ebola

Ebola-like virus detected in Europe

Two people who have recently returned to the UK from Western Africa have been diagnosed with Lassa fever, an Ebola-like…

2 years ago

Covid strain as deadly as Ebola may emerge, top physician warns

Frank Ulrich Montgomery, chairman of the global physicians’ society (WMA), shared his fears with Germany’s Funke media group’s newspapers on…

2 years ago

Ivory Coast declares Ebola outbreak after 1st case in 25 years reported in de-facto capital Abidjan, prompting ‘immense concern’

A patient who had recently travelled from Guinea tested positive for Ebola, Côte d'Ivoire’s ministry of health confirmed on Saturday,…

3 years ago

Guinea reports first case of Marburg virus – Ebola’s cousin – in West Africa, as one person dies of highly infectious disease

Health authorities in Guinea confirmed the case on Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement. The disease…

3 years ago

Guinea’s neighbors ‘not ready’ for resurgent Ebola, says WHO, as risk of cross-border transmission ‘very high’ in West Africa

“There are six neighboring countries to Guinea, and we conducted an assessment of readiness. Two of the countries are not…

3 years ago

WHO ‘ramping up readiness’ for new Ebola outbreak dubbed ‘EPIDEMIC’ in Guinea

The Guinean officials on Sunday sounded the alarm over the new outbreak, with National Health Security Agency Chief Sakoba Keita…

3 years ago

Ebola kills 4 in Guinea as West African nation suffers first outbreak of deadly disease in 5 years

The latest victims of the virus had participated in a funeral for a nurse who had fallen ill and died,…

3 years ago

Experiments on human beings and the spread of Ebola: U.S. to create new biological weapons

The Russian foreign Ministry said that in spreading to different countries of the African epidemics of diseases such as zika…

5 years ago