Afflicted African countries have asked for international help U. S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday will outline his plan to help African countries battle the worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history.
Hospital successfully treated two previous patients Emory University Hospital in Atlanta is set to receive its third Ebola patient on Thursday, weeks after successfully treating two American aid workers who had contracted the virus that is running rampant in West Africa.
Big Pharma criticized for profit-making mindset in case of Ebola vaccine Big Pharma is under attack for preventing a widespread vaccine for Ebola to be on the market, since they determined there was no "business case" for it, The Independent reported.
The country will enact a three-day lockdown to assess who is infected and prevent the spread of the disease, despite protests from international health organizations.
Doctor is the third American to contract Ebola in Liberia A doctor who contracted Ebola while offering aid in Liberia arrived on Friday at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha to receive treatment for the disease that is ravaging West Africa.
Previous two Americans have recovered Another American doctor has been diagnosed with Ebola, the third to contract the virus in West Africa since the outbreak began in March.
The deadly virus continues to spread in West Africa Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said that officials in Africa have begun to think about the ongoing Ebola outbreak as a world problem, rather than a localized issue.
The worst-ever Ebola outbreak continues to spread The West African Ebola outbreak has already infected more than 3,000 people and killed more than 1,500 of them, but the World Health Organization said the virus could infect more than 20,000 people before it's brought under control.
Officials from DR Congo reported first official cases over the weekend The recent outbreak of Ebola in western Africa is already the worst outbreak in recorded history, and now officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed the country's first official cases.
Economic effect of Ebola virus increasingly apparent in affected countries The economic effect of the Ebola virus is starting to be seen as crops rot in the fields, mines are abandoned and goods cannot get to market, AFP reports.
First British health worker infected by Ebola virus while working Sierra Leone The first British national infected by the Ebola virus was flown to the U.
The Ivory Coast is the latest to place restrictions against Ebola-stricken neighbors Liberia and Guinea despite the World Health Organization's advice not to do so.
According to a new report by the World Health Organization, the death toll continues to rise in West Africa as the Ebola epidemic moves through the three nations at the center of the pandemic to neighboring nations. The report also highlights the possible existence of "shadow zones."
The two American aid workers who contracted Ebola while doing missionary work in West Africa have been cured from the diseased after receiving treatment at a U.S hospital.
A patient admitted themselves to a hospital after minor symptoms related to the virus appeared. Docs say more people being aware of the virus means more people are cautious about any symptoms.
Patient Zero in the latest Ebola outbreak in western Africa is reported to be a 2-year-old boy who died last December in Guinea in a village that borders Sierra Leone and Liberia.
On Friday, the World Health Organization declared that the latest outbreak of Ebola is an international public health emergency as the number of deaths caused by the epidemic continues to soar in West Africa.
