Ebola

WHO and others are working to strengthen surveillance and contact tracing.

WHO confirms Ebola-like Marburg virus outbreak in Equatorial Guinea, 9 dead

Marburg virus, which spreads from fruit bats, is highly infectious and causes Ebola-like illness with severe haemorrhagic symptoms like blood-stained vomit and diarrhoea, fever and fatigue

Uganda says it is now free of Ebola

"We have successfully controlled the spread of Ebola in Uganda," Jane Ruth Aceng, the health minister, said during a ceremony to mark the outbreak's end.

DCGI gives nod to SII-manufactured Ebola vaccine for export to Uganda

The vaccine has been developed by Serum Institute in collaboration with Oxford University, UK. According to sources, this vaccine will be used for solidarity clinical trials in Uganda.

WHO: Uganda Ebola outbreak ''rapidly evolving'' after 1 month

The Ministry of Health of Uganda has shown remarkable resilience and effectiveness and (is) constantly fine-tuning a response to what is a challenging situation

Serum Institute to produce Ebola vaccine for use in Uganda outbreak

The response to Uganda's outbreak has been blunted by the absence of a proven vaccine against the Sudan strain of the virus.

Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after Sudan strain found

A 24-year-old man in Uganda's central Mubende district showed symptoms and later died.

Marburg virus: What we know about the deadly disease in 10 points

The Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces and materials. Know about the signs and symptoms of Marburg virus.

Ebola survivors can trigger outbreaks years after infection, new research shows

Scientists already knew Ebola could lie dormant in survivors, who test negative because the virus is in tissue rather than circulating in the blood.

More than 11,000 Ebola vaccines expected in Guinea this weekend: WHO

WHO regional director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti told a news conference that 11,000 doses were being prepared in Geneva, while 8,600 more doses would be shipped from the United States.

Guinea reports first Ebola cases since 2016, including three deaths

The patients fell ill with diarrhoea, vomiting and bleeding after attending a burial in Goueke sub-prefecture. The five still alive have been isolated in treatment centres, the agency ANSS said on Sunday.

New ebola outbreak threatens in Congo

The Health Ministry announced Sunday that the wife of a farmer who had survived the disease died February 3, three days after she first showed symptoms, at a hospital in Butembo, a city of 700,000 in North Kivu province. A blood analysis on the woman performed in Butembo came back positive for the virus

Disease X deadlier than COVID-19, could hit the world soon, warns scientist who discovered Ebola

The fear of a second pandemic started after a woman hailing from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was found suffering from symptoms of a hemorrhagic fever, which could have been caused by an unidentified deadly pathogen.

DR Congo reports fresh Ebola outbreak amid measles epidemic, COVID-19 pandemic

The 11th Ebola outbreak has come just weeks before it had hoped to declare the end of the 10th in the east.

COVID-19 | That women leaders are faring better is simplistic and flawed thinking

Attributing the accomplishments of women leaders to just their sex detracts from the value of their contribution. It’s furthers the same sexist stereotypes that have historically held women back

Congo was close to defeating Ebola, then one more case emerged

The fight to stop a deadly outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has lasted nearly two years. The lessons learned could now apply to combating the coronavirus.

Two weeks needed to assess coronavirus containment efforts, says leading expert

Piot said China is taking unprecedented measures to contain virus that no other country, except North Korea could possibly take.

Ebola 'no longer incurable' as Congo trial finds drugs boost survival

Two experimental drugs - an antibody cocktail called REGN-EB3 developed by Regeneron and a monoclonal antibody called mAb114 - will now be offered to all patients infected with the viral disease in an ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Scientists call for surveillance against Ebola, nine other viral infections in India

Formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, it is a rare but severe, often fatal illness in humans.

WHO likely to declare Ebola an international emergency: Experts

A panel of 13 independent medical experts on the WHO's Emergency Committee (EC) were meeting from midday to evaluate the latest evidence and whether the epidemic constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).

Prediction is a wrong word; detect fragility, says Nassim Taleb

In an interview to CNBC-TV18's Latha Venkatesh, Nassim Taleb, Statistician & Author of The Black Swan spoke about global economy and other related issues.

Ebola vaccine found safe, effective in human trials: WHO

An experimental Ebola vaccine has been found to be 100 per cent affective against the deadly virus in a major human trial in Guinea, giving doctors a safe and potent weapon against any future outbreak, WHO said today.

'Dengue, Chikungunya rampant in India, need attention'

Though India was not at risk of an Ebola outbreak, there have been many such outbreaks in the past, including bird flu and swine flu, Piot, co-discoverer of the Ebola virus and Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), said during his lecture at the Indian Institute of Public Health-Hyderabad (IIPH-H) here last night.

Obama calls Brazilian counterpart over spread of Zika virus

US President Barack Obama spoke with his Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff to discuss shared concerns over the recent spread of the Zika virus in the Western Hemisphere.

Clouds over Davos: Ebola, air disasters hit trust

The 2015 Edelman Trust Barometer - released to coincide with the beginning of the 2015 World Economic Forum in Davos - surveyed 27,000 people from 27 countries using 20-minute online interviews.