The highly contagious H5N8 has found its way in Europe over the last few weeks, and it’s now present in the Netherlands, as confirmed by Dutch officials on Sunday, November 16.
The surgeon from Sierra Leone who caught the deadly Ebola virus has finally arrived in the United States on Saturday, November 15, in an airfield in Omaha, Nebraska. However, unlike Dr. Kent Brantly who walked out of the vehicle almost unaided, the doctor didn…
With more than 5,000 dead and over 14,000 confirmed cases, World Health Organization (WHO) and other members of the health care industry are desperate to find the right treatment. Unfortunately, none has so far shown some effectiveness.
After serving as peacekeepers for the United Nations in Liberia, more than 100 Filipinos have finally arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday, November 12. However, before they can finally join their respective families, they have to spend 21 days in quarantin…
A doctor from Sierra Leone recently diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus is about to be flown to the United States to be treated, a Reuters report published on Friday, November 14, mentions.
Drugs and therapies are on the way as Doctors without Borders, in partnership with other international agencies and organizations, announced on Thursday, November 13, they are set to begin clinical trials on blood therapy and drugs in an effort to control Ebol
In spite of the ongoing efforts to fight the spread of the infection, Ebola continues to kill people especially in three Western African nations, namely, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia.
A group of researchers from Boston University Medical Center has developed a way to specifically identify the hemorrhagic virus before the person shows symptoms.
Dr. Craig Spencer is finally free of the Ebola virus, and on Tuesday, November 11, he left his hospital bed and walked out of the hospital to the applause and hugs including from the city mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife.
