"THE UN Ebola chief has said it will take several more months before the outbreak in West Africa is under control, an assessment that makes clear the UN's goal of isolating 100% of Ebola cases by January 1 will not be met. Dr David Nabarro said there has ..."
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"(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Nearly 6600 people have now died from the Ebola virus almost all of them in West Africa the World Health Organization said Friday. The UN health agency reported that as of December 10 there had been 18188 cases of infection …"
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"A government senator who was labelled a "welcher" for backing out of an offer to pay for Senator Richard Di Natale to fly into the Ebola zone of West Africa has quietly donated $4500 to the Red Cross instead. National Party Whip Barry O'Sullivan made the ..."
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"To aid in the fight against the Ebola virus, a group of Berks County residents packed medical supplies Friday to be shipped next week to their native West African country of Sierra Leone. The $2,000 worth of aid - gowns …"
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"Local Ebola testing delayed Local testing on a possible vaccine against Ebola has been delayed. Dr. William Smith says area physicians wanted to be cautious. Check out this story on WBIR.com: http://on.wbir."
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"(WBIR) Testing for a possible Ebola vaccine is on hold in Knoxville, after reports from the pharmaceutical company said some volunteers elsewhere are experiencing joint aches. Dr. William Smith of the NOCCR tells …"
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"Nearly 5,000 people out of about 14,000 cases have been killed by the virus, most of them in Liberia. With such surprising statistics, top African business leaders have established an emergency fund to help countries hit …"
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"The Ebola case management centre run by the group Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) at Foya in Liberia shut down on Thursday after the region did not report any new cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) since …"
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"NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) which focuses on the importance of preparing communities for the return of Ebola …"
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" The first team of medical personnel that Korea promised to send to Ebola-hit West Africa has left for Britain where they'll receive training before heading to Sierra Leone. The team of four doctors and six nurses departed from Incheon International Airport ..."
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"Junior doctors at the hospital in Sierra Leone where British Ebola survivor Will Pooley is working have gone on strike in protest over inadequate equipment to fight the epidemic ravaging the impoverished country. The action at Freetown’s Connaught ..."
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"SINGAPORE - Senior Minister of State for Health Dr Amy Khor will lead a delegation to the ASEAN Plus Three Health Ministers' Special Meeting on Ebola Preparedness and Response. The meeting will be held in …"
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"The well-prepared Ebola fighter in West Africa may soon have some new options: protective gear that zips off like a wet suit, ice-cold underwear to make life inside the sweltering suits more bearable, or lotions that go on like bug spray and kill or repel ..."
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"Some of the world's top health leaders were in Baltimore on Friday to talk about several infectious diseases, even though Ebola dominated the first part of the day. At the second annual Festival of Science at the …"
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"WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2014 – Since 2003, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency has invested more than $300 million to develop medical countermeasures against hemorrhagic fever viruses, and those efforts are …"
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"Passengers disembarking from a commercial flight in Richmond, Virginia, on Friday were delayed by about an hour while authorities ruled out Ebola as a cause of a fellow passenger's symptoms. Crewmembers of American flight 2984 from Chicago contacted ..."
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"MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - The international response to Ebola is still too slow and piecemeal, Doctors Without Borders warned Tuesday, as officials said the disease is crippling the economies of the three West African countries hardest hit. The number of ..."
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"The well-prepared Ebola fighter in West Africa may soon have some new options: protective gear that zips off like a wet suit, ice-cold underwear to make life inside the sweltering suits more bearable, or lotions that go on …"
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"WORKING in the heart of Sierra Leone’s Ebola outbreak, it’s hard for Melbourne doctor Melissa McRae not to cry. But 10 days after arriving for a month-long stint in the Red Cross treatment centre outside the …"
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"The UN children's agency said on Friday that it was scaling up efforts to fight Ebola, including to help thousands of children in west Africa orphaned by the deadly virus. The agency said it had already received the $200 …"
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"There’s going to be no holiday cheer in Ebola-plagued Sierra Leone. The country is banning Christmas and New Year's celebrations this year due to the deadly Ebola virus currently ravaging the country, the …"
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"An especially deadly outbreak of Ebola burned unseen in a remote part of Sierra Leone for several weeks, giving public health experts a reality check. It's also a perfect embodiment of the warning that they've been giving …"
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"The case fatality rate in West Africa’s ongoing Ebola epidemic – estimates range from 60 percent to 70 percent of those hospitalized – hides a hopeful statistic: the fact that many Ebola patients survive. There now …"
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"According to Stepan Kerkaysharian, president of the Anti-Discrimination Board, they have received reports of African Australians being asked to leave or stay away. He said they are being subject to discrimination …"
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"HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — An Emgergency Medical Technician was called to treat a passenger who fell ill on a flight from Chicago to Richmond Friday evening. The EMT took the passenger off the plane. The male …"
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"British military reservists are to join regular troops in Sierra Leone to help tackle the Ebola outbreak. The 16 part-time service personnel have been training alongside about 100 regular troops at the Army Medical …"
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"In my career as a medical doctor and global health policy maker, I have been in the middle of monumental struggles, including fights to make treatment accessible in the developing world for those living with HIV/AIDS as …"
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"For instance, the past Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreaks were responded to after four to five months since occurrence of an index case.” She said the situation should be reversed through adoption and deployment of …"
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"Ebola is a form of hemorrhagic fever whose symptoms are diarrhea, vomiting, and bleeding. It spreads through contact with bodily fluids such as blood, saliva, and sweat. The outbreak has claimed more than 6,550 lives …"
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"setting a new decisive step towards the integration of the West African sub-region.The report released on Friday said that the document to be adopted by the 15 member states of the organization, will replace the …"
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Cuba had to cover food and lodging expenses for dozens of its doctors fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone after the U.S. embargo delayed payments from the World Health Organization, an official at the U.N......And? Who is getting taxed to pay for these payments to Cuban Communists who will send the money right back to their Communist country? The Chinese are trying to massively exploit this continent, how much money, medicine, research and personnel have they unassed? MUCH of Africa is Muslim, How much has Iran,SA, UAE unassed? F’em.
"Cuba had to cover food and lodging expenses for dozens of its doctors fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone after the U.S. embargo delayed payments from the World Health Organization, an official at the U.N. agency said."
What a terrible imposition on the Cuban government that it had to foot the bill for literally dozens of its doctors - must have put a dent in the cigar slush fund...
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