Ebola 2014: West Africa outbreak tops 1,000 cases, situation remains ‘serious’
The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa has hit a new “milestone” as the World Health Organization reports in an update today than the number of cases have exceeded 1,000. The global health More...
Ebola outbreak: Contact tracing key to outbreak control as number of cases nears 1,000
With the number of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases closing in on 1,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says “contact tracing” is key to getting this, the largest Ebola outbreak in history, under More...
Ebola cases up more than 100 in six days, epidemic in Sierra Leone and Liberia ‘precarious’
While the number of new Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases in Guinea was only one in the past week, the World Health Organization (WHO) says the epidemic trend in Liberia and Sierra Leone remains precarious with high More...
Ebola outbreak update: New cases in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia
Guinea Between 14 and 16 June 2014, a total of 7 new cases and 5 new deaths were reported from Gueckedou (4 cases and 5 deaths) and Boffa (3 cases and 0 deaths). This brings the cumulative number of cases and deaths More...
Sierra Leone Ebola outbreak rises to 50
The number of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases in Sierra Leone has jumped to 50 cases, up from 16 reported just two days ago, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) update today. Photo/CDC 34 new cases (7 More...
Ebola confirmed in Sierra Leone
Just two days after the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the west African country was “stable with no new cases being reported”, the lethal virus has now been confirmed in the town of Koindu More...
Ebola update: 141 deaths in Guinea
The latest update on the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in west Africa was released by the World Health Organization (WHO) today and it shows that there is a cumulative total of 218 clinical cases of Ebola More...
WHO Ebola update: Guinea over 200 cases, no changes in Liberia
The latest Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) update from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows the cumulative total of clinical cases in the West African country of Guinea to be 203, as of Apr. 17. Of this total, More...
Ebola cases in Guinea near 200
The number of clinical cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and deaths associated with the disease have increased in both Guinea and Liberia, according to a World Health Organization update Thursday. Image/Charles More...
Ebola in Guinea and Liberia update
The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in western Africa has increased both in number of clinically compatible cases and deaths since last week, according to a World Health Organization update today. Photo/CDC The More...
Suspected Ebola cases in Sierra Leone tests positive for Lassa fever
In an update concerning the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the numbers have increased both in Guinea and Liberia. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), as of 9 April, a cumulative total of 158 More...
WHO Ebola press conference: ‘We expect to continue seeing Ebola cases for some months’
“This is one of the most challenging Ebola outbreaks that we have ever faced.” Sombering words from Assistant Director-General of the Health Security, Dr. Keiji Fukuda during a press conference in More...
Ebola ‘ruled out’ in Ghana girl, Guinea and Liberia numbers grow
The suspected case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in a young girl in Ghana has been ruled out by laboratory testing , according to a World Health Organization (WHO) update today. Ebola virus Image/CDC The WHO reports More...
Suspected Ebola case investigated in Ghana
A child from Mali that died at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana, is being investigated as a suspected case of Ebola Viral Disease (EVD), according to the Ghana News Agency today. GhanaImage/CIA Ghana’s More...
Thailand advises people to avoid travel to West Africa due to Ebola outbreak
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand is advising travelers to avoid travel to the affected countries until the outbreak of the virus is safely controlled, according to a National News Bureau More...