Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever)

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …

Nigeria: WHO Set to Declare Nigeria, Senegal Ebola Free

Following the non-detection of new Ebola cases in Senegal and Nigeria after the requisite 42 days of active surveillance that is currently in place, the World Health Organisation is set to declare the end of the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in the two countries. The anticipated declaration that …

U.S. Announces Additional $65 Million Ebola Aid for Liberia

The Government of the United States has announced additional US$65M aid to Liberia to help tackle the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) across the country. The pronouncement was made on Tuesday, October 14 by the Administrator of the United States Aid for International Development (USAID), Dr. Rajiv …

Chinese Medicine Could Really Fight the Flu... and Possibly Treat Ebola

For centuries, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners have given their patients honeysuckle, often in the form of tea, to help alleviate certain ailments. Now, researchers think that this age-old practice may have been on to something. A molecule within the plant has been found to directly target influenza, making it a …

Majority of Americans believe Ebola spreads through air: poll

Boston: A majority of Americans believe the Ebola virus can be spread by sneezing or coughing and more than a third fear that they or someone in their immediate family may contract the deadly disease in the next year, according to a Harvard University poll. Some 85 per cent of …

Ebola Cases Nearing 9,000, Says WHO

The Ebola outbreak is worsening in the three West Africa countries where the disease is concentrated, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, reporting the total number of cases was nearing 9,000. In an update, the United Nations health agency said 4,493 people had died of confirmed, suspected or probable cases …

Gov't to strengthen countermeasures against infectious diseases

The Japanese government has proposed a bill that would allow the country to be better prepared to combat infectious diseases like Ebola and dengue fever which have both seen a resurgence in recent months. The bill will give local governments across Japan the power to require that individuals either suspected …

Ebola death rate goes up to 70%, says WHO

UN worker with Ebola dies in Germany The death rate in the Ebola outbreak has risen to 70 per cent and there could be up to 9,000 new cases this week, the WHO warned on Tuesday. According to the WHO if the response to the Ebola crisis is not stepped …

Ebola crisis: Outbreak death toll rises to 4,447 says WHO

The death toll from the Ebola virus outbreak has risen to 4,447, with the large majority of victims in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. WHO assistant director-general Bruce Aylward also said there could be up to 10,000 new cases a week within two months if efforts were …

WHO may declare Nigeria and Senegal Ebola-free within days

Nigeria and Senegal could be declared Ebola-free within days after completing a 42-day period with no new cases, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. "If the active surveillance for new cases that is currently in place continues, and no new cases are detected, WHO will declare the end of …

U.S. Earmarks Another $142 Million to Fight Ebola in West Africa

MONROVIA, Liberia—The U.S. government added another $142 million to its effort to fight Ebola in West Africa on Tuesday in a push to speed up the international response that many worry may be too late for the devastated region. Rajiv Shah, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, …

West Africa to see up to 10,000 Ebola cases a week by Dec. 1: WHO

The number of new Ebola cases in three West African nations may jump to between 5,000 and 10,000 a week by Dec. 1 as the deadly viral infection spreads, the World Health Organization said. The outbreak is still expanding geographically in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and accelerating in capital …

On the quarantine period for Ebola virus

21 days has been regarded as the appropriate quarantine period for holding individuals potentially exposed to Ebola Virus (EV) to reduce risk of contagion. There does not appear to be a systematic discussion of the basis for this period.

Ebola modern era's most acute health crisis

The World Health Organization on Monday said that the present Ebola outbreak is the “most severe acute health emergency in modern times“. WHO director general Margaret Chan said the epidemic has proved that “the world is ill-prepared to respond to any severe, sustained and threatening public health emergency“. She said, …

Canadian Ebola vaccine to begin clinical trials in U.S.

TORONTO – An experimental Canadian-made Ebola vaccine that has shown promise in tests on primates is beginning clinical trials on humans in the U.S. The vaccine will be tested on healthy individuals Monday to see how well it works, whether there are side effects and what the proper dosage is, …

First Ebola vaccine trial starts in Africa with three health workers given experimental drug

THE first Ebola drug trial in Africa has started with three healthcare workers in Mali receiving an experimental vaccine. It comes as the World Health Organisation (WHO) at the weekend warned that the virus was now ‘entrenched’ in the capital cities of the three worst-hit countries, and accelerating in almost …

Liberia: 36 Die, 11 Survive From Ebola in Grand Bassa

The Grand Bassa Ebola Taskforce has released an update of Ebola cases in the county, recording a total of 36 confirmed and suspected deaths and 11 survivors between July and October 8, 2014. Briefing journalists at the office of the Grand Bassa County Health Team in Buchanan Friday, the County …

Second Ebola case in Texas deals blow to global battle against disease

WASHINGTON – A Texas health care worker who treated an Ebola victim has tested positive for the deadly tropical fever, dealing a blow to the worldwide battle to stem the outbreak. More than 4,000 people have died of Ebola in seven countries since the start of the year, according to …

Ebola death toll hits 4,033 — WHO

More than 4,000 people have died in the Ebola epidemic that broke out in West Africa at the start of the year, according to the latest figures released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday. The WHO said that as of October 8, 4,033 people have died from Ebola …

Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease (EVD): a review

The complex and unprecedented Ebola epidemic ongoing in West Africa has highlighted the need to review the epidemiological characteristics of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) as well as our current understanding of the transmission dynamics and the effect of control interventions against Ebola transmission. Here we review key epidemiological data from …

Tanzania: Number of Youth With TB Increasing

THERE is a significant increase in the number of patients suffering from Tuberculosis (TB) amongst young people in the country. According to Kibong'oto National Tuberculosis Hospital (KNTH) Director, Dr Riziki Kisonga, the most affected are people in the age of between 25 and 46. Dr Kisonga said that until July …

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