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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.
- Scientists are still learning about the new virus, so it’s hard to come up with an appropriate name
Public health professionals might focus on ethnic Chinese because of where the new coronavirus outbreak originated, but this should not lead to the entire race being stigmatised.
Public health professionals might focus on ethnic Chinese because of where the new coronavirus outbreak originated, but this should not lead to the entire race being stigmatised.
World Health Organisation committee will meet on Thursday for third time in a week to decide scale of threat posed by outbreak.
World Health Organisation committee will meet on Thursday for third time in a week to decide scale of threat posed by outbreak.
Documentary series airing as China battles coronavirus outbreak warns a new flu pandemic is inevitable, and points out it is the country where ‘virtually all of the deadly influenza viruses’ of past 50 years have emerged.
Documentary series airing as China battles coronavirus outbreak warns a new flu pandemic is inevitable, and points out it is the country where ‘virtually all of the deadly influenza viruses’ of past 50 years have emerged.
The Soviet-era biological weapons facility in Siberia, which now serves as a state-run virus and biotechnology research centre, is one of only two locations in the world to hold the smallpox virus.
The Soviet-era biological weapons facility in Siberia, which now serves as a state-run virus and biotechnology research centre, is one of only two locations in the world to hold the smallpox virus.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is due in the country to conduct a first-hand assessment of the efforts to combat the virus.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is due in the country to conduct a first-hand assessment of the efforts to combat the virus.
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.
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.
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
It's often said that Hong Kong's governance problem stems partly from top officials who are good at executing orders but lack real leadership.