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West Africa Institutes Ebola Sporting Quarantines

The widening Ebola virus crisis has caused sporting chaos with Sierra Leone having to field all players from outside the country in the African Cup of Nations to avoid a growing quarantine. Many African governments have sought a shield aound

West Africa Institutes Ebola Sporting Quarantines

Ebola in Mind, US Colleges Screen Some Students

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — College students from West Africa may be subject to extra health checks when they arrive to study in the United States as administrators try to insulate campuses from the worst Ebola outbreak in history. With the

Ebola in Mind, US Colleges Screen Some Students

UN: Ebola Cases Could Eventually Reach 20,000

GENEVA (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in West Africa eventually could exceed 20,000 cases, more than six times as many as are now known, the World Health Organization said Thursday. A new plan released by the U.N. health agency to

UN: Ebola Cases Could Eventually Reach 20,000

U.S. Official Warns Ebola Outbreak Will Get Worse

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A third top doctor has died from Ebola in Sierra Leone, a government official said Wednesday, as a leading American health official warned that the outbreak sweeping West Africa would get worse. The disease has

U.S. Official Warns Ebola Outbreak Will Get Worse

Nigeria Closes Schools Due to Ebola Outbreak

Nigeria closed all schools until October 13 due to Ebola. The measure is to prevent the deadly disease from spreading. Students were due back on Monday. “All primary and secondary schools in private and public sectors are to remain closed

Nigeria Closes Schools Due to Ebola Outbreak

Report: Ebola Contacts in Africa Go Missing

CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen reported on the “fear and skepticism” that is making it challenging to create Ebola contact tracing lists which track anyone who comes in contact with an infected person. According to a World Health Organization (WHO) press release issued

Report: Ebola Contacts in Africa Go Missing

Minister: Two People Have Died of Ebola in Congo

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Two Ebola-related deaths have been confirmed in Congo, the country’s health minister said Sunday, though local officials believe the cases are unrelated to the outbreak in West Africa that has killed more than 1,400 people. Eight

Minister: Two People Have Died of Ebola in Congo

Senegal Closes Borders to Guinea to Curb Ebola

Senegal has become the latest African country to restrict travel as a result of the Ebola outbreak, closing its borders to neighbouring Guinea, the Senegalese Press Agency reported Friday. “This measure also applies to air and maritime borders, to planes

Senegal Closes Borders to Guinea to Curb Ebola

Ebola Death Count Surpasses 1,200

Ebola killed 84 in the first three days of this week, the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN’s health body, said Tuesday. The total number of confirmed deaths due to the Ebola virus has now risen to 1,229, according to

Ebola Death Count Surpasses 1,200

Ebola Fear Prompts Testing in Spain

As the Ebola virus continues to take a devastating toll on West Africa, the rest of the world has begun taking extra precautions to fight the disease should it appear on their soil. Reports from the Spanish Ministry of Health

Ebola Fear Prompts Testing in Spain

Nigerian Woman Suspected of Ebola Dies in UAE

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The national airline of the United Arab Emirates said Monday it has disinfected one of its planes after health authorities there announced that a Nigerian woman who died after flying in to the capital,

Nigerian Woman Suspected of Ebola Dies in UAE

Ebola: 3 athletes can't compete at Youth Olympics

NANJING, China (AP) — Three teenage athletes from the Ebola-affected region of Africa will not be allowed to compete at the Youth Olympics in China because of the risk of possible infection, the IOC and local organizers said Friday. All

Ebola: 3 athletes can't compete at Youth Olympics

Five Suspected Ebola Victims Found in Albania

Newsweek is reporting that five immigrants out of 40 who were arrested in Albania on Thursday have shown signs of symptoms of Ebola, according to the Macedonian newspaper Vecer.  Albanian police believe the five immigrants arrived from Eritrea by illegally

Five Suspected Ebola Victims Found in Albania

WHO: Ebola Toll May 'Vastly Underestimate' Crisis

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may “vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak,” the World Health Organization said Thursday. The U.N. health agency said it was prepared

WHO: Ebola Toll May 'Vastly Underestimate' Crisis

WHO: Ebola Cases Number in West Africa Climb to 1,975

Geneva, August 13 (QNA) – The number of reported Ebola cases in West Africa has climbed to 1,975, the World Health Organization WHO said Wednesday. Among these patients, 1,069 have died in the four affected countries – Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria

WHO: Ebola Cases Number in West Africa Climb to 1,975