Ebola Recovery

The largest analysis yet has found Ebola virus particles present in semen as long as 565 days after recovery from an infection, highlighting the potential role of sex in sparking another outbreak, researchers reported on Tuesday.

In July 2014, Adrian Simpson was on a night out in Sierra Leone's third city of Kenema to celebrate his biggest deal yet: a contract to supply a new business partner with cocoa beans from his company's plantation.

International donors pledged $3.4 billion in new funds Friday to help Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in their final push to stamp out Ebola and get on the road to recovery.

The presidents of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone come to the United Nations today hoping to raise $3.2 billion to put their countries firmly on course for recovery from Ebola.

A baby has died of Ebola in a part of Sierra Leone where the outbreak began, dealing a blow to the recovery weeks after the district had eradicated the virus, officials said Monday.

The United States staged a military ceremony on Thursday to end its five-month Ebola mission in Liberia, with the west African nation in recovery from the worst-ever outbreak of the virus.

As Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visits the US Senate today to thank Americans for their pivotal role in the Ebola recovery, she will reflect on a sometimes fractious relationship spanning two centuries.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Ebola-ravaged Liberia will visit the White House on February 27, as her recovering nation embarks on an ambitious goal of reducing infections to zero.

Sierra Leone said today it had placed hundreds of homes in the capital under quarantine, in a huge blow for its recovery from the Ebola crisis less than a month after it lifted all travel restrictions

The last patient to be treated for Ebola in Mali has made a full recovery, a senior health ministry official told AFP on Thursday.

World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim announced a $160 million two-year economic recovery plan on Wednesday to help impoverished Sierra Leone battle the worst Ebola outbreak on record.

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday warned Britain's economic recovery faced a "real risk" from instability in the world economy fuelled by Middle East unrest, Ebola, Ukraine and stalled trade talks.

Just a few days after Solomon, 14, and Joe, 11, stood in t-shirts and pyjama pants waving as US envoy Samantha Power visited an Ebola treatment unit in Liberia, their recovery was complete -- they tested negative for the hemorrhagic fever.

An American video journalist who recovered from Ebola at a Nebraska hospital left the facility Wednesday afternoon and is heading home to Rhode Island, a hospital spokesman said.

The largest analysis yet has found Ebola virus particles present in semen as long as 565 days after recovery from an infection, highlighting the potential role of sex in sparking another outbreak, researchers reported on Tuesday.

In July 2014, Adrian Simpson was on a night out in Sierra Leone's third city of Kenema to celebrate his biggest deal yet: a contract to supply a new business partner with cocoa beans from his company's plantation.

International donors pledged $3.4 billion in new funds Friday to help Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in their final push to stamp out Ebola and get on the road to recovery.

The presidents of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone come to the United Nations today hoping to raise $3.2 billion to put their countries firmly on course for recovery from Ebola.

A baby has died of Ebola in a part of Sierra Leone where the outbreak began, dealing a blow to the recovery weeks after the district had eradicated the virus, officials said Monday.

The United States staged a military ceremony on Thursday to end its five-month Ebola mission in Liberia, with the west African nation in recovery from the worst-ever outbreak of the virus.

As Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visits the US Senate today to thank Americans for their pivotal role in the Ebola recovery, she will reflect on a sometimes fractious relationship spanning two centuries.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Ebola-ravaged Liberia will visit the White House on February 27, as her recovering nation embarks on an ambitious goal of reducing infections to zero.

Sierra Leone said today it had placed hundreds of homes in the capital under quarantine, in a huge blow for its recovery from the Ebola crisis less than a month after it lifted all travel restrictions

The last patient to be treated for Ebola in Mali has made a full recovery, a senior health ministry official told AFP on Thursday.

World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim announced a $160 million two-year economic recovery plan on Wednesday to help impoverished Sierra Leone battle the worst Ebola outbreak on record.

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday warned Britain's economic recovery faced a "real risk" from instability in the world economy fuelled by Middle East unrest, Ebola, Ukraine and stalled trade talks.

Just a few days after Solomon, 14, and Joe, 11, stood in t-shirts and pyjama pants waving as US envoy Samantha Power visited an Ebola treatment unit in Liberia, their recovery was complete -- they tested negative for the hemorrhagic fever.

An American video journalist who recovered from Ebola at a Nebraska hospital left the facility Wednesday afternoon and is heading home to Rhode Island, a hospital spokesman said.