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U.S. Dept of Health gives immunity to Ebola Vaccine manufacturers

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

(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday offered liability protections to drugmakers rushing to develop Ebola vaccines and urged other countries to follow suit. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell made the announcement as part of the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act in a move aimed at encouraging the development and availability of experimental Ebola vaccines. The...

Using Survivors’ Blood in Attempt to Treat Ebola?

Written on December 8, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, World News.

Dr. Bakary Oularé in Conakry, Guinea, has founded an association to assist those who survived the virus. TK By BETSY MCKAY in Atlanta, DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS in Conakry, Guinea, and PATRICK MCGROARTY in Monrovia, Liberia Achille Guémou was one of three health workers to survive Ebola after becoming infected in late August while performing a caesarean section on a woman who had the disease but hadn’t yet been diagnosed. Now, the 44-year-old...

Ebola Traps Painkiller Shipment as Economies Unravel

Written on December 5, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Business News, World News.

From his office in the Ghanaian coastal city of Tema, Mark Owiredu has an up-close view of how Ebola is ravaging the economies of poorer African nations to the west. Since the outbreak of the disease was identified nine months ago, Owiredu, the general manager for manufacturing of Ernest Chemists Ltd., has seen orders worth as much as $880,000 annually from Sierra Leone and Liberia all but evaporate. With flights into the worst-affected countries...

Third member of U.N. mission in Liberia contracts Ebola

Written on December 5, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, Travel, World News.

REUTERS/James Giahyue MONROVIA, Dec 5 (Reuters) – A U.N. peacekeeper in Liberia has contracted Ebola and is being treated at a clinic in the capital Monrovia, becoming the third member of the mission infected by the deadly virus since the outbreak began. The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) said in a statement that it was taking steps to ensure all those who come into contact with the peacekeeper while he was symptomatic were quarantined...

Italian Ebola victim’s condition worsens

Written on December 5, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, World News.

Credit: Reuters/Tony Gentile (Reuters) – An Italian doctor suffering from Ebola is in intensive care after his condition worsened, a spokeswoman for the hospital treating him said on Friday. The 50-year-old Sicilian contracted Ebola while working for the humanitarian group Emergency in Sierra Leone, one of the countries worst hit by the virus… (read more) ...

Madrid Fires Health Chief After Ebola Crisis

Written on December 4, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Government News, World News.

Madrid’s regional government has fired its health chief, a doctor who raised a storm because of remarks he made about a Spanish nursing assistant who contracted Ebola. Javier Rodriguez was removed Thursday, a day after he defended his handling of Teresa Romero’s case by saying that thanks to him she was still alive… (read more)

German Hospital Discharges Ebola Patient

Written on December 4, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, World News.

A German hospital says a Ugandan doctor it treated after he contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone has been cured and discharged. Frankfurt’s University Hospital said Thursday that the man, whose name hasn’t been released, was released on Nov. 19 and is now with his family. He was admitted on Oct. 3 and was critically ill for a time… (read more)

The First Attempt to Digitize Ebola Health Records

Written on December 4, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, Science News, World News.

Ebola treatment in West Africa is going digital. Keeping detailed patient records during the Ebola outbreak can be a nightmare. Currently, health care workers use very basic methods, ranging from scanning files to writing on white boards to calling results across rooms to simple memorization. But the International Rescue Committee (IRC), a crisis organization, is about to change that by bringing in electronic health records to its new Ebola treatment...

WHO ‘wasted precious time’ over Ebola

Written on December 3, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Business News, Personal Safety, World News.

The Belgian microbiologist who co-discovered the Ebola virus has accused the World Health Organization of dithering in reacting to the deadly epidemic and accused the international community of “hysteria.” Peter Piot said that while an initial delay in confirming the outbreak could be expected, there was no excuse for waiting a further five months before acknowledging the extent of the crisis… (read more)

Ebola stigma hindering medical response, says Red Cross

Written on December 3, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, Opinion News, Travel, World News.

Stigma against travellers from Ebola-infected countries is hindering the fight against the disease, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) says. The head of the IFRC, Mr Elhadj As Sy, warned that travel bans were preventing his organisation’s medical workers from dealing with the outbreak. He urged governments to avoid acting out of fear and misinformation… (read more)