Rapid development and testing of drug may bring current epidemic in west Africa to an end and control future outbreaks, experts say The 100% success rate of a vaccination trial against Ebola in Guinea is very promising, says the World Heatlh Organisation A vaccine against Ebola has been shown to be 100% successful in trials
The post Ebola vaccine trial proves 100% successful in Guinea appeared first on 6KILO.com.
The latest Ebola cases were recorded in a densely populated slum, adding to fears it will spread Two new cases of Ebola have been recorded in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, weeks after the city was thought to be free of the disease. Health officials say there are fears of further infections as the cases
The post New Ebola cases hit Sierra Leone appeared first on 6KILO.com.
Sierra Leone imposed a three-week daytime curfew in the last Ebola-hit areas in a bid to curb a resurgence of the deadly virus. HEALTH authorities are repeating the mistakes of the past in combatting Ebola, more than a year after its onset in Guinea and Sierra Leone, the international president of Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
The post Ebola bounces back in Guinea, Sierra Leone appeared first on 6KILO.com.
Sierra Leone imposed a three-week daytime curfew in the last Ebola-hit areas in a bid to curb a resurgence of the deadly virus. HEALTH authorities are repeating the mistakes of the past in combatting Ebola, more than a year after its onset in Guinea and Sierra Leone, the international president of Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
The post Ebola bounces back in Guinea, Sierra Leone appeared first on 6KILO.com.
By Smitha Mundasad, BBC Ebola tablet device Medics wear full protective gear to shield themselves from the virus A tablet device that can withstand being doused in chlorine has been developed to help medics caring for patients with Ebola. Designed by technology volunteers and Google, it can be used even wearing gloves and in storms
The post ‘Ebola-proof’ tablet device developed appeared first on 6KILO.com.
Liberia has confirmed a new case of Ebola, undermining growing hopes in the country that it might soon be declared free of the disease. There had not been a new case for 20 days until a woman tested positive on Friday in the capital, Monrovia. The World Heath Organization requires 42 days to elapse from
The post New Ebola case undermines Liberia disease-free hopes appeared first on 6KILO.com.
Liberia has released its last Ebola patient after going a week without any new cases of the virus, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Beatrice Yardolo, 58, left a Chinese-run treatment centre in the capital Monrovia after two weeks of treatment. Nearly 10,000 people have died from Ebola, the vast majority in Guinea, Liberia
The post Liberia releases last Ebola patient appeared first on 6KILO.com.
Ebola vaccine Mark Doyle reports on the first people to receive the vaccine The first large-scale trials of two experimental vaccines against Ebola have begun in Liberia. The potentially preventative medicines were taken under strict security to a secret location in the West African country. Scientists aim to immunise 30,000 volunteers, including front-line health workers.
The post Liberia’s Ebola vaccine trial begins appeared first on 6KILO.com.
By Michelle Roberts Other researchers have been testing bats in West Africa for Ebola virus The Ebola victim who is believed to have triggered the current outbreak – a two-year-old boy called Emile Ouamouno from Guinea – may have been infected by playing in a hollow tree housing a colony of bats, say scientists. They
The post First Ebola case linked to bat play appeared first on 6KILO.com.
(Reuters) – Scores of Ethiopian health workers arrived in Liberia on Tuesday to bolster the response to an Ebola outbreak that the government says it wants to stamp out before Christmas. The 87 doctors and nurses will join an African Union (AU) mission against the worst Ebola outbreak on record, which has killed more than
The post Ethiopian health workers arrive in Liberia to help fight Ebola appeared first on 6KILO.com.