Ebola

United States health officials are suggesting that survivors of Ebola avoid having unprotected sexual intercourse until it can be guaranteed that this will not spread the deadly virus. It’s the result of a new report which suggests that a Liberian woman may have become infected with the virus after having sex with an Ebola survivor. […]

The World Health Organization sees hope ahead for the fight against Ebola in West Africa. In a new report, WHO says it believes it will be able to identify and isolate all new cases of the virus in the stricken region before May 2015. The report, which is part of a new plan to close […]

A new report insists that thousands of lives lost to the Ebola virus could have been saved had the crisis received a quicker international response. Since it first emerged in March 2014, the Ebola virus has taken more than ten thousand lives in the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Now, Medicins […]

There’s finally good news from West Africa, where medical teams continue to wage a bitter war against the deadly Ebola virus. According to recent reports, those medical teams could soon make significant gains with the introduction of a new drug. Researchers say they’re encouraged by the development of a new treatment currently being tested in […]

Hope may soon be on the way for the Ebola-ravaged nations of West Africa. According to reports, an Ebola vaccine is about to enter its final-stage trials and, if shown to be effective, could be ready before summer. Many of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies — including GlaxoSmithKline, NewLink Genetics, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, and […]

President Barack Obama believes the United States needs to do more to prevent the further spread of the deadly Ebola virus. The President is now calling on Congress to approve a bill that would see $6 billion allocated to improving America’s Ebola defenses and fighting the deadly virus in West Africa. President Obama discussed his […]