UN Warns Against Complacency as Ebola Fight Enters New Phase
March 3, 2024 10:23 am | by Lorne Cook, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe United Nations is urging donors, organizations and countries fighting Ebola in West Africa not to give in to complacency as the death toll from the virus climbs toward 10,000.
Sierra Leone's Vice President in Quarantine for Ebola
March 2, 2024 9:34 am | by Clarence Roy-Macaulay, Associated Press | News | CommentsSierra Leone's vice president has put himself in quarantine following the death from Ebola of one of his security guards.
Health Groups Say AIDS No. 1 Killer of Adolescents in Africa
February 17, 2024 3:47 pm | by Tom Odula, Associated Press | News | CommentsGlobal health organizations said Tuesday that AIDS is now the leading cause of death for adolescents in Africa, and the second leading cause of death among adolescents globally.
Ebola Victims Infectious for a Week After Death, Nonhuman Primate Study Finds
February 13, 2024 4:32 pm | by Elizabeth Doughman, Editor-in-Chief, ALN Magazine | News | CommentsThe Ebola virus remains viable for at least seven days after death in non-human primates. A new study, published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, suggests that Ebola transmission from deceased individuals may be possible for an extended period of time after death, underscoring the importance of using safe practices for handling corpses.
Persevering Past Roadblocks to Build Promising Ebola Vaccine
February 10, 2024 9:08 am | by Lauran Neergard - AP Medical Writer | News | CommentsEbola has claimed nearly 9,000 lives in West Africa over the past year, although new infections have dropped dramatically in recent months.
WHO: Ebola Response Shifts to Ending Epidemic
January 29, 2024 2:23 pm | by Maria Cheng - AP Medical Writer | News | CommentsThe U.N. health agency said the three most affected countries - Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia - have reported fewer than 100 cases in the past week, for the first time since June.
CDC Begins Search for Lab Safety Chief
January 2, 2024 4:29 pm | by Ryan Bushey, Associate Editor | Articles | CommentsThe CDC is creating this position after several embarrasing mishaps with hazardous material last year.
Ebola Patient in Britain Transferred to London
December 30, 2023 3:52 pm | by Associated Press | News | CommentsA British health care worker who contracted the Ebola virus in West Africa has been transferred from Scotland to an isolation unit in London for specialist treatment.
Researchers: IMF Policies Hindered Ebola Response
December 30, 2023 3:47 pm | by Michelle Faul - Associated Press | News | CommentsProfessors from three leading British universities say International Monetary Fund policies favoring international debt repayment over social spending contributed to the Ebola crisis by hampering health care in the three worst-hit West African countries.
Liberia Reports Dozens of New Ebola Cases on Border
December 29, 2023 4:08 pm | by Jonathan Paye-Layleh - Associated Press | News | CommentsDozens of new Ebola cases have erupted in Liberia, near the border with Sierra Leone, Liberian health officials warned Monday, marking a setback amid recent improvements.
Malaria Killing Thousands More Than Ebola in West Africa
December 29, 2023 4:05 pm | by Michelle Faul - Associated Press | News | CommentsWest Africa's fight to contain Ebola has hampered the campaign against malaria, a preventable and treatable disease that is claiming many thousands more lives than the dreaded virus.
Meet The Newest Surgeon General
December 22, 2023 10:15 am | by Ryan Bushey, Associate Editor | Articles | CommentsPresident Obama's pick for the position turned out to be controversial.
Tour Agents: N. Korea May Soon Lift Ebola Restrictions
December 22, 2023 9:50 am | by Eric Talmadge - Associated Press | News | CommentsNorth Korea, never a country to take the threat of foreign invasion lightly, has been under virtual lockdown since October to keep the Ebola virus from crossing its borders. But two leading travel agencies that specialize in the small but growing North Korea market say they have confirmed that the North may be ready to open up its doors again soon.
Ebola Fighters Named Time Person of the Year
December 11, 2023 8:30 am | by Kiley Armstrong - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsDoctors, nurses and others fighting Ebola through "tireless acts of courage and mercy" have been named Time's 2014 Person of the Year, the magazine announced Wednesday.
Sierra Leone Area to Hold Two-week Ebola 'Lockdown'
December 10, 2023 11:58 am | by Clarence Roy-MaCaulay - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsAuthorities in an eastern district of Sierra Leone launched a two-week "lockdown" on Wednesday, hoping to halt the spread of Ebola after the area recorded seven confirmed cases in a day.
Sierra Leone Docs Continue Strike Over Ebola Care
December 9, 2023 8:30 am | by Clarence Roy-MaCaulay and Jonathan Paye-Layleh - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsSierra Leone's junior doctors were on strike for a second day Tuesday to demand better care for medical workers who catch Ebola after a spate of recent deaths.
In Ebola Outbreak, Bad Data Adds Another Problem
December 8, 2023 12:04 pm | by Maria Cheng and Sarah Dilorenzo - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsAs health officials struggle to contain the world's biggest-ever Ebola outbreak, their efforts are being complicated by another problem: bad data.
Drug Development in a Time of Ebola
December 8, 2023 11:44 am | by Ryan Bushey, Associate Editor | Videos | CommentsForbes kicked off the 2014 Healthcare Summit with a session titled, “Drug Development in A Time of Ebola,” where Forbes senior editor Matthew Herper interviewed Edward Cox and Lucianna Borio, two high-ranking officials at the FDA.
WHO Says Liberia, Guinea Meeting Ebola Targets
December 1, 2023 4:19 pm | by John Heilprin - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsLiberia and Guinea have met a Dec. 1 target for isolating 70 percent of people infected with Ebola and safely burying 70 percent of those who die but Sierra Leone has not, the World Health Organization said Monday.
WHO Misses Ambitious Ebola Targets
November 30, 2023 9:58 am | by Maria Cheng - AP Medical Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsTwo months ago, the WHO launched an ambitious plan to stop the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, aiming to isolate 70 percent of the sick and safely Ebola 70 percent of the victims in the three hardest-hit countries by Dec. 1.
U.S. Looking Past Ebola to Prepare for Next Outbreak
November 23, 2023 8:57 am | by Lauran Neergaard - AP Medical Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsThe next Ebola or the next SARS. Maybe even the next HIV. Even before the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is brought under control, public health officials are girding for the next health disaster.
Plague Outbreak Kills 40 in Madagascar
November 22, 2023 5:57 am | by Lynsey Chutel - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsA plague outbreak has killed 40 people on the island nation of Madagascar, with 119 people diagnosed with the bacterial disease since August. Two people have been diagnosed and one has died in the capital, Antananarivo.
WHO: Ebola Transmission 'Intense' in Sierra Leone
November 20, 2023 5:57 am | by Clarence Roy-Macaulay – Associated Press – Associated Press | News | CommentsThe spread of Ebola remains "intense" in most of Sierra Leone even as things have improved somewhat in the two other countries hardest hit, the World Health Organization says.
Study Will Test Survivors' Blood to Treat Ebola
November 18, 2023 10:57 pm | by Marilynn Marchione - AP Chief Medical Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsA coalition of companies and aid groups announced plans Tuesday to test experimental drugs and collect blood plasma from Ebola survivors to treat new victims of the disease in West Africa.
WHO Sees Few Promising Ebola Drugs in Pipeline
November 14, 2023 6:57 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsA top official with the U.N. health agency says few experimental therapies are currently under development that could effectively treat Ebola.
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