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White House To Transfer Ebola Funds To Combat Zika Virus
The Obama administration is to announce Wednesday it will transfer leftover money from the largely successful fight against Ebola to combat the growing threat of the Zika virus, congressional officials say.
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Guinea Says 2 People Tested Positive For Ebola
Two people in Guinea have tested positive for Ebola, the spokesman for the National Coordination of the Fight Against Ebola said on Thursday, hours after the World Health Organization declared Sierra Leone's latest breakout was over.
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Brazil Researchers Hope To Test Zika Virus Treatment In A Year
Leading researchers in Brazil are borrowing techniques used to accelerate the fight against Ebola in the hope of developing a Zika virus treatment that could be tested in humans in a year.
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Guinea Declared Free Of Ebola, Step To End Spread Of Disease
Guinea was declared Ebola-free on Tuesday, a huge step in the fight against the world's largest Ebola epidemic.
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Guinea Unrest Hampering Ebola Response: United Nations
The head of the UN mission on Ebola in Guinea on Monday said violence in the west of the country "jeopardised" the fight against the deadly virus.
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Last Cuban Ebola Medics Leave Sierra Leone, New Clampdown for Easter
The last remaining Cuban medics sent to Sierra Leone in October last year to help in the fight against Ebola left the country on Wednesday, as the number of infections there is falling.
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UN Ebola Head Warns Against Complacency as Fight Enters Last Lap
The head of the UN's Ebola fighting force on Sunday warned against complacency as the fight against the disease entered its final lap, hailing Guinea for tightening surveillance.
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A Year After Ebola Discovered, Relapses Seen in Fight to End it
Lapses that fuelled the Ebola outbreak after it was first discovered a year ago are dogging the final stages of the fight against the virus as fatigue and complacency set in, delaying the end of the deadly epidemic.
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Medical Detective Work is Next Phase in Ebola Fight
Medical detective work will be the next big phase in the fight against Ebola when the United Nations deploys hundreds of health workers to identify chains of infection as the virus passes from person to person, top UN health workers said.
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Ebola-Ravaged Liberia Holds Long-Delayed Senate Vote
Liberians voted on Saturday in long-delayed Senate elections in the Ebola-ravaged west African nation as UN chief Ban Ki-moon wound up a regional tour to assess the fight against the epidemic.
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One Million People Facing Hunger in Ebola-Hit Countries: UN
Border closures, quarantines and crop losses in West African nations battling the Ebola virus could lead to as many as one million people going hungry, UN food agencies have said.
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One Shot or Two? Many Questions Unresolved in Ebola Vaccine Race
Scientists racing to develop vaccines against Ebola are trying to determine whether they can best fight the disease with a single injection or with two, a calculation that could determine how quickly and effectively a programme can be rolled out.
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Barack Obama Urges Congress Over $6 Billion Ebola War Chest
President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged US lawmakers to release a $6 billion war chest to help the fight against Ebola, warning that the deadly disease could not be beaten without additional funding.
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Liberia Hopes For No New Ebola Cases by New Year
As Ebola infection rates fall in Liberia, the information minister urged people on Thursday to not let up on the fight against the virus, reiterating the goal of eradicating the disease by the end of the year.
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Can Robots Help Stop the Ebola Outbreak?
The US military has enlisted a new germ-killing weapon in the fight against Ebola -a four-wheeled robot that can disinfect a room in minutes with pulses of ultraviolet light.
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White House To Transfer Ebola Funds To Combat Zika Virus
The Obama administration is to announce Wednesday it will transfer leftover money from the largely successful fight against Ebola to combat the growing threat of the Zika virus, congressional officials say.
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Guinea Says 2 People Tested Positive For Ebola
Two people in Guinea have tested positive for Ebola, the spokesman for the National Coordination of the Fight Against Ebola said on Thursday, hours after the World Health Organization declared Sierra Leone's latest breakout was over.
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Brazil Researchers Hope To Test Zika Virus Treatment In A Year
Leading researchers in Brazil are borrowing techniques used to accelerate the fight against Ebola in the hope of developing a Zika virus treatment that could be tested in humans in a year.
-
Guinea Declared Free Of Ebola, Step To End Spread Of Disease
Guinea was declared Ebola-free on Tuesday, a huge step in the fight against the world's largest Ebola epidemic.
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Guinea Unrest Hampering Ebola Response: United Nations
The head of the UN mission on Ebola in Guinea on Monday said violence in the west of the country "jeopardised" the fight against the deadly virus.
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Last Cuban Ebola Medics Leave Sierra Leone, New Clampdown for Easter
The last remaining Cuban medics sent to Sierra Leone in October last year to help in the fight against Ebola left the country on Wednesday, as the number of infections there is falling.
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UN Ebola Head Warns Against Complacency as Fight Enters Last Lap
The head of the UN's Ebola fighting force on Sunday warned against complacency as the fight against the disease entered its final lap, hailing Guinea for tightening surveillance.
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A Year After Ebola Discovered, Relapses Seen in Fight to End it
Lapses that fuelled the Ebola outbreak after it was first discovered a year ago are dogging the final stages of the fight against the virus as fatigue and complacency set in, delaying the end of the deadly epidemic.
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Medical Detective Work is Next Phase in Ebola Fight
Medical detective work will be the next big phase in the fight against Ebola when the United Nations deploys hundreds of health workers to identify chains of infection as the virus passes from person to person, top UN health workers said.
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Ebola-Ravaged Liberia Holds Long-Delayed Senate Vote
Liberians voted on Saturday in long-delayed Senate elections in the Ebola-ravaged west African nation as UN chief Ban Ki-moon wound up a regional tour to assess the fight against the epidemic.
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One Million People Facing Hunger in Ebola-Hit Countries: UN
Border closures, quarantines and crop losses in West African nations battling the Ebola virus could lead to as many as one million people going hungry, UN food agencies have said.
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One Shot or Two? Many Questions Unresolved in Ebola Vaccine Race
Scientists racing to develop vaccines against Ebola are trying to determine whether they can best fight the disease with a single injection or with two, a calculation that could determine how quickly and effectively a programme can be rolled out.
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Barack Obama Urges Congress Over $6 Billion Ebola War Chest
President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged US lawmakers to release a $6 billion war chest to help the fight against Ebola, warning that the deadly disease could not be beaten without additional funding.
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Liberia Hopes For No New Ebola Cases by New Year
As Ebola infection rates fall in Liberia, the information minister urged people on Thursday to not let up on the fight against the virus, reiterating the goal of eradicating the disease by the end of the year.
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Can Robots Help Stop the Ebola Outbreak?
The US military has enlisted a new germ-killing weapon in the fight against Ebola -a four-wheeled robot that can disinfect a room in minutes with pulses of ultraviolet light.
