Ebola drug clinical trials to start

By Tulip Mazumdar Global health reporter Ebola healthcare workers are trained on ways to treat infected patients at the Siaka Stevens Stadium in Freetown, Sierra Leone, 12 November 2014 The rate of transmission of Ebola remains intense, the WHO says Clinical trials to try to find an effective treatment for Ebola patients are to start

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When it comes to Ebola, there are five kinds of people

By SOPHIE KAMYA, M&G Donald Trump has demanded that Obama apologise to the American people over Ebola, and has called him a psycho. CRISES tend to expose people’s true character and the Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa has done just that. The Clueless/Out of touch: US televangelist, John Hagee believes Ebola is God’s punishment for

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When it comes to Ebola, there are five kinds of people

By SOPHIE KAMYA, M&G Donald Trump has demanded that Obama apologise to the American people over Ebola, and has called him a psycho. CRISES tend to expose people’s true character and the Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa has done just that. The Clueless/Out of touch: US televangelist, John Hagee believes Ebola is God’s punishment for

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Ethiopia to deploy 210 health workers in Ebola-hit West Africa

(Business Standard) -Ethiopia said Friday it will deploy about 210 health professionals to Ebola-affected countries to support the response against the epidemic in West Africa. In addition, the East African nation has also decided to provide financial support of $500,000 to the response in the highly affected countries, Xinhua reported. Speaking at a press conference

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First Ebola case in Mali confirmed

(BBC)The Malian government has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the country. It said a two-year-old girl had tested positive for the haemorrhagic virus. Reports say she recently returned from the neighbouring Guinea. More than 4,800 people have died of Ebola – mainly in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone – since March. Meanwhile, an

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Ebola outbreak: Bodies of victims ‘left in the streets’ as burial teams go on strike

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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Ebola outbreak: Bodies of victims ‘left in the streets’ as burial teams go on strike

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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Good news: Ebola ‘pretty much contained’ in Senegal and Nigeria, says WHO, but death toll now 2,793 in West Africa

AFP Senegal has not reported any new Ebola cases since it registered its first and only case on August 29 — a Guinean student who has since recovered. THE deadliest Ebola epidemic ever has now killed 2,793 in west Africa, the World Health Organisation  (WHO) said Monday, adding though that in Senegal and Nigeria the outbreak

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CDC issues Ebola checklist: ‘Now is the time to prepare’

Washington Examiner BY PAUL BEDARD The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warning hospitals and doctors that “now is the time to prepare,” has issued a six-page Ebola “checklist” to help healthcare workers quickly determine if patients are infected. While the CDC does not believe that there are new cases of Ebola in the United

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CDC issues Ebola checklist: ‘Now is the time to prepare’

Washington Examiner BY PAUL BEDARD The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warning hospitals and doctors that “now is the time to prepare,” has issued a six-page Ebola “checklist” to help healthcare workers quickly determine if patients are infected. While the CDC does not believe that there are new cases of Ebola in the United

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