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White House seeks $87.6 billion from Congress for Iran war costs, US farmers and Ebola responseThe White House has formally requested $87.6 billion, primarily to replenish the Pentagon following the U.S. war against Iran. This comes a...- Serum Institute of India to manufacture Oxford Ebola vaccine backed by $8.6 million CEPI fundingSerum Institute of India will produce clinical trial doses of a new Ebola vaccine from Oxford University. This initiative is backed by fres...
- Moderna and other groups get $60 million to develop Ebola vaccineCEPI is investing around $60 million to speed up the creation of vaccines against the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus. This funding will supp...
- What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola as cases outpace responseA rare Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly in Congo and Uganda. The Bundibugyo virus has no approved treatments. Health workers face challe...
- America's subpar diplomats aren't the world's only choiceThe United Nations, once a global peace beacon, now struggles for relevance. Superpower politics and a decline in multilateralism have dimi...
- US allocates extra $80 mn to tackle EbolaThe United States announced Thursday that it was allocating an additional $80 million to help combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic R...
- WHO chief says Ebola outbreak in Congo is 'spreading rapidly' and upgrades risk assessmentWHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the U.N. health agency was revising upward to "very high" its assessment of the risk w...
- Hantavirus outbreak: How an African lab identified the deadly Andes strainA hantavirus scare aboard a cruise ship off Cape Verde prompted a rapid scientific response, with researchers in Senegal quickly identifyin...
- Ebola outbreak: US citizen infected, 131 killed, vaccines available for only one strain. Here's why WHO is sounding red alarmEbola Vaccines are only available for the Zaire strain, which was identified in 1976 and has a higher fatality rate of 60-90 per cent.
- Ebola outbreak sparks US travel curbs, Visa suspension for Africa regionsAmerica is increasing safety measures against Ebola. Travelers from affected regions will be screened. Visa services are temporarily stoppe...
- Hantavirus, Ebola crises: WHO kicks off 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva amid global health concernsWHO 79th World Health Assembly: World Health Organization member states meet in Geneva. Deadly hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks are major con...
- A new Ebola outbreak is confirmed in a remote Congo province, with 65 deaths recordedAfrica CDC has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo's Ituri province. Hundreds of suspected cases and dozens of deaths have been recorde...
- Hantavirus scientists were close to vaccine but ran out of moneyScientists in Chile developed antibodies that successfully neutralised the deadly Andes hantavirus in lab and animal studies, raising hopes...
- Serum Institute to produce Ebola vaccine for use in Uganda outbreakThe Serum Institute of India plans to manufacture 20,000 to 30,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine by the end of November for use in...
- Progress on Ebola but no scope for complacency: India to UNIndia has contributed USD 10 million for the Secretary General's Ebola Response Multi-Partners Trust Fund.
- Committed to assist in global efforts to combat Ebola: IndiaThe UN system response to the Ebola outbreak was launched by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in September 2014 to unite efforts of all concer...
- India should take Ebola threat seriouslyIndia has already started monitoring passengers from the affected regions. This is necessary but not sufficient.
- Ebola: India committed to assisting international community in researchIndia's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Asoke Mukerji told the UN General Assembly that the Indian government has put in plac...
- India to contribute $ 12 million to UN to fight EbolaThe UN Security Council has also declared the outbreak of the virus in West Africa a "threat to international peace and security".
- World Bank pledges 200 million to contain spread of EbolaWorld Bank pledged $200 mn to help contain the deadly Ebola virus reaping panic across west Africa, as Nigerian authorities say a doctor in...
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