Scientists win backing for work on potential Nipah vaccine
Nipah is on the World Health Organization’s research and development “priority pathogen” list alongside Ebola,… Read More
6 years ago
Ebola
Ebola death toll in DR Congo crosses 500: health ministry
The Spanish wing of the aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reported on Twitter Saturday… Read More
7 years ago
Death toll in Congo’s Ebola outbreak crosses 400 mark
Health authorities also confirmed 237 cases of "persons cured", with a further "200 suspect cases… Read More
7 years ago
Congo election raises Ebola epidemic anxiety
Global health teams battling the world’s second largest Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of Congo… Read More
7 years ago
US medic quarantined in Nebraska for possible Ebola exposure
WASHINGTON: A United States healthcare worker who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus… Read More
7 years ago
Patients flee after Ebola holding centre attacked in DRC
BENI: Patients being monitored as possible Ebola patients fled a camp in eastern DR Congo… Read More
7 years ago
As Ebola threatens mega-cities, vaccine stockpile needs grow
LONDON: Doubts are growing about whether the world’s emergency stockpile of 300,000 Ebola vaccine doses… Read More
7 years ago
Scientists to test tailor-made vaccine tech to fight epidemics
LONDON: A global coalition set up to fight disease epidemics is investing up to $8.4… Read More
7 years ago
Health workers being vaccinated against Ebola
GOMA: Uganda has vaccinated thousands of health workers against Ebola to counter the spread of… Read More
7 years ago
Ebola outbreak in east Congo now world’s second biggest
KINSHASA: The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is now the second biggest in history, with… Read More
7 years ago
Congo approves clinical trials for Ebola treatments
KINSHASA: Congolese authorities have authorised clinical trials for four experimental Ebola treatments, which will allow… Read More
7 years ago
Current Ebola outbreak is worst in Congo’s history: ministry
KINSHASA: The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the most severe… Read More
7 years ago
DR Congo rolls out prototype Ebola drugs as death toll rises to 67
BENI, DR CONGO: An outbreak of Ebola in eastern DR Congo has killed 67 people… Read More
7 years ago
Ebola death toll in DR Congo rises to 55
BENI, DR CONGO: The Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has claimed 55 lives since… Read More
7 years ago
War and Ebola: A double nightmare in eastern DR Congo
First came the war, which developed into a brutal, bloody tussle between militias who abused… Read More
7 years ago
Red Cross admits $6-million fraud during Ebola crisis
GENEVA: The Red Cross has uncovered several cases of fraud by officials during efforts to… Read More
8 years ago
Ebola-like Marburg virus kills two in Uganda: official
KAMPALA: Two people have died from the Marburg virus in eastern Uganda, in the country's… Read More
8 years ago
Bill Gates warns world ‘vulnerable’ to deadly epidemic in next decade
LONDON: Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates warned on Friday that the world was vulnerable to a… Read More
9 years ago
Scottish Ebola nurse back in hospital, condition stable
EDINBURGH: British nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted Ebola in 2014 while caring for patients in… Read More
9 years ago
Scientists use climate, population changes to predict diseases
LONDON: British scientists say they have developed a model that can predict outbreaks of zoonotic… Read More
9 years ago