HHS announces 35 U.S. Ebola-ready treatment centers
The following 35 U. S. hospitals have been designated to care for Ebola patients. Here are the treatment centers: (read more)
No serious side effects in Ebola vaccine test
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(Reuters) – The first people vaccinated with an experimental Ebola shot being developed by Merck and NewLink have had no serious side effects so far, but a few experienced mild fever, Swiss researchers said on Tuesday.
The shot, one of several being fast-tracked through clinical trials in the hope they can be approved for use in the Ebola epidemic raging in West Africa, is undergoing initial human safety tests at the University Hospitals...
WHO congratulates Spain on ending Ebola transmission
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Today the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declares the Ebola outbreak in Spain over and commends the country on its diligence to end transmission of the virus.
On 6 October 2014, the Spanish National Reference Laboratory confirmed the first human-to-human transmission of Ebola virus disease outside Africa in a healthcare worker. The healthcare worker had been part of a team at La Paz-Carlos III Hospital providing medical care for a...
Ebola is crippling the economies of three countries
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The international response to Ebola is still too slow and piecemeal, Doctors Without Borders warned Tuesday, as officials said the disease is crippling the economies of the three West African countries hardest hit.
Ebola has infected nearly 17,000 people, of which about 6,000 have died, according to the World Health Organization. The vast majority of infections are in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, poor countries that have been left to handle...
Obama to push Congress for more money to fight Ebola
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President Obama will visit the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Tuesday to praise doctors completing preliminary critical trials of an Ebola vaccine and to push members of Congress to quickly approve new funding to fight the virus the administration has requested.
Mr. Obama asked Congress to approve an extra $6.18 billion in emergency funding on November 5, the day after the midterm elections. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio,...
Ebola crisis: Struggling to change behaviour in Sierra Leone
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For weeks it has been the same here in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. Every day the Ebola burial teams – now well organised and promptly dispatched – collect about 60 bodies from around the city and its crowded suburbs.
Some days it is 50, sometimes as many as 80… (read more)
CDC: More Than 1,400 People in U.S. Being Actively Monitored for Ebola
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The killer virus Ebola may not be front and center in the news, but it’s still in the forefront of efforts by health officials nationwide. As of today, more than 1,400 people in 44 states in the U.S. are being actively monitored by state and local health departments after returning from West Africa. The good news is that no new cases have been reported in the U.S. since Oct. 23.
Responding to a public outcry, the Department of Homeland Security...
Sifting Through Genes in Search of Answers on Ebola
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — An old two-story brick building in a shabby part of town, formerly a distribution center for Budweiser beer, is now the world’s most powerful factory for analyzing genes from people and viruses.
And it is a factory. At any given time, 10,000 tiny test tubes each holding a few drops of gene-containing fluid are being processed by six technicians, working 24 hours a day, 365 days a year — two on the night shift — using 50 dishwasher-sized...
WHO Will Miss Ebola Targets It Set for Dec 1
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Two months ago, the World Health Organization launched an ambitious plan to stop the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, aiming to isolate 70 percent of the sick and safely bury 70 percent of the victims in the three hardest-hit countries ? Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone ? by December 1.
Only Guinea is on track to meet the December 1 goal, according to an update from WHO… (read more)
Life on the Ebola frontline: ‘Hope is fading, but we will keep on fighting’
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Isaac Bayoh, 25, volunteers as an Ebola quarantine and awareness worker. He is part of a team that isolates the houses of those who have the disease, educates the family and neighbours, and monitors the progress of patients. Here, in his own words sent via WhatsApp, he shares his experiences about how people and communities are affected… (read more)