By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Health authorities in Guinea declared an Ebola outbreak on 14 February after three cases detected in Gouécké, a rural community in N’Zerekore prefecture tested positive for...

Months ago, while Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF) was up to their elbows in the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa and were shouting from the rooftops: “THIS...

With the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria and Senegal, we have some good news and some not so good news from the World Health Organization (WHO). First the...

Some dire news from the World Health Organization (WHO) was announced today as the case count and deaths from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) continues it’s rise. As of Sept. 13, there has been 4963...

After 2 days of discussion on potential Ebola therapies and vaccines, more than 150 participants, representing the fields of research and clinical investigation, ethics, legal, regulatory, financing, and...

The aim is to stop ongoing Ebola transmission worldwide within 6–9 months, while rapidly managing the consequences of any further international spread. It also recognizes the need to address, in parallel,...

The World Health Organization (WHO) said in an outbreak update Tuesday that health officials in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) notified the WHO of an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in...

Between 12 and 13 August 2014, a total of 152 new cases of Ebola virus disease (laboratory-confirmed, probable, and suspect cases) as well as 76 deaths were reported from Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra...

Accra, 03 July 2014 – The Emergency Ministerial meeting on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has ended today with Health Ministers agreeing on a range of priority actions to end the Ebola outbreak in West Africa....