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WHO considering global health emergency over DRC Ebola outbreak

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 16 03:24 AM

The World Health Organization said Monday its experts will meet this week to determine whether an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo constitutes a global health emergency.   Read more »

New Ebola virus found in Sierra Leone

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 27 09:08 AM

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - A new Ebola virus has been found in bats in Sierra Leone, two years after the end of an outbreak that killed over 11,000 across West Africa, the government said on Thursday. Read more »

Ebola infects woman's husband, sons, a year after she recovered: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 24 08:45 AM

PARIS, France - A woman who survived Ebola in July 2014 may have infected her husband and two sons more than a year later, said a study Tuesday, highlighting the need for "continued surveillance".   Read more »

Ebola survivors suffer severe mental, neurological problems

Reuters
Posted at Jul 12 01:11 AM

People who survive the deadly Ebola virus can continue to suffer severe psychiatric and neurological problems including depression, debilitating migraines, nerve pain and stroke, according to a study published on Wednesday. Read more »

Singapore may send back unvaccinated foreign travelers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 27 07:17 PM

Singapore may start turning back foreign visitors who do not have required vaccinations, authorities said, in a bid to protect the tightly-controlled country from infectious diseases. Read more »

WHO confirms second Ebola case in Congo outbreak

Aaron Ross, Reuters
Posted at May 15 09:08 AM

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Sunday a second case of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo after an outbreak this week of 17 other suspected cases.  Read more »

Ebola's long-term effects revealed

Mariette Le Roux, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 09:27 AM

PARIS - People who survive Ebola may still battle debilitating health problems a year after being declared infection-free, according to an ongoing trial in Guinea which highlighted the need for patient followup. Read more »

Ebola vaccine may be 'up to 100% effective': WHO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 23 10:20 AM

PARIS - A prototype vaccine for Ebola may be "up to 100 percent effective" in protecting against the deadly virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday. Read more »

West Africa Ebola outbreak no longer poses global risk, WHO says

Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 11:29 AM

West Africa's Ebola outbreak no longer constitutes a threat to international public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, declaring an end to a nearly 20-month emergency that has killed about 11,300 people. Read more »

Guinea govt says two people have died from Ebola

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 18 09:04 AM

CONAKRY, Guinea - Two people from the same family have died from Ebola in Guinea, the government said Thursday, the first re-emergence of the virus in the country since the outbreak there was declared over in December.   Read more »

WHO: S. Leone Ebola flare-up over, virus no longer spreading in W. Africa

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 17 07:27 PM

GENEVA, Switzerland - The latest flare-up of Ebola in Sierra Leone has ended, leaving no confirmed cases of the virus in West Africa, the UN said Thursday, hailing a "milestone" in the fight against the outbreak. Read more »

Bill Gates says Zika response better than for Ebola

Bill Berkrot, Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 01:19 PM

NEW YORK - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has turned its attention to the Zika virus outbreak, and its founders said the response to the crisis, which may be linked to devastating birth defects in South America, has been better than for the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Africa. Read more »

WHO confirms second new Ebola case in Sierra Leone

Rod Mac Johnson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 11:00 PM

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in Sierra Leone, officials said Thursday, the second case since west Africa celebrated a declared end to the epidemic last week.  Read more »

Suspected death from Ebola in Sierra Leone: official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 11:54 AM

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - A woman in Sierra Leone is thought to have died from Ebola, officials said Thursday, just hours after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an end to an epidemic of the disease. Read more »

WHO declares Ebola outbreak over as Liberia gets all-clear

Zoom Dosso, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 10:35 PM

MONROVIA, Liberia - The world breathed a sigh of relief Thursday as a two-year Ebola epidemic that killed 11,000 and triggered a global health alert was declared over, with Liberia the last country to get the all-clear. Read more »

Ebola orphans struggle to resume their lives

Abdoulaye Bah, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 02:17 PM

CONAKRY, Guinea - Saa Mathias Lenoh, a high school student in the Guinean capital Conakry, says he's "learning to smile little by little," like thousands of other youngsters orphaned by Ebola in west Africa. Read more »

Guinea Ebola outbreak over, WHO declares

Mouctar Bah with Ben Simon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 30 07:26 AM

The UN's health agency on Tuesday declared Guinea's Ebola outbreak over two years after it emerged, spreading death across west Africa and pushing the region's worst-hit communities to the brink of collapse. Read more »