Ebola epidemic

EBOLA EPIDEMIC NEWS

Remembering Paul Farmer, a healer and guiding light

February 26, 2022 10:12 am

Shah Alam Khan writes: He worked towards building a world where everyone has a doctor.

Ebola death toll in east Congo outbreak climbs above 2,000

August 30, 2019 1:31 pm

This is Congo's 10th Ebola outbreak, but it is the first in the densely forested hillside provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, where militia-led violence and ethnic killing have undermined security in certain areas for decades.

Rwanda closes border with Congo over deadly Ebola outbreak

August 01, 2019 5:14 pm

It is now the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history and last month the World Health Organization declared it a rare global emergency.

Emails show UN health agency resisted declaring Ebola emergency on economic, political grounds

March 20, 2015 10:13 am

WHO resisted sounding the alarm until August, partly for political reasons, despite the fact that senior staff in Africa proposed doing so in June.

The vast viral universe

November 02, 2014 12:32 am

For scientists who study the evolution and behaviour of viruses, the Ebola pathogen is performing true to its ancient and diverse kind

List measures taken to prevent Ebola: HC tells state, centre

August 29, 2014 12:27 am

There are 48,000 Indians working in West African nations such as Liberia, Sierra Leone and likes that are regions affected by Ebola, the PIL stated.

WHO declares Ebola epidemic a global emergency

August 08, 2014 3:33 pm

Ebola has claimed at least 932 lives and infected more than 1,700 people since breaking out in Guinea earlier this year.

No Ebola case in India, no need for panic: Harsh Vardhan

August 08, 2014 3:08 pm

US health authorities warned that the deadly virus was now "out of control" with more than 60 outbreak hotspots.

Ebola sparks states of emergency across west Africa

August 07, 2014 7:25 pm

Nigeria held out hope it could receive an experimental US-developed drug to halt the spread of the virus.

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