Experts say the world cannot ease up on efforts to fully develop Ebola vaccines. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) this week ended the global health emergency over Ebola, the world cannot ease up on efforts to maximize development of Ebola vaccines and prepare for the next outbreak, according to an expert panel. A report … Continue reading Expert panel urges no letup on Ebola vaccine progress
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Ebola ravaged countries like Sierra Leone, needs Ophthalmologists, eye doctors for Epidemic’s Survivors
Mo is an Ebola survivor who is slowly going blind. (Emily Baumgaertner) Mo scratches at his eyes, his burning photophobia triggered in the sunlight. My instinct is to bat his hand away, to warn him, “You’ll scratch your cornea!”, but I bite my tongue. A corneal abrasion would hardly exacerbate the fact that he … Continue reading Ebola ravaged countries like Sierra Leone, needs Ophthalmologists, eye doctors for Epidemic’s Survivors
Ebola Virus Hiding in the Eyes of Survivors
Some West Africans who have beat the deadly disease are now going blind—and doctors, unsure if treatment would unleash the virus back into the population, are powerless to help them. Ebola Virus Hiding in the Eyes of Survivors Exactly one year after the physician and Ebola survivor Ian Crozier woke from his coma, I met … Continue reading Ebola Virus Hiding in the Eyes of Survivors
How the Cost of Ebola Damaged the Entire African Economy
Short memories and shorter media cycles mean that the West African Ebola crisis is now considered ‘fixed’. Several countries have been now declared free of the disease. But the recent outbreak of Zika provides a reminder of the cost of major outbreaks of serious infectious diseases. First, the direct costs of containing and controlling the … Continue reading How the Cost of Ebola Damaged the Entire African Economy
Woman dies of Ebola in Liberia; West African country had been declared free from transmission | The Seattle Times
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in Liberia, the World Health Organization said Friday, a setback for the country which had been declared free from Ebola transmissions in January. Health authorities at the Redemption Hospital in the densely-populated New Kru Town suburbs of Monrovia said a 30-year-old woman died … Continue reading Woman dies of Ebola in Liberia; West African country had been declared free from transmission | The Seattle Times
Ebola: Why does the virus kills some, while other people survive
WASHINGTON (AP) — People who shared an apartment with the country's first Ebola patient are emerging from quarantine healthy. And while Thomas Eric Duncan died and two U.S. nurses were infected caring for him, there are successes, too: A nurse infected in Spain has recovered, as have four American aid workers infected in West Africa. … Continue reading Ebola: Why does the virus kills some, while other people survive
Officials: Number of New Ebola Cases in W. Africa Declining
WASHINGTON—The good news from West Africa began trickling in last week. The Ebola coordinator at the Guinean Health Ministry said Tuesday in Paris that the numbers of new cases are declining in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Guinean Health Ministry official Aboubakar Sidiki Diakite said, "The figures are declining because the number of confirmed cases … Continue reading Officials: Number of New Ebola Cases in W. Africa Declining
Patient Zero in Ebola outbreak was Guinean toddler
LONDON (AP) — In the Guinean village where the current West African Ebola outbreak began, 14 graves mark the spot where the lethal virus began to spiral out of control. International aid workers who recently visited Meliandou say nothing is normal anymore and that families have been ripped apart by the devastating toll of … Continue reading Patient Zero in Ebola outbreak was Guinean toddler
Why do some survive Ebola? Sierra Leone study offers clues
CHICAGO (Reuters) - An analysis of the first Ebola cases in Sierra Leone helps draw a clearer picture of why some people survive the disease, while others do not, including their age and the pace at which the virus replicates within their body. The study published Wednesday is based on data gathered from 106 patients … Continue reading Why do some survive Ebola? Sierra Leone study offers clues
Ebola fact sheet, statistics and timeline
Timeline:*Includes Ebola outbreaks resulting in more than 100 deaths or special cases.1976 - First recognition of the EBOV disease is in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). The outbreak has 318 reported human cases, leading to 280 deaths. An SUDV outbreak also occurs in Sudan (now South Sudan), which incurs 284 cases and 151 … Continue reading Ebola fact sheet, statistics and timeline
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