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Ebola outbreak: Virus still ‘running ahead of us’

Written on December 10, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, Treatments, World News.

The Ebola virus that has killed thousands in West Africa is still “running ahead” of efforts to contain it, the head of the World Health Organization has said. Director general Margaret Chan said the situation had improved in some parts of the worst-affected countries, but she warned against complacency. The risk to the world “is always there” while the outbreak continues, she said. She said the WHO and the international...

Debt and hunger at birthplace of Ebola in Guinea

Written on December 10, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, World News.

By MICHELLE FAUL MELIANDOU, Guinea (AP) — When 2-year-old Emile Ouamouno caught a fever, started vomiting, passed blood in his stool and died two days later, nobody knew why. Nor did anyone really ask. Life is unforgiving in this part of the world, and people often lose their children to cholera, malaria, measles, typhoid, Lassa fever and a host of other illnesses that have no name. Now Emile is widely recognized by researchers as Patient Zero,...

Time magazine announces its Person of the Year

Written on December 10, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Opinion News, USA News.

When the Ebola outbreak first emerged in West Africa earlier this year, few imagined that it would have an impact on almost every country on the planet. The disease spread rapidly, and it affected more than just the war- and poverty-ravaged region that was its incubator. The epidemic grew rapidly due to its early arrival in crowded slums and due to the poor local health care systems that would have barely served as a speed bump had not a rush of...

Ebola survivors crucial to containing the epidemic

Written on December 10, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, Science News, World News.

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thousands of Ebola survivors with little to no risk of re-infection are critical to controlling the epidemic and training them has the potential to save thousands of lives and decrease the spread of the virus, experts said on Wednesday. Survivors have developed immunity and are effectively the only people in the world protected from the virus, which could allow them to care for the sick without risking...

Why we need to tackle Malaria and Ebola together

Written on December 10, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, Science News.

Mass drug treatment for malaria is a key step towards preventing a rise in the mosquito-borne disease in Ebola-stricken countries and to ease the burden on medical staff, a leading disease control expert said on Tuesday. Sierra Leone began a campaign on Friday to protect 2.4 million people – nearly half its population – from malaria, reducing pressure on health services from people visiting clinics wrongly fearing they have Ebola. “It is a good...

250 Ebola volunteers to be trained by Nigerian Government

Written on December 9, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Government News, Treatments, World News.

Premium Times The Federal Ministry of Health has begun to the train volunteers to be sent to help contain the Ebola Virus in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The Secretary of FMoH, Linus Awute, made the disclosure at the opening of The Ebola Containment Training in Lagos on Monday. Mr. Awute, represented by Abdulsalami Nasidi, Director, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, said that there were 504 volunteers. Mr. Nasidi said the first batch...

The Dark Side of Cuba’s Ebola Economy

Written on December 9, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Government News, Treatments, World News.

The communist government’s medical missionaries win praise for the regime, but they are victims, too. If you ask most people what Cuba is famous for they probably will name two things: rum and cigars. But if you ask leftists what Cuba is famous for they will usually say something altogether different: healthcare and education.Despite all the government oppression and poverty and the endless speeches by el líder maximo and his sibling, the Cuban...

The Truth about Ebola and Air Travel

Written on December 9, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Business News, Travel, World News.

You have likely read or heard about the first confirmed case of Ebola in the United States. A man who traveled from Liberia to Dallas via Brussels has been diagnosed with the virus and is in quarantine. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the patient “did not have symptoms when leaving West Africa, but developed symptoms approximately four days after arriving in the U.S. on Sept. 20.” Should you be concerned to take...

Liberians Urged to Travel Last Mile to Beat Ebola

Written on December 9, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Government News, Health News.

Liberia’s president is urging her countrymen to travel the “very difficult last mile” to rid remote areas of Ebola. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has set the goal of stopping Ebola transmission by the end of the year, a target that appears unrealistic but may be useful as a way to ensure people don’t get complacent as infection rates stabilize in Liberia. There are concerns that, as the disease retreats, lax hygiene practices...

IBM, Scripps Want To Enlist Your Smartphone In Fight Against Ebola

Written on December 9, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Business News, Science News.

IBM has partnered with the Scripps Research Institute in a project that will allow consumers to donate processing power from their Android smartphones and Windows PCs and tablets to power a computing framework researchers are using in the fight against Ebola. To join the effort, dubbed “Outsmart Ebola Together,” individuals simply need to download a free app that connects them to IBM’s World Community Grid, which can rope together hundreds of...