaders pressed to create a 1 billion-euro ($1.26 billion) fund to fight the deadly virus. British Prime
This week, Congressman Paul Broun (R-GA), a medical doctor, helped launch our Conservative Action Fund Ebola travel ban petition to stop flights from Ebola-ravaged African countries from entering the United States. Rep. Broun says his endorsement of the Stop
A black woman has been attacked and told to “get off the bus” on public mass-transit in Rome on Monday, as fellow travellers accused her of having Ebola and began to beat her. The woman, a 26 year-old Guinean was
The Centers for Disease Control announced it will be taking additional precautions with travelers coming from Ebola-stricken West African nations. According to the Associated Press, the state and local health officials will now be monitoring all travelers coming from Liberia,
(Reuters) – At least 4,877 people have died in the world’s worst recorded outbreak of Ebola, and at least 9,936 cases of the disease had been recorded as of Oct. 19, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, but
The lethal Ebola virus is spreading rapidly in Western Sierra Leone, and more than 20 people are dying per day as a result. Claude Kamanda, a member of parliament who represents a western district in Sierra Leone, told local newspaper
