Ebola Coverage

US to train Liberian armed forces to help tackle Ebola crisis Firstpost - ‎18 minutes ago‎ MONROVIA/FREETOWN (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it would train Liberia's security forces to assist in isolation operations to tackle an Ebola epidemic ravaging the West African nation, after a boy was killed when soldiers opened fire on a ... How will Ebola 'clearance tests' fight the disease? The Standard Digital News - ‎27 minutes ago‎ As the world, and Africa in particular, tackle the latest Ebola outbreak in West Africa, governments must be sensitive and put in place preventive mechanisms that do not punish countries afflicted by the disease. Despite having no known cure or certified ... Ebola surging beyond control, WHO's Margaret Chan warns CBC.ca - ‎28 minutes ago‎ Ebola virus cases in West Africa are rising faster than the ability to contain them, the World Health Organization says, as experts warn that the exponential rise could become a worldwide disaster. The death toll has risen to more than 2,400 people out of 4,784 ... Ebola mutation 'presents nightmare scenario' BBC News - ‎1 hour ago‎ Virologists may not be publicly talking about the possibility that the Ebola virus could someday mutate into an airborne strain, writes Michael T Osterholm in the New York Times, but it's something they are "definitely considering in private". The director of the ... Inability to contain Ebola sparks fears of virus going airborne Fox News - ‎1 hour ago‎ A banner reading 'Ebola is real, Protect yourself and your family', warns people of the Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia, Saturday Aug. 2, 2014. An Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 700 people in West Africa is moving faster than efforts to control the ... Airborne Ebola Is Extremely Unlikely, Expert Says TIME - ‎1 hour ago‎ On Friday morning, the New York Times published an op-ed from infectious disease expert Michael T. Osterholm of the University of Minnesota called “What We're Afraid To Say About Ebola.” In the piece, Osterholm addresses the dangerous possibility that ... WHO asks for more health workers to fight Ebola as death toll grows Daily Times - ‎1 hour ago‎ LONDON/GENEVA: The number of new Ebola cases in West Africa is growing faster than authorities can manage them, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, renewing a call for health workers from around the world to go to the region to help. Airlines Cut West Africa Flights, Delay Ebola Aid Voice of America - ‎1 hour ago‎ DAKAR—. The Ebola crisis in West Africa has closed borders and international airlines have cut flights to the area, but some say the measures aimed at controlling the outbreak also are holding up humanitarian aid deliveries. Senegal and Ivory Coast have ... Ebola epidemic is overwhelming health resources, WHO admits South China Morning Post (subscription) - ‎1 hour ago‎ The number of new Ebola cases in West Africa is growing faster than authorities can manage them, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday, renewing a call for health workers from around the world to go to the region to help. As the death toll rose ... WHO: Ebola Fight Needs More Workers Voice of America - ‎2 hours ago‎ The head of the World Health Organization says more and better-trained medical workers are needed in West Africa to stop the growing outbreak of Ebola. Confirmed cases of Ebola in Western Africa (click to enlarge). x. Confirmed cases of Ebola in Western ... Cuba sending medical teams to fight Ebola CBS News - ‎2 hours ago‎ HAVANA -- Members of a Cuban medical brigade will begin arriving in Ebola-struck Sierra Leone at the beginning of October. Cuba's Public Health Minister Roberto Morales announced today. He said the 165-member team will include 62 doctors and 103 ... West Africa Ebola toll rises to more than 2400 dead The Standard Digital News - ‎2 hours ago‎ London; U.K: The death toll from West Africa's Ebola outbreak has risen to more than 2,400 from at least 4,784 cases, but that is highly likely to be an underestimate, the World Health Organisation's director general Margaret Chan said on Friday. Chan said the ... In Ebola-Stricken Liberia, Patients Can't Even Get Through The Hospital Door Huffington Post - ‎3 hours ago‎ The deadly Ebola virus is spreading so fast that the World Health Organization says its emergency response can't keep up. The already-struggling national health care systems of some of the affected countries have been equally strained. In Liberia's capital of ... Just Who Is Leading the Fight Against Ebola? NBCNews.com - ‎3 hours ago‎ The Ebola toll is fast approaching 5,000, with 2,400 people dead in the space of a few months, the World Health Organization said Friday. It's getting worse and not better. Yet aid is not pouring into West Africa. It mystifies Sophie Delaunay, executive director of ... UN: Doctors, nurses play role in both treating, spreading Ebola MiamiHerald.com - ‎3 hours ago‎ GENEVA -- The World Health Organization is sounding the alarm that it has too few doctors and nurses willing to work in Africa to respond effectively to the continent's outbreak of Ebola. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, told ... Ebola 'treatment' traded on new black market emerging amid outbreak Daily Mail - ‎3 hours ago‎ A 'treatment' for Ebola made from the blood of survivors of the vicious disease is being traded on the black market in West Africa, it has emerged. Health experts have warned the serums could contain other harmful infections as the World Health Organisation ... Ebola in the air? A nightmare that could happen CNN - ‎4 hours ago‎ (CNN) -- Today, the Ebola virus spreads only through direct contact with bodily fluids, such as blood and vomit. But some of the nation's top infectious disease experts worry that this deadly virus could mutate and be transmitted just by a cough or a sneeze. What We're Afraid to Say About Ebola New York Times - ‎4 hours ago‎ MINNEAPOLIS — THE Ebola epidemic in West Africa has the potential to alter history as much as any plague has ever done. There have been more than 4,300 cases and 2,300 deaths over the past six months. Last week, the World Health Organization ... WHO calls for more help with Ebola as Cuba sends assistance New York Daily News - ‎4 hours ago‎ The World Health Organization Friday once again called for more help in fighting the Ebola health crisis in West Africa. The latest figures put the death toll at more than 2,400 people out of 4,784 cases, but that number is probably higher, said WHO director ... Where is the Ebola outbreak going? Nowhere good, experts increasingly warn Ottawa Citizen - ‎4 hours ago‎ TORONTO - The unprecedented spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa may be pushing the world toward a viral disaster, a commentary published in Friday's New York Times suggests. The article reveals that experts are worried ongoing transmission of the ... Recovered Ebola patient William Pooley to return to Africa NTV Uganda - ‎4 hours ago‎ The first British person to contract Ebola in the current outbreak in Africa is to return to the country where he was infected in order to help others fight the disease. By BBC | Friday, September 12 2014. The first British person to contract Ebola in the current ... Cuba Sending Dozens Of Doctors To Fight Ebola Huffington Post - ‎5 hours ago‎ Cuban doctors arrive for training before being assigned to work in impoverished areas where physicians and medical services are scarce, at the University of Brasilia in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) | ASSOCIATED PRESS. Health Group Pleads for More Workers to Combat Ebola Outbreak TIME - ‎5 hours ago‎ Health workers remove the body of Prince Nyentee, a man whom local residents said died Health workers remove the body of Prince Nyentee, a 29-year-old man whom local residents said died of Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia on Sept. 11, 2014. James ... WHO Welcomes Cuban Doctors For Ebola Response Ghana Broadcasting Corporation - ‎5 hours ago‎ The World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed the commitment from the Government of Cuba to provide 165 health professionals to support Ebola care in West Africa. A statement issued by Fadéla Chaib, WHO Communications Officer, and copied to ... Ebola: Cuba sends 165 health workers to West Africa The Nation Newspaper - ‎5 hours ago‎ Cuba is sending 165 health workers to West Africa to help in the fight to stop the spread of Ebola. They will include doctors, nurses, epidemiologists specialists in infection control, intensive care specialists and social mobilisation officers. The country's Health ... Stark warning: WHO says Ebola epidemic out of control, death toll over 2400 RT - ‎6 hours ago‎ ​West Africa's explosion of Ebola cases is outpacing the ability of healthcare workers to manage the situation, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, as more countries have stepped up to the plate to lend their assistance. WHO director general Margaret ... Ebola: Cuba to send 165 health workers to Africa The Punch - ‎6 hours ago‎ The Cuban Government on Friday announced that it would send 165 healthcare workers to West Africa to help in the fight against Ebola Virus Disease. Announcing this at a news conference at the World Health Organisation's headquarters in Geneva, ... UPDATE 2-As Ebola grows out of control, WHO pleads for more health workers Reuters - ‎6 hours ago‎ ... * More than 2,400 dead in worst Ebola outbreak in history. * Cuba to send 165 health workers to help in Sierra Leone. * WHO's Chan calls for more international support (Adds Dutch doctors, Piot comment, UNICEF comment). By Kate Kelland and Tom Miles. Ebola toll hits 2400 as Cuba pledges medics gulfnews.com - ‎6 hours ago‎ Geneva: The worst-ever outbreak of Ebola fever has now killed more than 2,400 people, the UN said on Friday, as Cuba pledged the largest foreign medical team deployed so far in the west African health crisis. The spike in death toll -- nearly 2.5 times the ... Five Ways to Strengthen the U.S. Response to Ebola Huffington Post - ‎6 hours ago‎ The quiet and vicious spread of the Ebola virus throughout West Africa is smothering local communities and overwhelming the national governments doing everything they can to save lives. It's become clear that Ebola is rapidly getting beyond the ability of ...