Drug resistance among top threats: WHO
NEW DELHI: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) has been identified as one of the 10 threats to global health in 2019 by World Health Organisation (WHO). The other threats on this list include HIV, Ebola, dengue,
Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever)
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'Ebola cure, vaccine breakthrough may be in January 2015'
Renowned Virologists and President of Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) Prof. Oyewale Tomori Monday hinted that the much expected breakthrough in Ebola cure and vaccine may not be ready until January or
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Govt confirms new Ebola case in Rivers State
With the confirmation of a new case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Port Harcourt, the total number of verified patients has risen to 19. Fifteen of these cases are in Lagos and four in Port Harcourt.
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Mapping the zoonotic niche of Ebola virus disease in Africa
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a complex zoonosis that is highly virulent in humans. The largest recorded outbreak of EVD is ongoing in West Africa, outside of its previously reported and predicted niche.
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Ebola Fight Gets $250 Million U.S., Europe Funding Boost
U.S. and European officials kicked more than $250 million in additional funding into the fight against the worst Ebola outbreak in history after the World Health Organization said budget cuts were hampering
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Nigerian Ebola cases rise to 18, deaths up to 7
Nigeria now has 18 Ebola cases, after a fourth case surfaced in Port Harcourt, home to Africa's biggest oil and gas industry, the health minister said on Wednesday. The Ebola outbreak in Africa's most
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J&J Ebola vaccine to start clinical trials in early 2015
Scientists will fast-track tests on another Ebola vaccine, this time from Johnson & Johnson, in another sign that the world's worst outbreak of the virus is mobilising research into the deadly disease.
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U.N. says $600 million needed to tackle Ebola as deaths top 1,900
The United Nations said $600 million(364.52 million British pound) in supplies would be needed to fight West Africa's Ebola outbreak, as the death toll from the worst ever epidemic of the virus topped
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Ebola scare in N dinajpur
A man suspected to have contracted the Ebola virus disease (EVD) was admitted in the Raiganj district hospital in North Dinajpur district today. The patient has been identified as Alik Das, 25, a resident
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Nigeria records another Ebola case in oil city, 17 cases total
Nigeria has a third confirmed case of Ebola in the oil hub of Port Harcourt, bringing the country's total confirmed infections to 17, with 271 people under surveillance, the health minister said on Monday.
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Poor response to Ebola causing needless deaths – World Bank head
The world's "disastrously inadequate response" to West Africa's Ebola outbreak means many people are dying needlessly, the head of the World Bank said on Monday, as Nigeria confirmed another case of the