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On Tuesday’s broadcast of “AC360,” CNN International correspondent David McKenzie reported “this outbreak [of Ebola in Africa] is out of control. In the last two weeks, they have doubled their capacity here [at a treatment center in Sierra Leone] for

The Ebola outbreak is a “threat against humanity,” Macky Sall, the President of the Republic of Senegal said through an interpreter at the U.S.-Africa Summit Tuesday.  “Let me say how big is my solidarity to the victims,” Sall said at

From The Daily Mail: A British doctor working in Sierra Leone has described the horror he and his team have witnessed since the deadly Ebola outbreak struck.  Dr Oliver Johnson, along with a team of British medics, was working to

Amid a situation in which the World Health Organization (WHO) confirms 163 Ebola virus diagnosis and “61 deaths reported from Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone” in the last few days alone, reports indicate that two Americans are among the

The deadly Ebola epidemic that has stricken Western Africa is triggering major civil unrest in Liberia, Monrovia, where individuals have taken to forming roadblocks and preventing government vehicles from freely moving through the city in an attempt to bring attention

Terrorists could use the deadly Ebola virus to create a bomb capable of killing large numbers of people, a Cambridge University academic has warned. Biological anthropologist Dr Peter Walsh said that although the risk of an outbreak spreading through the

A female passenger collapsed and died at London’s Gatwick Airport this weekend after arriving in the UK from Gambia, leading to fears that the Ebola virus had spread to Britain. The Daily Mail reports that the woman, believed to be

A mountain biker from Sierra Leone was reported to have gone missing at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after his team mate was tested for the Ebola virus. Mohamed Tholley was due to compete in a time trial yesterday but

Reports have surfaced that two American aid workers who contracted the viral disease Ebola in Liberia will be flown back to the United States. According to CNN, sources reported that an airplane leaving Georgia was on its way to Liberia

The Ebola outbreak ravaging Western Africa has now claimed 729 lives, according to the World Health Organization, prompting panicked governments to shut down schools and keep contaminated villages on lockdown. The Associated Press reports that the WHO announcement is based

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The deadliest recorded Ebola outbreak surpassed 700 deaths across West Africa on Thursday as the World Health Organization announced dozens of new deaths reported in the last several days. In Sierra Leone, President Ernest Bai Koroma

Experts speaking to the National Geographic suggest that it is “likely” that the dreaded Ebola virus spreading across West Africa will make its way to the United States, but once here, it is unlikely to spread far, due to advanced American medical

Thus far, 1,201 people have been infected with the Ebola virus in Africa. Of that number, 672 have died, making this outbreak the largest one in history. American officials estimate that this outbreak will last all the way into October,

With the threat of the Ebola virus spreading throughout the African continent, Liberia is temporarily suspending the sport of soccer. Officials think that the risk of infection is high in soccer because the game is considered a contact sport. The

A woman being treated for Ebola in a Sierra Leone hospital died after family members forcibly removed her from the hospital to bring her to a trusted traditional herbalist. The incident is causing alarm in medical communities fighting the Ebola

Doctors, Western aid workers, and government officials in West Africa attempting to combat the growing Ebola epidemic are fighting not just the virus itself, but an intense distrust from villagers who believe the virus is a product of Western medicine

LOME, Togo (AP) — The West African airline that transported a passenger sick with Ebola last week says it’s now suspending flights to the two cities hardest hit by the disease. A statement from Asky Airlines said Tuesday that it

The growing ebola virus epidemic in Africa has claimed a second American victim, an aid worker infected while treating patients. As Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and now Nigeria work to isolate and defeat the disease, keeping the more than 1,000

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia’s president has closed all but three land border crossings, restricted public gatherings and quarantined communities heavily affected by the Ebola outbreak in the West African nation. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf described the measures late Sunday

A 40-year-old Liberian man who died in Lagos, Nigeria, has become the first victim of ebola in Africa’s most populous country, according to the Nigerian government. His death makes Nigeria the fourth country to experience an ebola incident since the

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Israel rejects 7-day ceasefire, agrees to 12-hour ceasefire Ebola victim escapes from hospital, putting Freetown at risk Israel rejects 7-day ceasefire, agrees to 12-hour ceasefire US Secretary of State John Kerry has been running

Amid an ebola epidemic that Doctors without Borders is calling “out of control,” a senior doctor working to help eradicate the disease has contracted it. Sheik Umar Khan tested positive for ebola while leading the team fighting to find a

The death toll in West Africa’s Ebola outbreak has risen to 603, the World Health Organization (WHO)) said on Tuesday, with 68 new fatalities mostly in Sierra Leone and Liberia. The UN health agency said the new deaths were recorded

(Reuters) – Governments and health agencies trying to contain the world’s deadliest ever Ebola epidemic in West Africa fear the contagion could be worse than reported because suspicious locals are chasing away health workers and shunning treatment. From Guinea, where

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(AFP) Many cases of Ebola in Sierra Leona may be going undetected, grassroots doctors warned in The Lancet on Saturday as they highlighted the impoverished country’s problems in combatting the virus. The journal published the letter on the heels of

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in west Africa has risen to 467, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Giving the latest update on the disease which has hit Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the WHO said there have

(Reuters) – An Ebola outbreak that began in Guinea has turned into a cross-border crisis that could spread to more countries, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, calling for drastic action to halt the deadly epidemic. Despite efforts by

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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa is “totally out of control,” according to a senior official for Doctors Without Borders, who says the medical group is stretched to the limit in its capacity to respond. International

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On Wednesday, the West African nation of Sierra Leone shut down its border with neighbors’ Guinea and Liberia to try and contain a widespread Ebola virus outbreak. The country declared a state of emergency, shutting down all of its schools,

Four people in eastern Sierra Leone have died after contracting the Ebola virus, a health ministry official announced on Monday.

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