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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Kerala joins battle against Ebola, to screen passengers
Passengers from West African countries will be screened for the Ebola virus at the state's three airports. After chairing a high-level meeting of health department officials, minister for health V S
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Fliers landing in Coimbatore airport from Sharjah, Singapore to be screened for Ebola virus
COIMBATORE: From Monday evening, passengers flying into the city from Sharjah and Singapore will be screened for the Ebola virus. This move comes a day after a man landed in Chennai from Guinea, giving
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Health deptt issues Ebola alert in state
Madhya Pradesh government has issued an alert for dreaded Ebola virus here on Monday. However, with no well-laid procedure, health officials in Bhopal are clueless on how to diagnose or even collect samples
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Ethical to use untested Ebola drugs, says WHO
Untested drugs can be used to treat patients infected with the Ebola virus, the World Health Organization says. The WHO said it was ethical in light of the scale of the outbreak and high number of deaths
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Ebola: Nigeria confirms 10 cases, 177 under surveillance
NIGERIA now has 10 confirmed cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) with 177 persons under surveillance, the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chuwku, said on Monday in Abuja. Chukwu made the disclosure
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West African Ebola outbreak death toll reaches 1,013 - WHO
(Reuters) - The death toll from the worst ever outbreak of Ebola has reached 1,013 after another 52 people died in the three days to Aug. 9 in three West African countries, the World Health Organization
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Possibility of Ebola spreading to India is low
In the wake of the admission of a 25-year-old man, who returned from Guinea in Africa on Saturday, to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital here and his discharge on Sunday afternoon after blood
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Dead can infect you as their blood contains virus
What is Ebola virus disease? Ebola virus disease is a se vere haemorrhagic fever caused by viral infection. The virus causes internal and ex ternal bleeding in humans and non-human primates like monkeys,
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WHO and partners launch Ebola response plan
A multimillion dollar international strategy to bring west Africa’s Ebola outbreak under control was launched by WHO and countries last week.
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Ebola sparks emergency across West Africa
Overwhelmed west African nations called states of emergency on Thursday as the toll from a fast-spreading Ebola epidemic neared 1,000, and an elderly Spanish missionary was evacuated for treatment at home.