Three Ebola vaccines in development amid growing outbreak fears
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThree new vaccines are in development for the rare strain of Ebola virus currently devastating Central Africa – as scientists rush to stop…
Ebola 'spreading unchecked since January' in Congo as patient zero identified
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteEbola may have been spreading unchecked in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since January, with local authorities tracing the current outbreak…
Two possible Ebola cases in Brazil ruled out as patients test negative
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo suspected cases of Ebola in Brazil have been cleared after both patients tested negative for the virus, local health authorities have…
Fear grips residents of Ugandan town over Ebola outbreak
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn a hot afternoon in a hospital in the town of Bundibugyo, health workers were being trained to fight Ebola. Read More
Ebola outbreak Congo: WHO chief visits epicentre as virus spreads faster than response
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe head of the World Health Organisation arrived in Bunia, eastern Congo, on Saturday — a city at the centre of a…
US planning quarantine facility in Kenya for citizens exposed to Ebola, sources say
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe U.S. is discussing with Kenya opening a facility there to quarantine American citizens who become exposed to the Ebola outbreak centered…
Ebola alert in Italy: Two suspected cases in Lombardy after return from Uganda
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA health alert has been issued in Italy’s northern Lombardy region after two suspected cases of Ebola were detected in the province of Como. …
Police fire shots in air to disperse angry crowds at DR Congo Ebola treatment centre
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePolice in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo fired shots in the air after angry crowds attempted to reclaim the…
Ebola cases surpass 900 as treatment centre attacks hinder response
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteArson attacks on Ebola treatment centres in eastern Congo have starkly illuminated the profound and complex challenges facing authorities as they battle a global…
UK scientists developing Ebola vaccine that could be ready for trials in months
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteScientists at Oxford University are developing a new vaccine that could be ready for clinical trials within two to three months to…