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…
Ebola vaccine could take nine months as death toll rise further, WHO warns
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe World Health Organization (WHO) says it could take up to nine months before a vaccine against this particular species of Ebola…
'No vaccine... no treatment': Experts raise alarm over rare strain of Ebola spreading through Africa as WHO declares global health emergency
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe deadly Ebola virus rampaging through central Africa is a rare strain that has no approved vaccine or targeted treatment, experts have warned….