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  • 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.

    2809 days ago
  • In Alabama the CDC is training health care workers to fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Picture: CNN.

    US envoy in West Africa to help fight Ebola

    A UN ambassador hopes to gain a better understanding of what resources are missing to help fight Ebola.

    2810 days ago
  • FILE: Almost 5,000 people have died from the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Picture: AFP.

    Scientists seek Ebola cure in the antibodies of survivors

    The Institute Of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp says it hopes to start treatment next month.

    2812 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.

    2813 days ago
  • Liberian health workers in a burial squad carrying the body of an Ebola victim in Monrovia in September 2014. Picture: EPA.

    Plane passenger tests negative for Ebola

    A Nigerian passenger who was taken to a Madrid hospital from an Air France flight tested negative for Ebola.

    2820 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.

    2823 days ago
  • FILE: 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

    EU to discuss Ebola screening of travellers

    Officials say talks are designed to co-ordinate action taken by member states to fight the virus.

    2823 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.

    2824 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.

    2825 days ago
  • FILE: An MSF medical worker feeds an Ebola child victim at an MSF facility in Kailahun, on 15 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola fears spread as Spanish nurse worsens

    African leaders called on other countries to provide more money and equipment to deal with the Ebola crisis.

    2827 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: No end in sight

    With more than 3,800 people killed worldwide, and news today that a spanish nursing assistant's condition has declined, there appears to be no end in sight to Ebola. CNN’s Andy Rose has the latest on efforts to contain the outbreak.

    2827 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.

    Officials scramble to contain Ebola

    Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the US, died on Wednesday morning.

    2828 days ago
  • A volunteer in a protective suit looks on after spraying disinfectant outside a home in Waterloo, some 30 kilometres southeast of Freetown, on 7 October 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Health officials allay Ebola fears

    Health officials say infrastructure and adequate safety measures to deal with the virus are in place.

    2829 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.

    2830 days ago
  • A health worker stands near a man suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola could reach France and UK by end-Oct scientists calculate

    Scientists have used Ebola disease spread patterns and airline traffic data to predict chances.

    2831 days ago
  • A health worker stands near a man suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus on 2 October 2014. Picture: AFP.

    4 people quarantined in Dallas after contact with US Ebola patient

    Up to 100 people had direct or indirect contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian citizen.

    2834 days ago
  • A medical transport van moves past Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas where a patient has been diagnosed with the Ebola virus on 30 September, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. Picture: AFP.

    First Ebola patient diagnosed in US

    The diagnosis is a sign that the outbreak ravaging West Africa may spread globally.

    2836 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.

    2836 days ago
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    The Ebola epidemic

    The Ebola epidemic

    2837 days ago
  • FILE: A girl suspected of being infected with the Ebola virus has her temperature checked at the government hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone, on 16 August 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Scientists grapple with ethics to release Ebola vaccines

    GSK has said it is aiming to have 10,000 doses of its experimental shot by the end of the year.

    2837 days ago
  • FILE: World Health Organisation volunteers putting up a banner warining people about the realness of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Picture: Official WHO Facebook page.

    Ebola: Liberia's top doctor in quarantine

    Bernice Dahn is the latest senior medical official to be directly affected by Ebola.

    2838 days ago
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