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World must learn lessons of Ebola to stop future epidemics, says Bill Gates

Written on November 24, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Business News, Health News, Opinion News.

Microsoft founder warns MPs that international community must prepare for outbreaks of other, more transmissive diseases. The world has “a very significant chance” to halt the Ebola epidemic in west Africa, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has said. But speaking to MPs and peers in the Palace of Westminster Gates warned it was vital to learn the lessons from the current outbreak to ensure the world is ready for other, more virulent...

Mali confirms eighth Ebola case

Written on November 24, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, World News.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali has confirmed a new case of Ebola, bringing to eight the number of people who have fallen ill with the deadly disease in the West African country. A government statement issued Monday night said the patient had been placed in a treatment center. All of Mali’s Ebola cases can be traced back to a 70-year-old imam who was brought to the country from Guinea, where the epidemic first began… (read more)

A Tale of Two Outbreaks: Why Congo Conquered Ebola

Written on November 24, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, World News.

Two outbreaks, two entirely different outcomes. The World Health Organization has declared an outbreak of Ebola over in the Democratic Republic of Congo after just 66 cases and 49 deaths. It lasted three months. Yet the epidemic in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea’s been going for nine months, with more than 15,000 cases, 5,000 deaths and no end in sight. What’s the difference? Experts say… (read more)

Italy’s first case of Ebola confirmed

Written on November 24, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, Travel, World News.

An Italian doctor who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone is being repatriated to Italy for treatment, health officials in Rome confirmed on Monday. The doctor had been working since October 18 at a small clinic about 10 miles west of capital of Freetown with the humanitarian group Emergency before developing a fever, testing positive for the virus and being isolated, according to… (read more)

Merck buys the rights to an experimental Ebola vaccine

Written on November 24, 2014. Posted in Business News, Health News, Science News.

Deal comes as other drugmakers are racing to test and scale up production of treatments and preventive vaccines. Merck on Monday said it would buy worldwide commercial rights to NewLink Genetics Corp’s experimental vaccine meant to prevent infection with the Ebola virus. Large late-stage trials of the product could begin early next year, Merck said… (read more)

The next Ebola? Health officials try to prepare for future outbreaks

Written on November 24, 2014. Posted in Health News, Science News, World News.

The next Ebola or the next SARS. Maybe even the next HIV. Even before the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is brought under control, public health officials are girding for the next health disaster. “It’s really urgent that we address the weak links and blind spots around the world,” Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told The Associated Press. “Ebola is a powerful reminder that a...

How to control Ebola

Written on November 14, 2014. Posted in Blogs & Links, Health News, Personal Safety.

Ebola is a lethal disease that is communicable through humans and various animals, specifically a species of primates and bats. Once the virus contaminates the human body, its incubation time to the start of symptoms takes two to twenty one days. Humans are not contagious until the symptoms have bloomed. Fore symptoms are the erratic onset of muscular pains, headaches, sore throat and fever fatigue. Next the patient starts to vomit, have diarrhea,...

Key Ebola Facts

Written on November 14, 2014. Posted in Blogs & Links, Health News.

Key facts Ebola Virus Disease/EVD, antecedently regarded to as Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever is a dire, normally deadly ailment in humans. The virus is transmittable from person-to-person and wild animals to humans. Due to the lethal and contagious nature of the virus, community participation is core to ensure outbreaks are contained in time. Feasible Ebola-related epidemic control depends on adopting various means of interventions, including case management,...

Ebola FAQs

Written on November 14, 2014. Posted in Blogs & Links, Health News, Personal Safety.

When is immediate medical intervention critical? In case one has traveled from Ebola virus hit hotspots or touched a patient who exhibited symptoms of Ebola, it behooves summoning medical experts. Instantaneous medical intervention is crucial to enhancing the rate of endurance from the ailment. It is essential to counter suffusion of the virus and infectivity with prompt procedural response to a potential case. Is there efficient curative treatment? Direly...

Ebola Preventative Measures

Written on November 14, 2014. Posted in Health News, Personal Safety, Science News.

Ebola Virus Disease is a highly contagious ailment that normally succumb its victims to death when the symptoms escalate to insuperable levels. If there is an outburst in concentrated populations, the disease can wreak havoc. In any case, areas will be contaminated if bodily fluids and egested stool are present in the areas like toilets and various surfaces like door knobs and in-house paraphernalia. The places should be cleaned meticulously using...