Ebola information
Kenya refuses refuge to chimps from Ebola-hit Liberia
Ebola has killed more than 11,200 people in the West African countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
A total of 11,005 people have died from Ebola in the three West African neighbours since the outbreak.
In the experiment, six rhesus monkeys were infected with huge doses of the Makona strain.
The figures are a further indication that the outbreak, which has killed more than 10,300 people, is waning.
The report criticised role players & the international community for ignoring warnings about the epidemic.
The healthcare worker was evacuated from West Africa and arrived at the NIH clinical centre on Friday.
Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia have borne the brunt of the 20,000 infections and nearly 8,000 deaths.
The Ebola outbreak has killed over 7,900 people with more than 20,000 cases recorded.
The patient will be transferred to a high-level isolation unit in the Royal Free Hospital in London.
A Parliamentary committee has said the WHO and donors responded too slowly to the outbreak.
Health workers will seek Ebola victims and anyone with whom they have had contact.
Sierra Leone is struggling to reduce the spread of the virus as the West African death toll continues to rise.
The World Bank said growth estimates for the three countries hardest hit by Ebola had tumbled since October.
She said Africans have forgotten the lessons learnt from the HIV/Aids pandemic.
A doctor who treated the patient that sparked a 2nd wave of Ebola in Mali has died.
The cost of the Ebola epidemic for Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy is likely to be closer to $3bn-$4bn.
Sierra Leone surgeon Martin Salia was flown to a Nebraska hospital & is sicker than previous patients.
Health workers are in Liberia where a new Ebola clinic has been built & is fully run by Chinese personnel.
Local officials and diplomats said the new case was unrelated to the first one last month.