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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)

Deadline to curb Ebola ‘won’t fully be met’

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

A deadline of December 1 to contain the Ebola virus will not be fully met due to escalating numbers of cases in Sierra Leone and elsewhere, the UN Ebola Emergency Response Mission which had set the target, said. The mission set the goal in September, seeking to have 70 percent of Ebola patients under treatment and 70 percent of Ebola victims safely buried. That target will be achieved in some areas, head of UNMEER Anthony Banbury told Reuters...

Top UN health officials take joint mission to Mali in support of Ebola response

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

24 November 2014 – The Executive Director of Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Michel Sidibé and the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan, have visited Mali in a joint mission to support the country in its efforts to curb the spread of Ebola, as authorities there announced one new case and that two more suspected patients were being tested. “The next 15 days are critical for ending Ebola in Mali,”...

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)

Senate panel passes measure to speed up approval of Ebola drugs

Written on November 22, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Business News, Government News, Science News.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee approved a measure Wednesday designed to speed the approval of Ebola drugs. The bill (S. 2917) would make Ebola treatments eligible for priority review vouchers at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), cutting down on the evaluation time taken by regulators. “As the U.S. continues to respond to Ebola, it is critical that we are doing all we can to get life-saving treatments...

Sick move: Australia shuts borders to ‘Ebola-affected’ African countries

Written on November 22, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Travel, World News.

Australia is the first country to temporarily close its borders to people traveling from West African states battling against the Ebola epidemic. The move comes despite the fact the Ebola-free country has not sent aid workers to any afflicted regions. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison told parliament on Monday, Australia has issued a blanket visa ban for those traveling from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. “This means we are not processing...

Seven More Airports in India on Ebola Alert

Written on November 21, 2014. Posted in Breaking News.

New Delhi: Days after an Indian national was quarantined at the Delhi airport after traces of the virus were found in his samples, the Health Ministry today has added seven more airports for screening for the disease. Apart from the 18 airports already under screening, the government today added Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, Gaya in Bihar, Vizag in Andhra Pradesh, Nagpur in Maharashtra, Bagdora in Assam and two other airports, Health Minstry sources...

Ebola Death Toll Nears 5,500, All 6 Patients In Mali Have Died

Written on November 21, 2014. Posted in Breaking News.

GENEVA, Nov 21 (Reuters) – The death toll in the Ebola epidemic has risen to 5,459 out of 15,351 cases identified in eight countries by the end of Nov. 18, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The figures showed an increase of 39 recorded deaths and 106 new cases since those issued on Wednesday. “Transmission remains intense in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone,” the WHO said, referring to the hardest-hit...

Officials Sound Alarm About Potential Ebola Crisis in Mali

Written on November 21, 2014. Posted in Breaking News.

Leaders of the United Nations and the World Health Organization expressed new alarm on Friday about Ebola’s tenacity in Africa and in particular its potential to ravage a fourth country, Mali, where they said hundreds of people had been exposed to an infected cleric who died last month. At a webcast news conference from the World Bank offices in Washington, the United Nations’ secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and the W.H.O.’s director general,...