Ebola vaccine trial proves 100% successful in Guinea

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

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New Ebola cases hit Sierra Leone

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

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Ebola bounces back in Guinea, Sierra Leone

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)

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Ebola bounces back in Guinea, Sierra Leone

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)

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Stupid Americans stigmatized Ethiopians and Eritreans ni DC due to Ebola outbreak

By Tom Howell Jr. – The Washington Times The chief of the D.C. Department of Health said Wednesday that ignorance about the Ebola outbreak is causing people to stigmatize the city’s African population. Joxel Garcia said members of the public have posed odd questions and expressed outsized fears about transmission, especially to cab drivers. “When

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Ethio- American scientist at Ohio State University calls for accelerated efforts to understand zoonotic infections such as Ebola

By Emily Caldwell COLUMBUS, Ohio – For many, global public health seems like an abstract and distant problem – until the Ebola virus is diagnosed among people in our midst. Though no one would call the Ebola pandemic a good thing, it has presented an opportunity for scientists to alert the public about the dire

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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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