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Shortage Of Malaria Drug Points To Better Tool Against Ebola
As doctors struggled to treat growing numbers of patients during the Ebola crisis in West Africa, the shortage of one helpful drug may have led to the discovery of a better one.
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1 New Confirmed Case in Previously Ebola-Free Liberia: WHO
The World Health Organization today confirmed that a new case of the deadly Ebola virus has surfaced in Liberia, which was declared Ebola free in September.
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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Quarantines 31 Health Workers
Authorities in Sierra Leone quarantined three doctors and 28 nurses in the capital Freetown when a mother tested positive for Ebola after giving birth, the health ministry said today.
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Ebola Epidemic was Disaster for Malaria Control: Study
Untreated malaria in Guinea surged as a result of the Ebola scare and probably caused far more deaths than the dreaded haemorrhagic fever itself, doctors reported today.
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Ebola Could Hit Again and We Would Hardly Do Better, Says Head of the Medical Charity, Doctors Without Borders
The Ebola epidemic could flare up again in West Africa and health authorities are no better equipped to control it than they were a year ago, the head of medical charity Doctors Without Borders said on Saturday.
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Japanese Firm Says Ebola Drug Tests Offers 'Hope'
The Japanese company behind an experimental Ebola treatment says it offers new hope for thousands of people infected with the deadly virus in west Africa, but acknowledged it is "not a miracle drug".
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Limited Promise in Early Results from Ebola Drug Trial
Early results from an Ebola trial using the experimental drug Avigan (favipiravir) showed on Monday that it was somewhat effective at saving lives if given early in the illness, but not later.
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Ebola Drug Trial in Guinea 'Encouraging': Researchers
An Ebola candidate treatment yielded "encouraging" results in an early-stage trial with 80 patients in Guinea, the French government and medical research agency Inserm said today.
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India-Born Ebola Fighter to Watch Barack Obama Speech to Congress
An India-born doctor fighting Ebola in Africa will be among the guests watching President Barack Obama's State of the Union address today symbolising some of the points he would be making.
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US Doctor Who Beat Ebola Heading Back to Liberia
The Massachusetts doctor who beat the Ebola virus he contracted while working in Liberia is returning to West Africa.
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Clinical Trial Starts at Ebola Center for Anti-Viral Drug
Doctors Without Borders says a clinical drug trial is under way at its Ebola treatment center in Liberia's capital.
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US Healthcare Worker Under Watch After Ebola Exposure
An American healthcare worker who has been in Sierra Leone will be placed under close observation at a Nebraska hospital after high-risk exposure to the Ebola virus, doctors said on Saturday.
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Italy Doctor With Ebola Has Recovered: Reports
An Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in west Africa has recovered from the disease after undergoing experimental treatment, local media reported on Thursday.
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Ebola Returns to Europe with First Case Diagnosed in Britain
A healthcare worker recently back from Sierra Leone was diagnosed with Ebola on Monday by doctors in Scotland's largest city, the first diagnosis of the deadly virus in Britain during the current outbreak.
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Ebola Survival Improving in Sierra Leone: Report
One year into the world's worst Ebola outbreak, doctors are reporting an encouraging sign: About 70 percent of patients in a hard-hit area of Sierra Leone now survive.
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Shortage Of Malaria Drug Points To Better Tool Against Ebola
As doctors struggled to treat growing numbers of patients during the Ebola crisis in West Africa, the shortage of one helpful drug may have led to the discovery of a better one.
-
1 New Confirmed Case in Previously Ebola-Free Liberia: WHO
The World Health Organization today confirmed that a new case of the deadly Ebola virus has surfaced in Liberia, which was declared Ebola free in September.
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Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Quarantines 31 Health Workers
Authorities in Sierra Leone quarantined three doctors and 28 nurses in the capital Freetown when a mother tested positive for Ebola after giving birth, the health ministry said today.
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Ebola Epidemic was Disaster for Malaria Control: Study
Untreated malaria in Guinea surged as a result of the Ebola scare and probably caused far more deaths than the dreaded haemorrhagic fever itself, doctors reported today.
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Ebola Could Hit Again and We Would Hardly Do Better, Says Head of the Medical Charity, Doctors Without Borders
The Ebola epidemic could flare up again in West Africa and health authorities are no better equipped to control it than they were a year ago, the head of medical charity Doctors Without Borders said on Saturday.
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Japanese Firm Says Ebola Drug Tests Offers 'Hope'
The Japanese company behind an experimental Ebola treatment says it offers new hope for thousands of people infected with the deadly virus in west Africa, but acknowledged it is "not a miracle drug".
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Limited Promise in Early Results from Ebola Drug Trial
Early results from an Ebola trial using the experimental drug Avigan (favipiravir) showed on Monday that it was somewhat effective at saving lives if given early in the illness, but not later.
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Ebola Drug Trial in Guinea 'Encouraging': Researchers
An Ebola candidate treatment yielded "encouraging" results in an early-stage trial with 80 patients in Guinea, the French government and medical research agency Inserm said today.
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India-Born Ebola Fighter to Watch Barack Obama Speech to Congress
An India-born doctor fighting Ebola in Africa will be among the guests watching President Barack Obama's State of the Union address today symbolising some of the points he would be making.
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US Doctor Who Beat Ebola Heading Back to Liberia
The Massachusetts doctor who beat the Ebola virus he contracted while working in Liberia is returning to West Africa.
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Clinical Trial Starts at Ebola Center for Anti-Viral Drug
Doctors Without Borders says a clinical drug trial is under way at its Ebola treatment center in Liberia's capital.
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US Healthcare Worker Under Watch After Ebola Exposure
An American healthcare worker who has been in Sierra Leone will be placed under close observation at a Nebraska hospital after high-risk exposure to the Ebola virus, doctors said on Saturday.
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Italy Doctor With Ebola Has Recovered: Reports
An Italian doctor who contracted Ebola in west Africa has recovered from the disease after undergoing experimental treatment, local media reported on Thursday.
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Ebola Returns to Europe with First Case Diagnosed in Britain
A healthcare worker recently back from Sierra Leone was diagnosed with Ebola on Monday by doctors in Scotland's largest city, the first diagnosis of the deadly virus in Britain during the current outbreak.
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Ebola Survival Improving in Sierra Leone: Report
One year into the world's worst Ebola outbreak, doctors are reporting an encouraging sign: About 70 percent of patients in a hard-hit area of Sierra Leone now survive.
