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FILE: A Sierra Leone health worker takes the temperature of a man at a checkpoint in Port Loko district one of the hardest hit areas due to the Ebola virus Sierra Leone 25 October 2014. Picture: EPA.

Haemorrhagic fever ebola

Chance of Ebola outbreak ending

By Jean-Jacques Cornish

There’s a reasonable chance the current outbreak of Ebola could end quickly.

  • Guinean Red Cross workers wearing protective suits carry the corpse of a victim of Ebola in Macenta on November 21, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Mali records new Ebola case, linked to dead nurse

    The nurse contracted the disease after treating an imam from neighboring Guinea.

    2741 days ago
  • A volunteer recieves the ebola vaccination "cAd3-EBO-Z" at the vaccines center in Bamako, Mali, 09 October 2014. Human trials of the Ebola vaccine have started in Africa after being trialed in the USA and Great Britain. Three employees of the health department in Mali were the first people in Africa to receive the vaccine. EPA/ALEX DUVAL SMITH

    Ebola: Doctor dies in Mali

    A doctor who treated the patient that sparked a 2nd wave of Ebola in Mali has died.

    2742 days ago
  • FILE: Health workers from IFRC and MSF take part in a pre-deployment training for staff heading to Ebola-affected countries. Picture: EPA.

    Tourist to SA turned away by US doctor over Ebola fears

    An American man who recently visited only SA says he was turned away by his doctor over fears of Ebola.

    2747 days ago
  • Sierra Leone surgeon Martin Salia was flown to a Nebraska hospital & is sicker than previous Ebola patients in the US. Picture: @Ebolatrends via Twitter

    Critically ill Sierra Leone doctor with Ebola lands in America

    Sierra Leone surgeon Martin Salia was flown to a Nebraska hospital & is sicker than previous patients.

    2748 days ago
  • FILE: A Sierra Leone health worker takes the temperature of a man at a checkpoint in Port Loko district one of the hardest hit areas due to the Ebola virus on 25 October 2014. Picture: EPA.

    SA remains Ebola free

    Minister Jeff Radebe is confident health officials at all ports of entry into SA are trained & on high alert.

    2757 days ago
  • Liberian nurses carry the body of a suspected victim of Ebola at the Sonuwein community in Monrovia, Liberia, 3 October 2014. Picture: EPA/Ahmed Jallanzo.

    Ebola orphans rejected by extended families

    UNICEF says many orphans in Ebola-stricken countries are being rejected by their surviving relatives.

    2758 days ago
  • Confederation of African Football president Issa Hayatou. Picture: EPA/STR.

    No date change for Africa Cup of Nations

    CAF said it was sticking to its plans to host the 16-team tournament from 17 January to 8 February.

    2760 days ago
  • A volunteer recieves the ebola vaccination "cAd3-EBO-Z" at the vaccines center in Bamako, Mali, 09 October 2014. Human trials of the Ebola vaccine have started in Africa after being trialed in the USA and Great Britain. Three employees of the health department in Mali were the first people in Africa to receive the vaccine. EPA/ALEX DUVAL SMITH

    Claims of US manufacturing Ebola with HIV go viral

    The claim that pharmaceutical companies & the US Defence Dept is manufacturing Ebola with HIV has gone viral.

    2767 days ago
  • New York City. Picture: AFP

    New York doctor tests positive for Ebola

    The man has tested positive for the virus following a trip to West Africa, where he was treating patients.

    2771 days ago
  • FILE: An Ebola sign placed in front of a home in the West Point slum area of Monrovia, Liberia. Picture: EPA.

    Ebola: US forms task team

    The US military is forming a team equipped to provide direct treatment to patients inside the country.

    2775 days ago
  • Liberian Red Cross health workers wearing protective suits carry the body of a victim of the Ebola virus out of a garage on 10 September, 2014 in a district of Monrovia. Picture: AFP

    EU questions Ebola screening at airports

    The EU has questioned the effectiveness of screening passengers leaving Ebola-hit countries.

    2781 days ago
  • FILE: Nurses carry the body of a suspected victim of Ebola at the Sonuwein community in Monrovia, Liberia, 3 October 2014. Picture: EPA/Ahmed Jallanzo.

    Zimbabwe's Ebola scare over for now

    The student under Ebola-watch is expected to be discharged after doctors said she had malaria.

    2782 days ago
  • A worker in a Personal Protection Equipment suit (PPE) uses a stick to move garbage inside the high-risk quarantined zone of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia on 5 September,2014. Picture: AFP.

    Zimbabwe: Ebola scare patient to be discharged, suffers from Malaria

    Doctors plan to discharge a patient who caused an Ebola scare, saying she was only suffering from Malaria.

    2782 days ago
  • A health worker stands near a man suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus as he lies on the ground naked after he was admitted to Island Hospital in Monrovia on 2 October 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Spanish Ebola victim conscious & sitting unaided

    The nurse was conscious & sitting as three more people joined 12 hospitalised to be monitored for Ebola.

    2783 days ago
  • A member of the Hazmat crew carries a barrel down stairs from the apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan the Ebola patient was staying in Dallas, Texas on 3 October 2014. EPA/Larry Smith.

    Ebola screening starts at JFK airport

    Medical teams have started screening travellers from three West African countries at New York’s JFK airport.

    2783 days ago
  • Liberian nurses carry the body of a suspected victim of Ebola at the Sonuwein community in Monrovia, Liberia, 3 October 2014. Picture: EPA/Ahmed Jallanzo.

    Ebola: Govt places special emphasis on airports

    Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says his dept is analysing various probabilities of how Ebola could enter SA.

    2784 days ago
  • FILE: An agent of the national public health institute poses with a thermometer at the airport, in Abidjan on 12 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    US working on new screenings for Ebola

    President Barack Obama said it was important to follow existing protocols strictly.

    2788 days ago
  • FILE: An agent of the national public health institute poses with a thermometer at the airport, in Abidjan on 12 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    UN Ebola mission head wants progress in 60 days

    At least 3,091 people have died from Ebola since the West African outbreak was first reported.

    2794 days ago
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