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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Google Science Fair Teen Winner Created a Simple Way to Detect Ebola
Teens may change the world. A 16-year-old developed a simple way to detect the deadly Ebola virus, winning her the Google Science Fair. The winner, Olivia Hallisey from the United States, created a
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Liberia: Health official on Ebola natural history study research
Liberia’s Principal Investigator of the Ebola Natural History Study, Dr. Mosoka Fallah, has disclosed that though Ebola has dropped to zero, it has left behind varieties of ailments amongst survivors.Dr.
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New Ebola case in Sierra Leone quarantine village: president
Another woman has tested positive for Ebola in a village in northern Sierra Leone already under quarantine after the death of a 67-year-old woman a week ago, President Ernest Bai Koroma said on Sunday.
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Liberia: 'Poor Felt Worst Ebola Impact'- International Alert Reports
Monrovia — The worst impacts of the Ebola crisis were felt by the poor, who experienced loss of income, difficulty accessing medical services and traumatic feelings of fear, says a report by International
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Sierra Leone Reports Ebola Death
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Health officials in Sierra Leone on Sunday confirmed an Ebola death less than a week after the country’s last known patient was discharged from a hospital. Samples from the
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Experimental post-exposure antiviral treatment may protect humans from Ebola virus
For the first time, UK physicians have demonstrated that antiviral-based therapies have the potential to protect humans from the deadly Ebola virus. The report, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Deadly Ebola Virus May Survive in Wastewater: New Sterilization Treatments Needed
It turns out that the Ebola virus may actually be able to survive in wastewater. Researchers have taken a closer look at Ebola-contaminated liquid waste and found that it could continue to survive over
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Ailments afflicting Ebola survivors called emergency within emergency
DAKAR – Lingering health problems afflicting many of the roughly 13,000 Ebola survivors have galvanized global and local health officials to find out how widespread the ailments are, and how to remedy
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Sierra Leone discharges last Ebola patient
Sierra Leone has released its last known Ebola patient, according to the World Health Organization. 35-year-old Adama Sankoh was discharged from a treatment centre in the northern Bombali district on
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Post-exposure prophylaxis against Ebola virus disease with experimental antiviral agents: a case-series of health-care workers
<p>Although a few international health-care workers who have assisted in the current Ebola outbreak in west Africa have been medically evacuated for treatment of Ebola virus disease, more commonly they