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Paris School Caught Up in Panic over Whether Ebola Could Spread in Europe

Paris School Caught Up in Panic over Whether Ebola Could Spread in Europe

| October 7, 2014 Comment

Paris school caught up in panic over whether Ebola could spread in Europe – As talk of the Ebola virus increases, it is inevitable that people start to worry about possible contact with those returning from countries affected. Some parents at a school near Paris have taken their children out of classes after learning that […]

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Thousands of Children Orphaned by West Africa’s Ebola Crisis

Thousands of Children Orphaned by West Africa’s Ebola Crisis

| October 7, 2014 Comment

Thousands of Children Orphaned by West Africa’s Ebola Crisis – A range of international organizations are ramping up their responses to help children who are increasingly affected by the Ebola outbreak in western Africa. According to the World Health Organization’s latest assessment, an estimated 7,470 people have been infected with Ebola in western Africa since […]

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US Journalist with Ebola Arrives In Omaha for Treatment

US Journalist with Ebola Arrives In Omaha for Treatment

| October 7, 2014 Comment

US Journalist with Ebola Arrives In Omaha for Treatment – A 33-year-old American freelance journalist diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus arrived at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha on Monday after being transported from Liberia for treatment. It is unclear how Ashoka Mukpo, who was working with an NBC news crew in Liberia, contracted […]

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Doctor Had Access to Ebola Patient’s Travel History

Doctor Had Access to Ebola Patient’s Travel History

| October 4, 2014 Comment

Doctor Had Access to Ebola Patient’s Travel History – The Dallas hospital treating the lone U.S. Ebola patient says an emergency room doctor who initially treated and released him did have access to the man’s travel history, after all. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas issued a news release late Friday saying Thomas Duncan’s travel history […]

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WHO Agrees to Fast-Track Development of Experimental Vaccines to Counter Ebola

WHO Agrees to Fast-Track Development of Experimental Vaccines to Counter Ebola

| September 5, 2014 Comment

WHO agrees to fast-track development of experimental vaccines to counter Ebola – The World Health Organisation has fast-tracked the development of eight treatments and two vaccines to counter the Ebola virus. Experts have gathered in Geneva to discuss the new drugs. The meeting follows a recent decision by the WHO to allow the use of […]

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Worst Ebola Outbreak in History

| July 3, 2014 Comment

West Africa’s Ebola outbreak is the worst in history, according to the United Nations health agency. The outbreak has spread to Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, and officials say they have no idea how far the disease will spread or when it will retreat. The scale seems unprecedented in terms of geographical distribution, the number […]

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