Ebola cases fall in West Africa, but challenges remain - WHO
World 08:30 19/02/2015Guinea reported 52 new confirmed cases, its first week-to-week decline since Jan. 25. Sierra Leone saw 74 new cases, 45 of which were in the capital Freetown. Liberia reported 2 new confirmed cases in the four days to Feb. 12.
Only a third of Ebola aid pledges delivered, says study
World 21:00 04/02/2015The report pointed to delays in the international response since the first reports about the deadly outbreak in March 2014 and said that "this may have contributed to the ongoing spread of the disease".
Ebola crisis could last through 2015 as marks year since outbreak - expert
World 22:00 24/12/2014Two-year-old Emile Ouamouno died in the remote village of Meliandou in southern Guinea on Dec. 28 last year after suffering from a fever, headache and diarrhoea. His 3-year-old sister, mother and grandmother died days later.
Time names Ebola fighters as 'person' of 2014
World 22:00 10/12/2014The hemorrhagic fever mushroomed from an outbreak into an epidemic in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, and there have been scattered cases in Nigeria, Mali, Spain, Germany and the United States.
U.S. Ebola 'czar' to start work; military team begins training
World 21:30 22/10/2014The Pentagon's 30-member emergency team, including 5 doctors, 20 critical care nurses and 5 trainers who are experts in infectious disease protocols, were scheduled to gather at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas
More Ebola cases in Dallas 'very real possibility' - county official
World 22:30 15/10/2014Dallas County authorities are anticipating more possible Ebola cases as a second nurse who had treated the first victim of Ebola diagnosed on U.S. soil was infected with the virus
Second Ebola case in US as UN warns disease 'winning race'
World 20:00 15/10/2014Like the first, the second infection on US soil concerned a caregiver for a Liberian Ebola patient who died at a Dallas hospital earlier this month
U.S. to screen travelers arriving from Ebola-striken countries - CNN
World 22:08 08/10/2014Travelers arriving in the United Stated from Ebola-striken Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea will face mandatory screening measures for the deadly virus as soon as this weekend
British Ebola victim discharged from hospital
World 21:00 03/09/2014A British nurse infected with Ebola while working in Sierra Leone was discharged from a London hospital on Wednesday after recovering from the disease
Sierra Leone's 365 Ebola deaths traced back to one healer
World 20:30 20/08/2014The outbreak need never have spread from Guinea, health officials revealed to AFP, except for a herbalist in the remote eastern border village of Sokoma.
West Africa Ebola death toll hits 337: WHO
World 20:45 18/06/2014Fresh data from the UN health agency showed that the number of deaths in Guinea, the hardest-hit country, has reached 264, while 49 had died in Sierra Leone and 24 in Liberia.
