Ebola
Pre-empting the next pandemic
Recent disease outbreaks, like Ebola and Zika, have demonstrated the need to anticipate pandemics and contain them before they emerge.
New Ebola case emerges in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone officials confirm a death from Ebola, hours after the World Health Organization declared the latest West Africa outbreak over.
Guinea to be declared free of Ebola virus
Guinea is to be declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (WHO), two years after the epidemic began there.
WHO accused of 'egregious failure' on Ebola
The World Health Organization's failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa's Ebola outbreak was an "egregious failure" which added to the enormous suffering and death toll, global health experts say.
Global health experts accuse WHO of 'egregious failure' on Ebola
The World Health Organization's failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa's Ebola outbreak was an "egregious failure" which added to the enormous suffering and death toll, global health experts say.
WHO to declare end of Ebola in Sierra Leone
The World Health Organization is set to announce that Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone has beaten an epidemic that killed almost 4,000 of its people and plunged the economy into recession.
Universal flu vaccine comes closer, scientists say
Researchers say they are closer to developing a vaccine to give life-long protection against any type of flu, after promising trials in animals.
Ebola 'lives in eye of survivor'
The Ebola virus has been detected in the eye of a US doctor who had already recovered from the illness.
Ebola drug cures infected moneys
An experimental drug cures monkeys infected with the Ebola virus, US-based scientists say. The treatment, known as TKM-Ebola-Guinea, targets Makona strain of the virus.
Experimental Ebola vaccine safe, prompts immune response
An early-stage clinical trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine found that the vaccine, called VSV-ZEBOV, was safe and elicited robust antibody responses
Sierra Leone in Ebola lockdown
The authorities in Sierra Leone are enforcing a three-day lockdown to curb the spread of Ebola, with the entire population ordered to stay at home
'Ebola-proof' tablet
A tablet device that can withstand being doused in chlorine is developed to help medics caring for patients with Ebola
This smart ‘band-aid’ could help the world beat Ebola
The international fight against Ebola is far from over. Just this week, new patients arrived in U.S. hospitals for treatment. But back in Africa where healthcare workers have battled hundreds of cases at a time, officials are struggling to find smart solutions that can help ensure the safety of caregivers, offer more comprehensive and speedy care and add 21st century solutions to their disease-fighting arsenal, reports mashable.com
Sierra Leone vice president in quarantine
Sierra Leone's Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana has placed himself in 21-day quarantine after one of his bodyguards died of Ebola.
Fifteen minute Ebola test approved
The first rapid blood test for Ebola has been approved for use by the World Health Organization.
