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Guinea declared free of Ebola virusGuinea was declared free of Ebola transmission on Tuesday after more than 2,500 people died from the virus in the West African nation, leaving Liberia as the only country still counting down the days until the end of the epidemic. More… |
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Guinea declared free of Ebola virusGuinea was declared free of Ebola transmission on Tuesday after more than 2,500 people died from the virus in the West African nation, leaving Liberia as the only country still counting down the days until the end of the epidemic. More… |
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J&J starts clinical trial of Ebola vaccine in Sierra LeoneJohnson & Johnson has begun a clinical trial of a two-shot Ebola vaccine in Sierra Leone, underlining its determination to push ahead with development, even as the epidemic fades out West Africa. The new st More… |
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Ebola vaccine proves fully effective in Guinea trialThe world is for the first time on the verge of being able to protect humans against Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, as data from a trial in Guinea showed a vaccine was 100 per cent effective. Initial re More… |
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$3.4bn pledge for Ebola recovery made at UNSome $3.4 billion in pledges were made at the UN on Friday to help Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea stamp out Ebola and begin rebuilding health systems and economies devastated by the worst outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever. More… |
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Ebola-hit nations need $700m to rebuild healthcareGuinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone need a further $696 million in donor funding to rebuild their battered health services over the next two years in the wake of the deadly Ebola epidemic, senior World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Mo More… |
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Sick warned against Hajj pilgrimageBahrainis suffering from chronic diseases have been warned against performing Hajj this year, a report said. Health officials said they could not prevent people from going on the pilgrimage, but strongly urged Bahrainis aged more More… |
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Ebola ‘could hit again in West Africa’The Ebola epidemic could flare up again in West Africa and health authorities are no better equipped to control it than they were a year ago, the head of medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Saturday. "The r More… |
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Ebola cases rise 4-fold in Guinea, Sierra LeoneEbola has spread further in Guinea and Sierra Leone, with 36 cases in the past week, four times as many cases as the week before, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The findings were a reminder that "this vi More… |
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New Ebola cases hit lowest in a yearThirty confirmed cases of Ebola were reported in West Africa in the past week, the smallest number in nearly a year of the worst ever outbreak of the deadly fever, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. "This is the More… |
