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The United Nations said on Tuesday the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa was causing food shortages in one of the world's poorest regions and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
The 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa was the largest to date, spreading to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. A total of of 28,646 suspected cases were reported along with 11,323 deaths. ...
Ian Crozier, an American Ebola survivor who was infected while volunteering in West Africa, developed eye problems two months after leaving Emory University Hospital, where he had been treated.
Across West Africa, 70 percent of those afflicted die. ... The quality of care in this part of West Africa — not simply for Ebola but for more common ailments and injuries — must be improved.
The latest Ebola outbreak has reached a crisis point in West Africa. Here are some important things you need to know to understand it. The Ebola outbreak is the deadliest in history, according to ...
Guinea declared an Ebola outbreak in one of its regions on Sunday, after the West African nation confirmed at least seven cases of the disease, including three deaths, the country’s National ...
Ebola, a hemorrhagic fever that can cause its victims to bleed from the ears and nose, had never before been seen in this part of West Africa where medical clinics are few and far between.
The US Department of Health and Human Services is weighing whether to fund new Marburg and Sudan Ebola virus vaccines even as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. overhauls the US immunization landscape, ...
Despite lessons from the Ebola and COVID-19 pandemics, Nigeria's readiness for an outbreak of diseases such as Lassa Fever is ...
Terrorist groups are becoming more daring with increased attacks on military camps across the west Africa region.
Bullish on their success, the global public health enterprise turned to another threat: polio. Eliminating polio would ...
As of 17 June 2025, there have been over 4,000 confirmed cases of mpox and 25 deaths in Sierra Leone, raising the possibility that the virus will spread to neighboring countries and spark a larger ...