"MELIANDOU, Guinea (AP) -- When 2-year-old Emile Ouamouno caught a fever, started vomiting, passed blood in his stool and died two days later, nobody knew why. Nor did anyone really ask. Life is unforgiving in this "
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"Sierra Leone may be taking Liberias place as Ebolas hot zone. And now, Sierra Leoneans will face jail time if caught burying Ebola victims. In some places, Ebola has become an afterthought. In Sierra Leone, its "
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"The move, which comes after the tenth local doctor died from the virus last week, is the latest in a series of strikes to hamper the battle against Ebola in Sierra Leone. The country has recorded more Ebola cases than "
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"The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has risen to 6,331 in the three worst hit countries, with Sierra Leone overtaking Liberia as the country with the highest number of cases, the World Health "
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"The Cuban doctors were all fired up and raring to get to work: Fidel Castro had praised their commitment and urged them to work even with American troops who might otherwise be considered the enemy, and President "
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"PAYNESVILLE, Liberia When the Ebola virus found the remote village of Tappita, it took more than a day for it to be properly diagnosed. Soon, it will take a matter of minutes. A new Ebola treatment unit will open in "
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"As part of Sierra Leone's broader effort to contain the deadly Ebola virus, the country opened a new ambulance dispatch center in September in the capital, Freetown. Along with a new Ebola hotline, the center is "
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"United Nations: As part of its commitment to assist in global efforts to combat the Ebola virus, India has signed an agreement with a UN agency under which USD 10 million pledged by it will be transferred to a global "
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"In this photo taken Thursday Nov. 20, 2014, Etienne Ouamouno sits in the communal room in the Guinean village of Meliandou, some 400 miles (600 kms) south-east of Conakry, Guinea. Etienne's son, Emile is widely
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"Congress Must View Ebola Threat as a National Security Issue and Provide full funding to fight Ebola on the home front and in Africa The Constituency for Africa today called on Congress to ensure that as they take up funding request matters that they look ..."
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"LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thousands of Ebola survivors with little to no risk of re-infection are critical to controlling the epidemic and training them has the potential to save thousands of lives and decrease the spread of the virus, experts ..."
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"The Ebola virus that has killed thousands in West Africa is still running ahead of efforts to contain it, the head of the World Health Organization has said. Director general Margaret Chan said the situation had "
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"Excellences, honourable ministers, distinguished participants, ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to this high-level meeting on building resilient health systems. I thank you for your time and your expertise. Better health is a nation-building strategy."
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"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued advice on how to safely handle the sewage of Ebola patients. The document is aimed at "workers who handle untreated sewage that comes from hospitals "
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"(ANSA) - Rome, December 10 - The condition of the Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone has improved, Rome's Spallanzani Institute for infectious diseases said on Wednesday. The patient can breathe "
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"Monrovia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says Ebola will not derail the determination of affected African countries to make progress in developing their respective nations. According to an Executive Mansion release, the Liberian leader made the ..."
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"Ebola has gotten much attention on the world stage compared to other infectious diseases, like malaria, that occur more frequently. But Tuesday even malaria got some good news: The number of deaths from the "
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"History is beset with underwhelming responses to disasters. The Black Death was fought with flowers hung around the neck. The BP oil spill was unsuccessfully stanched with a much-ridiculed "junk shot" of debris. Yet our world has moved from peril to ..."
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"It would be hard to imagine anyone who hasnt heard of the deadly virus sweeping through Africa. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the epidemic has claimed nearly 5,000 lives, and the "
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"Mr. Anthony Banbury, special representative of the UN Secretary General, has lauded the Japanese government for its multi-dimensional response to the global efforts to fight the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease. He "
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"Maines 37 community hospitals must be prepared to face any emergency our state may confront, from natural disasters to industrial accidents to disease outbreaks. Hospitals prepare plans and train staff for these "
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"Sierra Leone has its first-ever call centre. The number to reach it is 117. You can call to report that your mother is sick or your brother is dead. It is a call nobody wants to make, but posters and newspapers and radio
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"The Courts determined that their fears of contracting Ebola if they were returned home were unfounded. But the deportation of the 15 Ghanaians has not just raised concerns about whether they were treated fairly but also how this country is treating with ..."
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"Senegal has warned millions of Muslim pilgrims expected to undertake the yearly Sufi pilgrimage to Touba this week to be especially wary of Ebola infection. With millions of members of the Mouride Brotherhood "
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"Join former FDA advertising and promotion leader Glenn N. Byrd as he explores advertising and promotion of pharmaceutical and biotech products in the regulatory environment. This webcast offers insight into hot topics "
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"Unlike the United States, not one of the following countries has had a single case of Ebola this year: South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana and Namibia. If thats surprising news, it shouldnt be. None of these countries is near the heart of the ..."
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"As the Ebola Virus Diseases (EVD) epidemic continues to rage in West Africa, infectious diseases experts call attention to the striking lack of treatment guidelines. With over 16,000 total cases and more than 500 new infections reported per week ..."
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"Accra ECOWAS Defence Chiefs are meeting in Accra to fine-tune modalities for the deployment of the Region's Armed Forces to tackle the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the region. The meeting is a follow-up to the Extra-ordinary summit of "
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"Her 21-day monitoring period ended on November 10, without incident. The Hickox case highlights a thorny problem with the Ebola virus and similar hemorrhagic feversa person can be infected long before they show "
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"There is no vaccine or cure for Ebola, a hemorrhagic fever. In past outbreaks, fatality rates have reached up to 90 percent. Ebola causes fever, flu-like pains, bleeding, vomiting and diarrhea. Continued... "
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"The current outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever, which is the worst on record, was identified in March in a remote part of Guinea and has spread to West African countries Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria and Senegal. Cases "
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"Using VGo, for example, doctors can monitor Ebola patients without breaching the quarantine zone. It takes 20 minutes to get in those hazmat suits. It takes another 20 minutes in high-stress situations to unrobe "
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"FORT BLISS, Texas Three weeks after 68 servicemembers and civilians were placed under a mandatory quarantine, military officials say they have completed their stay and were release without incident or Ebola "
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"Instead they borrowed from the custom of other countries and so, 240 years after the first lazaretto, or quarantine, was established in Venice to fight the Black Death, they proposed that something similar should be "
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"Another said, its the ordeal you would face when you go back to face like in America, a 21 day quarantine to ensure that you are not Ebola infected. That would be bad enough. Besides the moment your workmates learn that youve been to an Ebola ..."
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"His first wife fell ill and passed away from Ebola and after that, he was placed on 21 days quarantine along with Sarah. During this period, he used to come to our mother here at the house, but he would never enter inside. I don't know how it really ..."
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"A volunteer nurse with Doctors Without Borders, Hickox fought the spread of Ebola in Sierra Leone and battled misinformation by challenging a mandatory quarantine order upon her return to the United States."
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