a vaccine and a treatment drug are in the works to help with the ebola outbreak. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved streamlining the testing of a vaccine to help control the strain of the Ebola virus outbreak in western African countries.
A congressman attempted to unite the Ebola crisis and the border crisis on Monday by suggesting that some of the 57,000 mostly Central American minors who have been caught at the border since October 2013 may be carrying the virus.
Man had been in West Africa, but doctors are hopeful it's not the virus. A man was admitted to New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital on Monday with symptoms similar to those out the Ebola virus that is ravaging West Africa, according to CNN.
An American man and woman that have been infected with the Ebola virus in West Africa are set to return home to the U.S. to receive treatment in Atlanta.
Ebola has surfaced in the Nigerian capital of Lagos putting 21 million people at risk. As the deadly virus continues to advance through West Africa, many in one stricken nation have begun to protest, not because of their country's handling of the epidemic, but because of a rumor.
Despite the U.S. trade embargo with Cuba, US medics-in-training use the country as a training base, and it is recognized as a highly successful country - and and example for other countries- in its ability to educate and promote prevention.
The WHO released numbers showing a continued increase in deaths and cases of the Ebola virus, and the numbers will only grow as locals shun treatment and block health workers from helping. In addition, the bodies have to be guarded from family who want to take them for burial, which would increase the risk of exposure and contracting the virus.
Virus has killed over 500 since February The World Health Organization (WHO) is reporting 50 new cases of Ebola and 25 deaths in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea since July 3.
WHO says drastic action is needed to stop disease that can kill 90 percent of those infected With an unprecedented Ebola epidemic affecting several African countries, the health ministers of 11 African nations on Thursday agreed on a joint strategy to try to stop the spread, CNN reported.
The Ebola outbreak has spread across three African countries and is increasing at an alarming rate. The deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus has reach severe proportions according to relief workers.
The deadly virus has claimed more than 50 lives in Guinea. A viral outbreak has infected a poor West African nation, testing its weak medical infrastructure and the will of its people.
