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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...
- 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...
- US regulators approve 1st treatment for EbolaThe Food and Drug Administration OK'd the drug developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for treating adults and children with the Zaire Ebola...
- Global vaccine fund could prevent outbreak if diseases like Ebola: ScientistsThe team of physicians said the creation of a USD 2 billion global vaccine-development fund could prevent the future outbreak of many deadl...
- Bill Gates says an epidemic can kill 10 million people in next 30 yearsBill Gates said we should worry about a future epidemic that is much more contagious than Ebola, one that spreads via the air, like a deadl...
- Advanced Protective suit for Ebola workers developedThe prototype will do a better job than current garments in keeping health care workers from coming in contact with contagious body fluids.
- US the only country that can galvanize the world community: Barack ObamaThe Ebola crisis, which has been the only story here in the US for the last couple of weeks, is not an outbreak and epidemic here, he said.
- Ebola 'winning the race' against attempts to contain it: UNMEER"Time is our biggest enemy. We must use every minute of every day to our advantage and that is what UNMEER is doing."
- 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...
- Ebola outbreak 'running' ahead of world's response: UN officialThe UN CERF has so far committed $ 13.4 million to support food and health operations as well as the regional humanitarian air service.
- 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".
- John Kerry appoints Nancy Powell as Ebola CoordinatorIn this new role Powell will lead the State Department's outreach to international partners, including foreign governments.
- United States to fight its noblest war against EbolaPresident Barack Obama is sending 3,000 American military personnel to combat the spread of the deadly virus Ebola.
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