Health care worker who was infected in Sierra Leone and moved to a hospital in Rome for treatment. Doctors were surprised to discover the virus in the lower respiratory tract.
More than forty states have now seen traveled-associated cases of Zika outbreak, prompting more government officials to seek greater funding for fighting the mosquito-borne virus.
Sierra Leone health officials have confirmed a second Ebola case on Thursday, a week after the World Health Organization declared that West Africa is free from the deadly virus. The new victim currently under quarantine is a relative of the young woman who died back on Jan. 12 and one of the people who prepared her corpse for a traditional funeral.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday during a weekly cabinet meeting that they have finally developed the first and effective vaccine against the Ebola virus. However, many health officials and experts from around the world immediately doubted Putin's claim.
World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the cease of Ebola transmission in Guinea. The country is now undergoing a strict three-month surveillance.
American troops will leave Liberia by the end of April and only leave a small force to coordinate with and help Liberian efforts to combat the Ebola epidemic.
The first batch of Ebola vaccines were shipped to Liberia on Friday. Vaccine developer, GlaxoSmithKline, expects to eventually send 30,000 Ebola vaccines. The first clinical trials will be on people with the most risk of developing the illness¬-frontline health workers.
The United Nations' World Health Organization is continuing the testing of experimental vaccines and has become optimistic on the medicine's progress as well as the decreasing number of infections in Liberia.
The global death toll in West Africa caused by the Ebola epidemic continues to soar. The global death toll in West Africa caused by the Ebola epidemic continues to soar.
After several delays in hearings, the Liberian Supreme Court decided Saturday to refuse to halt Senate elections scheduled for Tuesday, according to the The New York Times. A petition had been filed to halt the vote because of the Ebola crisis.
Cuban health worker wants to return to West Africa after being cured of Ebola A Cuban doctor who was treated in Geneva after contracting the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone last month said he intends on returning to the West African country.
A U.S. healthcare worker who may have been exposed to Ebola in West Africa is currently being monitored at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. The patient, who has not been identified, arrived from a West African country early on Thursday for testing and observation, the hospital said.
An eleventh Sierra Leonean doctor has become infected with Ebola An eleventh doctor in Sierra Leone has become infected with the Ebola virus. According to Chief Medical Officer Dr.
Ebola remains a significant health crisis in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that the Ebola epidemic death toll has risen to nearly 5,500 out of 15,351 cases identified in eight countries, reports Huffington Post.
The United States will receive its tenth medical patient diagnosed with Ebola Saturday afternoon. The United States will receive its tenth medical patient diagnosed with Ebola Saturday afternoon.
Global authorities said Wednesday that the deaths of a cleric and a nurse from the Ebola virus in Mali went unnoticed and the country is struggling to prevent a major outbreak.
On Wednesday, the health ministry announced that a nurse died in the Malian capital of Bamako, becoming the second victim to fall fatally ill from the disease in the country, reports BBC.
