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Number of Ebola cases doubling every four weeks

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The World Health Organization (WHO) says the number of Ebola infections in West Africa is doubling every four weeks despite efforts to stop the spread of the deadly virus. Isabelle Nuttall, the director of the WHO’s Global Capacities, Alert and Response, announced on Thursday that 9,000 people have so far been infected with Ebola, adding that the death toll from the disease will rise to more than... 

IAEA to deliver Ebola diagnosis technology to Africa

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A healthcare worker checks the temperature of an Ebola-infected woman at a World Health Organization center in Liberia on October 3, 2014. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) plans to provide the Ebola-ravaged West African countries with specialized diagnostic equipment. A nuclear-derived diagnostic technology will be delivered to the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone... 

Death toll from Ebola virus exceeds 4000

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The death toll from the deadly Ebola virus has exceeded 4,000 as the disease continues to claim more lives, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. The latest data released on Friday by the UN health agency showed that up to the end of October 8, 8,399 confirmed, probable, or suspected cases were reported in seven countries. The report added that 4,033 people have also died from the disease. According... 

75% chance Ebola will reach France by end October, 50% for UK

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Scientists estimate there’s a 75 percent chance the Ebola virus could spread to France and a 50 percent chance it could reach UK by the end of October. The latest research analyzes the pattern of infection and airline traffic. The consensus among health officials is now that the deadly virus is no longer just an African problem, and key to this assessment are the European Union’s free movement... 

Ebola Mutates and Goes Airborne, May Kill Millions

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Top doctors and virologists are now acknowledging what Infowars first reported over a month ago, that the Ebola virus has mutated, may have gone airborne, and could kill millions. A top German virologist has caused shockwaves by asserting that it’s too late to halt the spread of Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia and that five million people will die, noting that efforts should now be focused on... 

Experimental Ebola vaccine's human trial begins in US

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A girl walks past a slogan painted on a wall reading “Stop Ebola” in Monrovia on August 31, 2014. An experimental US Ebola vaccine is being trialed on humans at the country’s National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The vaccine has been developed by the agency’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and GlaxoSmithKline. Twenty healthy... 

Ebola death toll rises to 1229 in West Africa

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the number of deaths from the Ebola outbreak in four West African nations has climbed to 1,229. The UN health agency said on Tuesday that death toll jumped between August 14 and 16, the period which registered 113 new cases. Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders says the Ebola epidemic is moving faster than authorities can... 

Ebola epidemic to take six months to control: MSF

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Doctors Without Borders’ (MSF) medical workers disinfect the body bag of an Ebola victim at the MSF facility in Kailahun, Sierra Leone, on August 14, 2014. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders says the Ebola epidemic is moving faster than authorities can handle and it could take six months to bring under control. “It is…moving faster than we can respond to,”... 

WHO sanctions unproven medicine against Ebola virus

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the use of unproven drugs against deadly and highly contagious Ebola virus in West Africa “ethical” as long as the provision satisfied certain criteria. “The panelists said ethical criteria must always guide the provision of such intervention,” Assistant Director-General of the WHO Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny told journalists in Geneva,... 

Ebola May Have Already Crossed US Border - Border Patrol Secret Report

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There’s no doubt Feds are shipping illegals from Ebola-struck countries across U.S. at taxpayer expense. After Customs and Border Protection reported that its agents caught nearly 1,000 illegals from Ebola-struck countries this year, meaning many more have not been apprehended, the question remains whether President Barack Obama will secure the border and stop shipping illegals across the U.S.... 

Sierra Leone top Ebola doctor killed by virus

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Sheik Umar Khan, head doctor fighting the deadly tropical virus Ebola in Sierra Leone. Sheik Umar Khan, the doctor who was leading Sierra Leone’s battle against the worst Ebola outbreak on record, has died from the virus. The West African country’s chief medical officer Brima Kargbo said the 39-year-old Khan passed away on Tuesday. Khan, who treated over 100 patients, died after dozens of local... 

Ebola outbreak kills 603 in West Africa

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Health workers putting on protective gear at the isolation ward of the Donka Hospital in Conakry, Guinea on June 28, 2014. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has risen to 603. The UN health agency said on Tuesday that officials recorded 85 new cases, including 68 fatal, from July 8-12. Some 52 fatalities were reported in Sierra Leone, 13 in... 

Ebola out of control: Doctors Without Borders

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Members of Doctors without Borders carry the body of a person killed at a center for victims of the Ebola virus in Guinea. Doctors Without Borders has said the Ebola outbreak in West African nations is “totally out of control,” calling for more help in dealing with the disease. Bart Janssens, the director of operations for the group, said on Friday that international bodies and governments... 

Britain confirms ex-Liberian president to serve 50-year term in UK jail

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Former Liberian president Charles Taylor committed some of the most heinous crimes in human history. The UK government has confirmed that former Liberian president Charles Taylor will serve his 50-year sentence for sponsoring atrocities in Sierra Leone at a British prison. Justice Minister Jeremy Wright said in a written statement to Parliament that former president Taylor will now be transferred to... 

Female Genital Mutilation still widely practiced in Africa

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Mariana van Zeller a Portuguese journalist takes a look at the tradition of female circumcision in Africa. She travels to rural villages in Sierra Leone with an activist who faces a tough battle to put an end to the practice.  Read More »
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