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Dozens Feared Exposed As Sierra Leone Confirms New Ebola Death
A woman who died of Ebola this week in Sierra Leone potentially exposed dozens of other people to the disease, according to an aid agency report on Friday, raising the risk of more cases just as the deadliest outbreak on record appeared to be ending.
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Ghana Halts Ebola Vaccine Trial Due to Community Protests
Ghana has halted a plan to test two Ebola vaccines in an eastern town after legislators backed local protests against the trials sparked by fears of contamination, officials said on Wednesday.
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Greece Crisis Looms Over G7 Summit in Germany
Greece's financial woes were set to dominate a G7 summit in Germany today, amid fears the debt-wracked country could crash out of the euro and rock the world economy.
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Nicaragua Quarantines US Embassy Staffer Over Ebola Fears
Nicaraguan authorities have quarantined a US embassy staffer who came into contact with Ebola patients in Liberia, the health ministry said Monday, urging Washington to send a plane to evacuate him.
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North Korea Reopens Borders After Months-Long Ebola Shutdown
North Korea officially reopened its borders today to foreign tourists and businessmen nearly five months after shutting them over fear of the deadly Ebola virus, tour agencies and a diplomatic source told Reuters.
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Sierra Leone Gives Malaria Pills to Millions as Part of Ebola Fight
Sierra Leone began a campaign on Friday to protect almost half the population from malaria, reducing the burden on health services of people visiting clinics wrongly fearing they have Ebola.
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UN Calls For End to Open Defecation Amid Ebola Threat
The UN today called for an end to defecation in the open, with fears growing that it has helped spread the deadly Ebola virus ravaging West Africa.
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US Teacher Told to Stay Away After Trip to Kenya
A Catholic school teacher in Kentucky was told to take a leave of absence for 21 days when she returned from a mission trip to Kenya, even though the country is thousands of miles from the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak.
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Ebola Fears Ripple Across Continent to Hurt East African Tourism
East Africa's Serengeti and Maasai Mara safari parks are as far if not further from the Ebola outbreak in the west of the continent than much of Europe which supplies the tourists, but you'd hardly guess that from the slump in bookings.
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US Nurse Fights Maine Quarantine Over Ebola Fears
Kaci Hickox, a US nurse who has tested negative for Ebola after returning from West Africa, on Wednesday said she would challenge Maine's restrictions and did not plan to follow guidelines to quarantine herself until November 10.
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Owner is Angry About Pet Dog Slain Over Ebola Fear
The husband of a Spanish nursing assistant who beat Ebola says he feels bitter that authorities killed their pet dog Excalibur, which he says the couple looked upon as "the son we never had."
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Science, Not Fear, Key to Ebola Response: Barack Obama
President Barack Obama says the US must be guided by science - not fear - as it responds to Ebola.
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Woman Isolated in New Jersey Under Ebola Rules Tests Negative
The first person quarantined under strict new rules in the New York City area for people with a high risk of Ebola tested negative, New Jersey officials said on Saturday, as President Barack Obama said the response to the deadly disease needed to be based on "facts, not fear".
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Mali Seeks to Contain Ebola Fears After Girl Dies
Mali authorities on Saturday scrambled to calm fears over Ebola after the disease claimed its first victim in the African country, a contagious toddler who took a 1,000-kilometre journey on public buses before seeking treatment.
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Growing Ebola Fears Loom Large in US Elections
Only four people have been diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S but the fearsome disease has become a dominant issue in midterm elections less than two weeks away.
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Dozens Feared Exposed As Sierra Leone Confirms New Ebola Death
A woman who died of Ebola this week in Sierra Leone potentially exposed dozens of other people to the disease, according to an aid agency report on Friday, raising the risk of more cases just as the deadliest outbreak on record appeared to be ending.
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Ghana Halts Ebola Vaccine Trial Due to Community Protests
Ghana has halted a plan to test two Ebola vaccines in an eastern town after legislators backed local protests against the trials sparked by fears of contamination, officials said on Wednesday.
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Greece Crisis Looms Over G7 Summit in Germany
Greece's financial woes were set to dominate a G7 summit in Germany today, amid fears the debt-wracked country could crash out of the euro and rock the world economy.
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Nicaragua Quarantines US Embassy Staffer Over Ebola Fears
Nicaraguan authorities have quarantined a US embassy staffer who came into contact with Ebola patients in Liberia, the health ministry said Monday, urging Washington to send a plane to evacuate him.
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North Korea Reopens Borders After Months-Long Ebola Shutdown
North Korea officially reopened its borders today to foreign tourists and businessmen nearly five months after shutting them over fear of the deadly Ebola virus, tour agencies and a diplomatic source told Reuters.
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Sierra Leone Gives Malaria Pills to Millions as Part of Ebola Fight
Sierra Leone began a campaign on Friday to protect almost half the population from malaria, reducing the burden on health services of people visiting clinics wrongly fearing they have Ebola.
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UN Calls For End to Open Defecation Amid Ebola Threat
The UN today called for an end to defecation in the open, with fears growing that it has helped spread the deadly Ebola virus ravaging West Africa.
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US Teacher Told to Stay Away After Trip to Kenya
A Catholic school teacher in Kentucky was told to take a leave of absence for 21 days when she returned from a mission trip to Kenya, even though the country is thousands of miles from the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak.
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Ebola Fears Ripple Across Continent to Hurt East African Tourism
East Africa's Serengeti and Maasai Mara safari parks are as far if not further from the Ebola outbreak in the west of the continent than much of Europe which supplies the tourists, but you'd hardly guess that from the slump in bookings.
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US Nurse Fights Maine Quarantine Over Ebola Fears
Kaci Hickox, a US nurse who has tested negative for Ebola after returning from West Africa, on Wednesday said she would challenge Maine's restrictions and did not plan to follow guidelines to quarantine herself until November 10.
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Owner is Angry About Pet Dog Slain Over Ebola Fear
The husband of a Spanish nursing assistant who beat Ebola says he feels bitter that authorities killed their pet dog Excalibur, which he says the couple looked upon as "the son we never had."
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Science, Not Fear, Key to Ebola Response: Barack Obama
President Barack Obama says the US must be guided by science - not fear - as it responds to Ebola.
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Woman Isolated in New Jersey Under Ebola Rules Tests Negative
The first person quarantined under strict new rules in the New York City area for people with a high risk of Ebola tested negative, New Jersey officials said on Saturday, as President Barack Obama said the response to the deadly disease needed to be based on "facts, not fear".
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Mali Seeks to Contain Ebola Fears After Girl Dies
Mali authorities on Saturday scrambled to calm fears over Ebola after the disease claimed its first victim in the African country, a contagious toddler who took a 1,000-kilometre journey on public buses before seeking treatment.
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Growing Ebola Fears Loom Large in US Elections
Only four people have been diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S but the fearsome disease has become a dominant issue in midterm elections less than two weeks away.
