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The Rare Ebola Outbreak Is One Danger, Attacks On Healthcare Workers Are Another
Aid workers are at risk in the volatile region where residents have long been under threat of armed groups that have killed thousands of people and displaced many more in recent years.
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Ebola Outbreak In Congo, Uganda An International Public Health Emergency, Says WHO
The current outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, which is considered dangerous because there are no approved vaccines or specific treatments available for it yet.
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Sierra Leone Eases Restrictions as Ebola Danger 'Recedes'
Sierra Leoneans can go to sporting events and nightclubs for the first time in more than a year, after health officials declared there had been progress in rolling back a deadly epidemic of Ebola.
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Just 2 Ebola Cases Reported Last Week: WHO
Guinea and Sierra Leone only registered one new Ebola case each last week, the UN's health agency said on Wednesday, hailing dramatic improvements in monitoring but warning the danger was far from over.
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Nearly 30 Nations Have Dangerously Weak Health Systems: WHO
About 30 countries have health systems that are as dangerously weak as the ones that allowed Ebola to ravage Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization warned Thursday.
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Ebola: Danger in Sierra Leone, Progress in Liberia
Liberia is making some progress in containing the Ebola outbreak while Sierra Leone is "in a crisis situation which is going to get worse," the top anti-Ebola officials in the two countries said.
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Government Holds High-Level Meeting to Assess Ebola Preparedness
The government today held a high-level meeting, via video conferencing, to assess the country's preparedness to tackle Ebola, with cases of people being infected by the dangerous virus being reported in more countries.
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Second US Ebola Case 'Very Concerning,' More Possible
The second infection of a Texas health care worker with the dangerous Ebola virus is "very concerning," officials said on Wednesday, warning more US cases were possible in the coming days.
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Liberia Faces Healthcare Strike Over Ebola
Liberia on Monday faced a nationwide walkout by healthcare workers demanding danger money to care for Ebola patients, in an epidemic that has already killed dozens of their colleagues.
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Texas Health Worker Infected With Ebola Despite Wearing Full Protective Gear
A Texas health care worker who treated a Liberian man who died of Ebola was wearing full protective gear but was infected with the dangerous virus anyway, health officials said Sunday.
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The Rare Ebola Outbreak Is One Danger, Attacks On Healthcare Workers Are Another
Aid workers are at risk in the volatile region where residents have long been under threat of armed groups that have killed thousands of people and displaced many more in recent years.
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Ebola Outbreak In Congo, Uganda An International Public Health Emergency, Says WHO
The current outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, which is considered dangerous because there are no approved vaccines or specific treatments available for it yet.
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Sierra Leone Eases Restrictions as Ebola Danger 'Recedes'
Sierra Leoneans can go to sporting events and nightclubs for the first time in more than a year, after health officials declared there had been progress in rolling back a deadly epidemic of Ebola.
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Just 2 Ebola Cases Reported Last Week: WHO
Guinea and Sierra Leone only registered one new Ebola case each last week, the UN's health agency said on Wednesday, hailing dramatic improvements in monitoring but warning the danger was far from over.
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Nearly 30 Nations Have Dangerously Weak Health Systems: WHO
About 30 countries have health systems that are as dangerously weak as the ones that allowed Ebola to ravage Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization warned Thursday.
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Ebola: Danger in Sierra Leone, Progress in Liberia
Liberia is making some progress in containing the Ebola outbreak while Sierra Leone is "in a crisis situation which is going to get worse," the top anti-Ebola officials in the two countries said.
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Government Holds High-Level Meeting to Assess Ebola Preparedness
The government today held a high-level meeting, via video conferencing, to assess the country's preparedness to tackle Ebola, with cases of people being infected by the dangerous virus being reported in more countries.
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Second US Ebola Case 'Very Concerning,' More Possible
The second infection of a Texas health care worker with the dangerous Ebola virus is "very concerning," officials said on Wednesday, warning more US cases were possible in the coming days.
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Liberia Faces Healthcare Strike Over Ebola
Liberia on Monday faced a nationwide walkout by healthcare workers demanding danger money to care for Ebola patients, in an epidemic that has already killed dozens of their colleagues.
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Texas Health Worker Infected With Ebola Despite Wearing Full Protective Gear
A Texas health care worker who treated a Liberian man who died of Ebola was wearing full protective gear but was infected with the dangerous virus anyway, health officials said Sunday.
