Articles filed under Ebola
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WHO says it can fight Ebola outbreak despite US withdrawalDec 03, 2018 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The head of the World Health Organization said Monday it can fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo despite the withdrawal of the U.S. Centers for Diseas...
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US urged to send Ebola experts in as Congo outbreak worsensNov 30, 2018 6:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Global health experts are urging the Trump administration to allow U.S. government disease specialists - "some of the world's most experienced" - to ...
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Congo's Ebola outbreak now 2nd largest in history, WHO saysNov 29, 2018 6:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Congo's deadly Ebola outbreak is now the second largest in history, behind the devastating West Africa outbreak that killed thousands a few years ago...
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Congo starts first-ever trial testing Ebola drugsNov 26, 2018 6:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Congo has begun the first-ever trial to test the effectiveness and safety of four experimental Ebola drugs, the first time scientists have directly...
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Ebola in Congo now infecting newborn babies, UN saysNov 23, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization says a worrying number of the newest Ebola cases amid Congo's ongoing outbreak are in patients not usually known to catch the...
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WHO official predicts 6 more months battling Ebola in CongoNov 13, 2018 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The emergencies chief for the World Health Organization predicted Tuesday that Congo's Ebola outbreak will last at least another six months, saying that in...
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Congo ministry says Ebola outbreak worst in nation's historyNov 10, 2018 6:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's latest Ebola outbreak is the worst in the country's recorded history with 319 confirmed and probable cases, the health ministry said. The ...
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Uganda, at high risk for Ebola, starts vaccinating medicsNov 07, 2018 6:00 am - KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda has started vaccinating health workers against Ebola in a border district near the outbreak in Congo, where the highly infectious viral dis...
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UN demands immediate halt to attacks in Ebola areas in CongoOct 30, 2018 7:00 am - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday called on armed groups jeopardizing the response to an Ebola outbreak in Congo to immediately halt their attac...
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Health workers in Congo's Ebola outbreak attacked weeklyOct 22, 2018 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Health teams responding to Congo's latest Ebola outbreak are attacked three or four times a week on average, a level of violence unseen in the countr...