Consignment of experimental Ebola drug arrives in Liberia
MONROVIA - A consignment of experimental Ebola drugs arrived by plane in Liberia on Wednesday to treat two doctors suffering from the virus, which has killed more than 1,000 people across four West...
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View ArticleTrial Ebola drugs arrive in Liberia
A consignment of experimental Ebola drugs arrived by plane in Liberia on Wednesday to treat two doctors suffering from the virus, which has killed more than 1000 people across four West African...
View ArticleAfrican detainee in Scotland tests negative after Ebola scare
A woman who fell ill at a deportation facility in Scotland has tested negative for the Ebola virus, health officials said on Saturday. British media said the female detainee was in her 30s and from...
View ArticleEbola epidemic to take six months to control
The Ebola epidemic is moving faster than the authorities can handle and could take six months to bring under control, medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said. The warning came a day...
View ArticleYouth Olympic Games open in Nanjing
Beijing, August 16: The 2nd Youth Olympic Games opened in eastern Chinese city of Nanjing Saturday with more than 3,700 athletes from around the world taking part in. During the 13-day-competition...
View ArticleChina Sends Experts to West Africa to Help Fight Ebola
MOSCOW, August 13 (RIA Novosti) - China has sent three teams of experts to the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in order to fight the rapidly spreading...
View ArticleNigeria quits youth Olympics over Ebola
Nigeria has withdrawn from the Youth Olympics in the Chinese city of Nanjing, state media reported, as four African nations battle the worst outbreak of the Ebola virus in decades. Nigeria's decision...
View ArticleDoctors Without Borders: Six months to contain Ebola
It will take about six months to bring under control the Ebola epidemic in West Africa which feels like "wartime" and requires greater leadership from the World Health Organization (WHO), the head of...
View ArticleWest Africa Ebola outbreak like 'wartime,' aid group says
Published August 15, 2014Reuters Facebook0 Twitter0 Health workers take passengers' temperatures infrared digital laser thermometers at the Felix Houphouet Boigny international airport in Abidjan...
View ArticleSecond Youth Games open in wet Nanjing
NANJING China (Reuters) - The second Youth Olympics opened in a wet Nanjing on Saturday with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach encouraging the teenage athletes to have fun and...
View ArticleEbola outbreak: Athletes banned from combat and pool sports at Youth Olympics
Teenage athletes from the Ebola-hit regions of West Africa have been banned from partaking in some sports at the Youth Olympics, which starts this weekend in China. The Games, which sees 3,500 15 to...
View ArticleWHO says Ebola cases, deaths vastly underestimated: spokesperson
>• WHO said numbers of reported cases and deaths "vastly underestimate" the magnitude of the Ebola. • WHO statistics showed the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa continues to escalate, with 1,069...
View ArticleMSF warns of fast-moving Ebola outbreak
Geneva - The Ebola outbreak that has already claimed more than 1 000 lives in west Africa is moving faster than aid organisations can handle, the medical charity MSF said on Friday. The warning came...
View ArticleYouth Games take-off amid Ebola fears
Fears of the Ebola virus cast a cloud over Saturday's opening of the second Youth Olympics in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, after three athletes were barred from competition because of the risk...
View ArticleAfrican Ebola outbreak like 'wartime', food shortages threaten
Business Health Politics Print this story Aug 15, 2014 - 17:33 By Stephanie Nebehay and and Clair MacDougall GENEVA/MONROVIA (Reuters) - The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has created a "wartime"...
View ArticleChinese experts wrap up Guinea Ebola mission
CONAKRY - Three Chinese public health emergency experts sent to the Ebola-affected West African nation of Guinea have successfully wrapped up their mission and returned home on Friday night, an...
View ArticleAU, WHO work closely to tame Ebola
>• AU and WHO are working closely to address the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. • Ebola virus has killed more than 1, 000 people since earlier this year. • The current epidemic is the biggest...
View ArticleAfrican nations pull out of Youth Olympics in Ebola controversy
Saying they were unhappy about being stigmatized over fears of Ebola, some African countries have withdrawn from a Youth Olympics tournament set to begin Saturday in the Chinese city of Nanjing....
View ArticleChina's Ebola curbs drive Africans away from youth Olympics
Saying they were unhappy about being stigmatized over fears of Ebola, some African countries have withdrawn from a youth Olympics tournament set to begin Saturday in the Chinese city of Nanjing....
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