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...
Ebola update: Liberia announces outbreak, suspected cases reported in Mali
UPDATE: Guinea Ebola numbers are 137 suspect/confirmed cases and 86 deaths. The Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) outbreak first reported from forested areas in south-eastern Guinea has continued to increase and evolve. In More...
Guinea Ebola numbers increase, Liberia cases remains unchanged
The Ministry of Health of Guinea has reported a cumulative total of 127 clinically compatible cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), of which 35 are laboratory confirmed by PCR. The total number includes 83 deaths More...
Ebola Virus Disease: No travel or trade restrictions for Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone
The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that it does not recommend that any travel or trade restrictions be applied to Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone based on the current information available for this More...
Médecins Sans Frontières: Guinea Ebola outbreak ‘unprecedented’
Because the Ebola outbreak in Guinea has spread to the capital of Conakry and is found in several other locations, this has prompted the humanitarian organization, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to describe More...
Ebola: Three deaths in Liberia
UPDATE: Liberia backtracks on Ebola statement The Ebola outbreak that began in the forested areas of south eastern Guinea has spread to neighboring Liberia, according to a report in the Daily Observer Tuesday. Image/CIA In More...
Guinea reports one additional Ebola death
The numbers of fatalities associated with the Ebola outbreak in Guinea has increased by one since the last update, according to the a World Health Organization update today. Photo/CDC As of 25 March 2014, a total More...
Ebola outbreak in Guinea: Preliminary results show ‘strong homology with Zaire Ebolavirus’
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported being notified of the Ebola outbreak in forested areas south eastern Guinea by the Guinea Ministry of Health today. Image/CIA According to the information obtained More...
Ebola confirmed as cause of deadly outbreak in Guinea
In a follow-up to a report earlier this week of a “mystery disease” in the west African nation of Guinea is a mystery no more- the country has confirmed the etiologic agent causing the hemorrhagic fever More...
