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Ebola is a disease of humans and other primates caused by ebola viruses that typically occurs in outbreaks in tropical regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. The death rate for humans with the disease could be as high as 90 per cent.
- The drugs, tested in a nearly nine-month clinical trial, have performed so well that health professionals will now administer them to every patient in Congo
- In the past, becoming infected with the disease was often considered a death sentence
WHO sounds rarely used global alarm after the virus threatened to spread to a major city and into neighbouring countries.
WHO sounds rarely used global alarm after the virus threatened to spread to a major city and into neighbouring countries.
University of Manitoba has cut ties with Qiu Xiangguo, a noted Ebola researcher, after she was escorted from National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg.
University of Manitoba has cut ties with Qiu Xiangguo, a noted Ebola researcher, after she was escorted from National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg.
The Congolese health ministry confirms an Ebola case in Goma, marking the first time the virus has reached the city along the border with Rwanda since the epidemic began nearly a year ago.
The Congolese health ministry confirms an Ebola case in Goma, marking the first time the virus has reached the city along the border with Rwanda since the epidemic began nearly a year ago.
Epidemiologists and aid groups are dismayed by the many indications that a pledge made years ago to stop another outbreak has been forgotten.
Epidemiologists and aid groups are dismayed by the many indications that a pledge made years ago to stop another outbreak has been forgotten.
Experts want to study the viruses in preparation for the upcoming Rugby World Cup and next year’s Tokyo Olympic Games but residents are less enthusiastic.
Experts want to study the viruses in preparation for the upcoming Rugby World Cup and next year’s Tokyo Olympic Games but residents are less enthusiastic.
Ebola epidemic rages as millions of people are caught in a forgotten ‘catastrophe’ of conflict and hunger.
Ebola epidemic rages as millions of people are caught in a forgotten ‘catastrophe’ of conflict and hunger.
UN peacekeepers repel attack from militia in Beni, just metres from emergency treatment centre.
UN peacekeepers repel attack from militia in Beni, just metres from emergency treatment centre.
The World Health Organisation will convene an emergency committee to decide whether Congo’s Ebola outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern as confirmed cases and deaths from the virus spiral.
The World Health Organisation will convene an emergency committee to decide whether Congo’s Ebola outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern as confirmed cases and deaths from the virus spiral.
Amid the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, we look at seven of the most deadly infections humans can catch and how they’re transmitted and treated.
Amid the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, we look at seven of the most deadly infections humans can catch and how they’re transmitted and treated.
The battle to contain the disease will be costly and complex as it spreads in refugee camps and cities in northwestern Congo.
The battle to contain the disease will be costly and complex as it spreads in refugee camps and cities in northwestern Congo.
“As precautionary measures, people should refrain from eating bats”
“As precautionary measures, people should refrain from eating bats”
Exercise simulated a global health disaster with fictional elements to force government officials and experts to make the kinds of key decisions they could face in a real pandemic
Exercise simulated a global health disaster with fictional elements to force government officials and experts to make the kinds of key decisions they could face in a real pandemic