Yahoo By Ryan Wallace Photo by Getty Images Marburg, a virus similar to Ebola, has hit the radar in the African country of Uganda, raising concerns about another deadly outbreak. With two lethal viruses threatening public health, many are questioning why these contagions seem to be flaring up more often — and more important, what
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Yahoo By Ryan Wallace Photo by Getty Images Marburg, a virus similar to Ebola, has hit the radar in the African country of Uganda, raising concerns about another deadly outbreak. With two lethal viruses threatening public health, many are questioning why these contagions seem to be flaring up more often — and more important, what
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The New York Times By REZA ASLAN BILL MAHER’s recent rant against Islam has set off a fierce debate about the problem of religious violence, particularly when it comes to Islam. Mr. Maher, who has argued that Islam is unlike other religions (he thinks it’s more“like the Mafia”), recently took umbrage with President Obama’s assertion that the terrorist group
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HumanIPO By Susan Mwenesi Ethiopia to host eLearning Africa 2015 Ethiopia will host this year’s eLearning Africa which is also the tenth anniversary edition and which will be held under the patronage of the Ethiopian government. The conference, which is the largest international event in Africa on ICT for education, training and development, will be
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The agreement allows for 7 flights per week between Manila and Ethiopia, and unlimited flights between the African aviation hub and other Philippine airports Rappler.com MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines and Ethiopia signed a maiden air services agreement (ASA), expanding their aviation relationship and traffic rights, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) reported. The air talks
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New center to train health professionals in resource-poor countries in comprehensive family planning services, helping lower maternal mortality ANN ARBOR, Mich. — With a $25 million grant from an anonymous donor, the University of Michigan will begin training doctors in Africa in reproductive health services not widely available to many women living in remote areas
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CDC Press Release The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs & Border Protection (CBP) this week will begin new layers of entry screening at five U.S. airports that receive over 94 percent of travelers from the Ebola-affected nations of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. New York’s JFK
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Reporters Without Borders They fled the country before the trial and were convicted in absentia Ethiopia’s federal supreme court yesterday sentenced three magazine owners in absentia to more than three years in prison on charges of “inciting violent revolts, printing and distributing unfounded rumours and conspiring to unlawfully abolish the constitutional system of the country.”
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BBC Duncan The first person to be diagnosed with Ebola within the US has died, Texas hospital officials have said. Thomas Duncan, who caught the virus in his native Liberia, was being kept in isolation in a Dallas hospital and receiving experimental drugs. Earlier the US announced new security procedures at entry points to check
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The Independent By JAMES RUSH According to reports, workers have complained that they have not been paid Volunteers in protective suit bury the body of a person who died from Ebola in Waterloo, Sierra Leone, some 30 kilometers southeast of Freetown The bodies of Ebola victims in Sierra Leone have been left in the streets
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