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Ebola Survivors Can Trigger Outbreaks Years After Infection, New Research Shows
Ebola survivors can relapse and trigger outbreaks at least five years after infection, and long-term follow-up of former patients is needed to prevent devastating flare-ups, according to new research.
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US Working With Pharmaceutical Firm On New Type Of Coronavirus Treatment
The United States is working with a pharmaceutical company to develop a treatment for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, using a class of drug that has boosted survival rates among Ebola patients, officials said Tuesday.
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WHO Says Congo Faces "Very High" Risk From Ebola Outbreak
Democratic Republic of Congo faces a "very high" public health risk from Ebola after the disease was confirmed in one patient in a major city, the World Health Organization said on Friday, raising its assessment from "high" previously.
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Ebola Strikes Again: What are the Causes, Symptoms and Prevention
Ebola virus or ebola hemorrhagic fever is a severe illness in humans caused by a virus. Here's what you need to know.
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Last Known Ebola Patient Discharged In Guinea
Guinea's health authorities and the medical charity treating the last known Ebola patient in the country said Wednesday he had been discharged after successfully recovering from the disease.
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Liberia Suffers New Ebola Death, Months After Outbreak Declared Over
A woman has died of Ebola in Liberia, months after the West African nation was declared free of the virus and weeks after neighbouring Guinea also recorded a new flare-up, health officials said today.
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Shortage Of Malaria Drug Points To Better Tool Against Ebola
As doctors struggled to treat growing numbers of patients during the Ebola crisis in West Africa, the shortage of one helpful drug may have led to the discovery of a better one.
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Guinea Says Has No Ebola Cases After Last Patient Recovers
Guinea's last known Ebola patient, a 19-day-old baby boy, has recovered and been released from a treatment centre in the capital Conakry, a health official said on Monday.
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Sierra Leone's Last Known Ebola Patient Leaves Hospital
Sierra Leone's last known Ebola patient was released from hospital Monday, raising hopes the west African nation may finally have beaten the devastating epidemic.
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Paper-Based Test Can Quickly Diagnose Ebola, Dengue
Researchers have developed a paper-based device that changes colour, depending on whether the patient has Ebola, yellow fever or dengue, an advance that can help diagnose the diseases within minutes in remote, low-resource settings.
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Liberia Emerges From Nightmare of Ebola
Heavily pregnant when she died, Fatimah Jakemah was bagged, bleached and carted off for cremation, one of dozens of new cases in the capital that week as Ebola tightened its grip on Liberia.
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WHO Draws up Plan to Eradicate Ebola
The World Health Organization on Tuesday unveiled a plan to eradicate the deadly Ebola virus, aiming to identify and isolate the dwindling number of new cases by the end of May.
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'Mysterious' Disease Kills 17 in Nigeria: Official
A "mysterious" disease that kills patients within 24 hours has claimed at least 17 lives in a southeastern Nigerian town, the government said today.
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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Goes Back to School
Sierra Leone's 1.8 million children prepared today to return to school, eight months after classes were shut to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
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Nicaragua Quarantines US Embassy Staffer Over Ebola Fears
Nicaraguan authorities have quarantined a US embassy staffer who came into contact with Ebola patients in Liberia, the health ministry said Monday, urging Washington to send a plane to evacuate him.
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Ebola Survivors Can Trigger Outbreaks Years After Infection, New Research Shows
Ebola survivors can relapse and trigger outbreaks at least five years after infection, and long-term follow-up of former patients is needed to prevent devastating flare-ups, according to new research.
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US Working With Pharmaceutical Firm On New Type Of Coronavirus Treatment
The United States is working with a pharmaceutical company to develop a treatment for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, using a class of drug that has boosted survival rates among Ebola patients, officials said Tuesday.
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WHO Says Congo Faces "Very High" Risk From Ebola Outbreak
Democratic Republic of Congo faces a "very high" public health risk from Ebola after the disease was confirmed in one patient in a major city, the World Health Organization said on Friday, raising its assessment from "high" previously.
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Ebola Strikes Again: What are the Causes, Symptoms and Prevention
Ebola virus or ebola hemorrhagic fever is a severe illness in humans caused by a virus. Here's what you need to know.
-
Last Known Ebola Patient Discharged In Guinea
Guinea's health authorities and the medical charity treating the last known Ebola patient in the country said Wednesday he had been discharged after successfully recovering from the disease.
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Liberia Suffers New Ebola Death, Months After Outbreak Declared Over
A woman has died of Ebola in Liberia, months after the West African nation was declared free of the virus and weeks after neighbouring Guinea also recorded a new flare-up, health officials said today.
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Shortage Of Malaria Drug Points To Better Tool Against Ebola
As doctors struggled to treat growing numbers of patients during the Ebola crisis in West Africa, the shortage of one helpful drug may have led to the discovery of a better one.
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Guinea Says Has No Ebola Cases After Last Patient Recovers
Guinea's last known Ebola patient, a 19-day-old baby boy, has recovered and been released from a treatment centre in the capital Conakry, a health official said on Monday.
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Sierra Leone's Last Known Ebola Patient Leaves Hospital
Sierra Leone's last known Ebola patient was released from hospital Monday, raising hopes the west African nation may finally have beaten the devastating epidemic.
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Paper-Based Test Can Quickly Diagnose Ebola, Dengue
Researchers have developed a paper-based device that changes colour, depending on whether the patient has Ebola, yellow fever or dengue, an advance that can help diagnose the diseases within minutes in remote, low-resource settings.
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Liberia Emerges From Nightmare of Ebola
Heavily pregnant when she died, Fatimah Jakemah was bagged, bleached and carted off for cremation, one of dozens of new cases in the capital that week as Ebola tightened its grip on Liberia.
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WHO Draws up Plan to Eradicate Ebola
The World Health Organization on Tuesday unveiled a plan to eradicate the deadly Ebola virus, aiming to identify and isolate the dwindling number of new cases by the end of May.
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'Mysterious' Disease Kills 17 in Nigeria: Official
A "mysterious" disease that kills patients within 24 hours has claimed at least 17 lives in a southeastern Nigerian town, the government said today.
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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Goes Back to School
Sierra Leone's 1.8 million children prepared today to return to school, eight months after classes were shut to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
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Nicaragua Quarantines US Embassy Staffer Over Ebola Fears
Nicaraguan authorities have quarantined a US embassy staffer who came into contact with Ebola patients in Liberia, the health ministry said Monday, urging Washington to send a plane to evacuate him.
