Close Topic Options

Ebola Virus

New Type of Ebola Virus Discovered
(HealthDay)

Animals and Pets Related News

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- A new species of the deadly
Ebola virus has been identified by American and Ugandan scientists.
Source: Yahoo! News: Animals & Pets News

Image from Wikimedia public domain.

Virus Ebola

Ebola outbreak spreads panic in West Africa

First time the region has seen the nearly always fatal virus. Ref. Source 1

Ebola Virus Health & Special Psychology

Ebola Deaths Surge In Africa


The deadly Ebola virus is surging in West Africa, with 759 cases and 467 deaths, making it by far the biggest outbreak yet.



Source

Virus Ebola

Ebola deaths mount in Sierra Leone and Liberia:

In total there have been 539 deaths in West Africa since the outbreak began in neighbouring Guinea in February. Ref. Source 3

Virus Ebola

As Ebola stalks West Africa, medics fight mistrust, hostility:

From Guinea, where the four-month-old outbreak claimed the first of more than 500 lives, to Sierra Leone, scores of patients are hiding away, believing hospitalization is a "Death sentence". Ref. Source 9

Ebola Virus

Ebola outbreak: Liberia closes most border crossings:

The Liberian government on Sunday closed most of the West African nation's border crossings and introduced stringent health measures to curb the spread of the deadly Ebola virus that has killed at least 660 people across the region. Ref. Source 3

Ebola Virus

Global authorities on alert over Ebola outbreak

Health officials in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong screen airline passengers. Ref. Source 8

Ebola Virus Psychology Special & Health

The Peace Corps says it is temporarily removing its 340 volunteers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea due to an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus.

A spokeswoman for the group said two volunteers have been isolated after coming in contact with someone who later died from Ebola.

Separately, two American aid workers working with Samaritan's Purse who were infected with Ebola "have shown a slight improvement," According to that group. Ref. CNN