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UK Nurse Cured of Ebola After Receiving New Treatment
A British army reservist who contracted Ebola while working as a volunteer nurse in Sierra Leone has fully recovered after becoming the first patient in the world to receive an experimental new treatment.
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Red Cross Nurse Dies of Ebola in Sierra Leone
The international Red Cross says a local employee has died of Ebola in Sierra Leone, becoming the first Red Cross worker or volunteer to succumb to the disease there.
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2 Leading Ebola Vaccines Appear Safe, Further Tests Starting
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the two leading Ebola vaccines appear safe and will soon be tested in healthy volunteers in West Africa.
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Scottish Nurse Named First Ebola Patient in United Kingdom
Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey has been named as the first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United Kingdom after returning from volunteering in Sierra Leone.
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American Nurse Exposed to Ebola Released From Hospital
An American nurse who was exposed to Ebola while volunteering in Sierra Leone was released from the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center in Maryland on Friday without showing signs of the disease, National Institutes of Health said.
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Ebola Vaccine Trial Suspended After Side Effects
Swiss researchers have suspended the testing of one of the leading Ebola vaccine candidates after some volunteers reported unexpected side effects.
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Ebola Vaccine from Glaxo Passes Early Safety Test
An experimental Ebola vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline caused no serious side effects and produced an immune response in all 20 healthy volunteers who received it in an early-stage clinical trial, scientists reported on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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US Quarantine Moves Hurting Ebola Response in Africa: Harvard
Moves by some US states to isolate medical workers returning from fighting Ebola in West Africa could worsen the global health crisis by discouraging badly needed new volunteers, according to health experts at Harvard University.
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UK Volunteers Fly to Sierra Leone to Fight Ebola
The British government says the first group of National Health Service volunteers has left for Sierra Leone, where they will work in Ebola treatment centers across the country.
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Canadian Ebola Vaccine to be Tested in Europe, Gabon, Kenya
Trials of an experimental vaccine developed by the Canadian government and licensed to NewLink Genetics will begin swiftly in healthy volunteers in Europe, Gabon and Kenya, under a programme with funding from the Wellcome Trust.
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US Governors Back Home Quarantine for Ebola Workers
The governors of New York and New Jersey are at odds with scientists over Ebola as they back 21-day quarantines for medical workers returning from West Africa, while the top US infectious-disease expert warns that such restrictions are unnecessary and could discourage volunteers from aiding disease-ravaged countries.
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British Ebola Survivor Nurse to Return to Sierra Leone
A British nurse who survived Ebola after being flown out of Sierra Leone for treatment is planning to return to Africa as a volunteer, he revealed on Wednesday.
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First French Ebola Patient Leaves Hospital
A volunteer nurse who was the first French national to contract Ebola has left hospital after being successfully treated for the disease, France's health ministry said on Saturday.
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French Nurse Cured of Ebola Contracted in Liberia
A French nurse who contracted Ebola while volunteering for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Liberia has been cured of the deadly virus, the French health minister said Saturday.
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Online Volunteers Map Uncharted Ebola Zones to Help Save Lives
Donating to disasters used to mean writing a check to Oxfam or the Red Cross.These days in the Internet age, for the Ebola crisis, citizens from all over the world are donating their time by going online to build maps for relief workers.
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UK Nurse Cured of Ebola After Receiving New Treatment
A British army reservist who contracted Ebola while working as a volunteer nurse in Sierra Leone has fully recovered after becoming the first patient in the world to receive an experimental new treatment.
-
Red Cross Nurse Dies of Ebola in Sierra Leone
The international Red Cross says a local employee has died of Ebola in Sierra Leone, becoming the first Red Cross worker or volunteer to succumb to the disease there.
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2 Leading Ebola Vaccines Appear Safe, Further Tests Starting
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the two leading Ebola vaccines appear safe and will soon be tested in healthy volunteers in West Africa.
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Scottish Nurse Named First Ebola Patient in United Kingdom
Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey has been named as the first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United Kingdom after returning from volunteering in Sierra Leone.
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American Nurse Exposed to Ebola Released From Hospital
An American nurse who was exposed to Ebola while volunteering in Sierra Leone was released from the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center in Maryland on Friday without showing signs of the disease, National Institutes of Health said.
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Ebola Vaccine Trial Suspended After Side Effects
Swiss researchers have suspended the testing of one of the leading Ebola vaccine candidates after some volunteers reported unexpected side effects.
-
Ebola Vaccine from Glaxo Passes Early Safety Test
An experimental Ebola vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline caused no serious side effects and produced an immune response in all 20 healthy volunteers who received it in an early-stage clinical trial, scientists reported on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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US Quarantine Moves Hurting Ebola Response in Africa: Harvard
Moves by some US states to isolate medical workers returning from fighting Ebola in West Africa could worsen the global health crisis by discouraging badly needed new volunteers, according to health experts at Harvard University.
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UK Volunteers Fly to Sierra Leone to Fight Ebola
The British government says the first group of National Health Service volunteers has left for Sierra Leone, where they will work in Ebola treatment centers across the country.
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Canadian Ebola Vaccine to be Tested in Europe, Gabon, Kenya
Trials of an experimental vaccine developed by the Canadian government and licensed to NewLink Genetics will begin swiftly in healthy volunteers in Europe, Gabon and Kenya, under a programme with funding from the Wellcome Trust.
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US Governors Back Home Quarantine for Ebola Workers
The governors of New York and New Jersey are at odds with scientists over Ebola as they back 21-day quarantines for medical workers returning from West Africa, while the top US infectious-disease expert warns that such restrictions are unnecessary and could discourage volunteers from aiding disease-ravaged countries.
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British Ebola Survivor Nurse to Return to Sierra Leone
A British nurse who survived Ebola after being flown out of Sierra Leone for treatment is planning to return to Africa as a volunteer, he revealed on Wednesday.
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First French Ebola Patient Leaves Hospital
A volunteer nurse who was the first French national to contract Ebola has left hospital after being successfully treated for the disease, France's health ministry said on Saturday.
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French Nurse Cured of Ebola Contracted in Liberia
A French nurse who contracted Ebola while volunteering for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Liberia has been cured of the deadly virus, the French health minister said Saturday.
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Online Volunteers Map Uncharted Ebola Zones to Help Save Lives
Donating to disasters used to mean writing a check to Oxfam or the Red Cross.These days in the Internet age, for the Ebola crisis, citizens from all over the world are donating their time by going online to build maps for relief workers.
