Ebola
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An Update on the Current Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sep 13, 2018 | Lauren GoodwinSince the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak that claimed more than 11,000 lives, the mere mention of Ebola hemorrhagic fever is enough to send the...
New Vaccine Piloted During DRC Ebola Outbreak
May 29, 2018 | Lindsay BonesteelLess than one week after cases of Ebola were confirmed to have reached an urban area the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), health authorities,...
Months After 2014 Outbreak Ends, Ebola Flares Up in Guinea
Mar 30, 2016 | Colleen NguyenAt least five people have died since 29 February 2016 due to a new flare up of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Guinea [1]. The first two confirmed cases...
Outbreaks of 2015 - A Year in Review
Dec 29, 2015 | Emily Cohn‘Tis the season for the obligatory “best of” lists for 2015. We thought we’d take a look back at some of this year’s notable diseases and outbreaks....
Sexual Transmission of Ebola
Apr 1, 2015 | Colleen NguyenOver the weekend, various news sources announced that the Liberian government recommended indefinite sexual abstinence or condom use for Ebola...
Ebola: One Year Later
Mar 29, 2015 | Colleen NguyenOn March 19, 2014, an article describing an outbreak of an unknown disease in Macenta prefecture, approximately 800 kilometers from Conakry, the...
Three New Ebola Cases in Liberia
Mar 27, 2015 | Noushin BerdjisThe First Case On March 20, 2015 a 44-year old woman in Monrovia became the first confirmed Ebola case in Liberia in a month [1-3]. Prior to this...
Outbreaks of 2014
Dec 31, 2014 | Emily Cohn‘Tis the season for the obligatory “best of” lists for 2014. We thought we’d take a look back at some of this year’s notable diseases and outbreaks....
Estimating the fatality of the 2014 West African Ebola Outbreak
Sep 10, 2014 | Maia MajumderEstimating the fatality of the 2014 West African Ebola Outbreak "Case fatality rate" - or CFR - is a term that's been tossed around a lot lately in...
Ebola Update: DR Congo Confirms New Outbreak
Aug 26, 2014 | Sumiko MekaruThe fight against the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa has become an increasingly uphill battle as foreign aid workers are pulled out, and a separate...
Ebola: To Quarantine or Not to Quarantine
Aug 25, 2014 | Sumiko MekaruThroughout the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, there have been reports of voluntary and government-ordered isolation and quarantine. The use...
Ebola 2014: A Rapid Threat Assessment
Aug 5, 2014 | Sumiko MekaruSince it was identified in 1976 during simultaneous outbreaks in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ebola has concerned the public due to...
Ebola Update: Death in Nigeria, Impact on Healthcare Workers, and Containment Measures in Liberia
Jul 29, 2014 | Alexandra ThomsenNations around the world have voiced concern about West Africa’s Ebola outbreak spreading via air travel, with warnings like “Ebola only a plane ride...
Ebola Update: Largest Outbreak on Record Causes 603 Deaths
Jul 16, 2014 | Alexandra ThomsenOn July 15, the WHO reported a total of 964 cases including 603 deaths in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Guinea still has the greatest number of...
Ebola Continues to Spread in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone
Jun 16, 2014 | Alexandra ThomsenThe Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, which was first identified in March 2014 in Guinea, continues to spread in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone...
Ebola Updates and an Interview
Apr 11, 2014 | Amy L. Sonricker HansenWest Africa’s Ebola outbreak continues to grow. In Guinea, as of April 9, the World Health Organization reports 158 cases and 101 deaths. Liberia has...
Ebola Confirmed in Conakry, Guinea
Mar 28, 2014 | Anna TomasuloAt the time of this posting (11h15 EST, March 28 2014), the World Health Organization and Guinea's Ministry of Health have confirmed four cases of...
Updates on Guinea's Ebola Outbreak
Mar 27, 2014 | Anna TomasuloOver the past few weeks, you have been inundated with reports on invasions and missing planes. So, why not add an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever to...
Ebola: Still the Scariest Virus Out There?
Apr 3, 2013 | Steven PurcellSimply uttering the word Ebola is enough to cause a person to cringe, shudder, twitch, or perhaps even recoil in horror. Rightly so. Ebola...
Suspected Ebola Cases in Mubende District, Uganda
Jan 11, 2013 | Anna TomasuloDays before Luweero district is to be declared Ebola-free, two suspected cases appear in central Uganda’s Mubende district. According to New Vision,...
Updates on Marburg and Ebola
Dec 3, 2012 | Anna TomasuloOn Nov. 28, Uganda’s Ministry of Health reported seven cases of Ebola (six confirmed, one probable), and four deaths. The current Ebola outbreak is...
From Pigs to Monkeys, Ebola Goes Airborne
Nov 21, 2012 | Jane HustonWhen news broke that the Ebola virus had resurfaced in Uganda, investigators in Canada were making headlines of their own with research indicating...
Ebola Strikes Again in Uganda
Nov 14, 2012 | Anna TomasuloOn Oct. 4, the WHO declared Uganda’s most recent Ebola outbreak over. Today, Uganda’s WHO country representative, Joaquim Saweka, reports two...
Update on the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Nov 1, 2012 | Robyn Correll CarlyleThe WHO announced Friday that there have been 52 cases and 25 deaths of Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) reported so far in the Orientale Province of...
DRC and Ugandan Muslims Banned from Mecca for Fear of Ebola and Cholera
Oct 22, 2012 | Lauren EdmundsonThe Saudi Arabian government has banned people from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from making this year’s pilgrimage to Mecca...
Ebola Winds Down in Uganda and Persists in DR Congo
Sep 5, 2012 | Anna TomasuloOn Monday, September 3, the World Health Organization stated that the Ebola outbreak in the Kibaale district of Uganda was coming to an end. No new...
August 21 Update on Ebola in DR Congo
Aug 21, 2012 | Anna TomasuloThis morning, WHO reported 15 suspected cases and ten deaths in the Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Of the suspected cases,...
Uganda Ministry of Health Updates World on Ebola via YouTube
Aug 7, 2012 | Anna TomasuloThe Ugandan Ministry of Health is releasing video updates on the Ebola outbreak via YouTube. In the update from August 7, the Health Service...
Latest on Ebola, Aug. 6 2012, 12h: Two Suspected Cases in Tanzania, WHO Update for Uganda
Aug 6, 2012 | Anna TomasuloTanzania: Local news in Tanzania is reporting two suspected cases of Ebola in the Kagera Region. The two suspected cases, a mother and son, traveled...
Latest on Ebola, August 3, 9h00: Suspected Case of Ebola Escapes Hospital, Kibaale National Park is Reportedly Ebola-Free
Aug 3, 2012 | Anna TomasuloJoaquim Saweka, the WHO representative in Uganda, told the Associated Press today that everyone known to have had contact with an Ebola patient has...
Latest on Ebola, August 2, 9h20: Suspected Cases Rise in Uganda, Kenya Suspects Second Case
Aug 2, 2012 | Anna TomasuloUganda: The WHO reports 16 deaths and 38 suspected cases in Kibaale, while the Ugandan Daily Monitor reports 50. Francis Mugerwa, author for the...
Update on Ebola in Uganda and Suspected Case in Kenya
Aug 1, 2012 | Anna TomasuloUpdate on Uganda Reporters from Uganda’s daily publication New Vision write that four people with Ebola symptoms have died. If laboratory reports...
Number of Suspected Cases of Ebola Rises in Uganda
Jul 31, 2012 | Anna TomasuloReuters reports that eleven more suspected cases of Ebola are in isolation. There are now 36 suspected or confirmed cases. According to Paul Katwa,...
Museveni Addresses Uganda's Ebola Outbreak
Jul 30, 2012 | Anna TomasuloOn the evening of July 29, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni issued a statement on the current Ebola outbreak, in which he called on Ugandans to stop...
Did Scientists Just Discover a Cure for Ebola?
Jun 22, 2012 | Jane HustonScientists in Canada announced the successful treatment of Ebola viral infection in monkeys. The encouraging results were published in the journal...
First Steps Towards Controlling Deadly Ebola Virus
Mar 6, 2012 | Katharina SchwanNew research suggests that certain cancer drugs may control the lethal Ebola virus. On February 29, a new study investigating the effects of two...
Ebola-like virus discovered in Spain
Oct 26, 2011 | Anna TomasuloA group of scientists have discovered a new virus that is related to some of the deadliest viruses to primates (including humans). The virus was...
Uganda's Ebola Outbreak Update: New suspect cases as others ruled out
May 21, 2011 | healthmapAs noted in our previous blog, a 12 year old girl who died at Bombo Military Hospital in Uganda tested positive for Ebola. Since then suspected cases...
Ebola Hits Uganda
May 18, 2011 | healthmapLast week, a twelve-year old girl from Luwero died in the Bombo Military Hospital about 60 kilometers outside of Uganda’s capital, Kampala, from the...
Possible Ebola Outbreak in Uganda
Nov 23, 2010 | healthmapLast week, a Ugandan newspaper reported a mystery illness had caused 13 deaths in Abim and Agago districts in the north. The article quoted a local...
