Lassa On The Rise And Still Existing

Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness caused by Lassa virus, a member of the arenavirus family of viruses. 

Humans usually become infected with Lassa virus through exposure to food or household items contaminated with urine or faeces of infected rats.

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Fresh Ebola Virus In Some Part Of Africa

A new outbreak of Ebola virus has resurface in the west part of the Democratic Republic of Congo which has killed four people, according to Health Minister Eteni Longondo.

The infections were identified in the western city of Mbandaka in Equateur province, Longondo said in a text message Monday. 

“There are already four deaths and four suspected cases” who are still alive, he said.

Equateur province last experienced the virus outbreak in 2018, with 54 cases and 33 deaths, according to the World Health Organization.

Congo is still struggling to extinct the second-largest Ebola epidemic in history in the eastern part of the country, where over 2,260 people have died despite the use of two new vaccines.

The country is also fighting a rising number of cases of Covid-19, with 3,195 known infections and 72 deaths through May 31, according to the agency handling the coronavirus response. No Covid-19 cases have been found in Equateur province so far.

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Death toll in DR Congo Rises to 1,540, - WHO

Latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded death toll rise to 1,540, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Ebola Outbreak in Eastern Congo DR Kills 10

Over ten people have been declared dead in an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a toll issued on Friday that said 27 other deaths were suspected to be Ebola-related.

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Three Years After Ebola Crisis, Survivors Narrate How Ebola Transformed Their Lives

Three years after the 2014 Ebola outbreak that killed more than 11,000 people, African countries are still struggling with the virus and its effects.

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WHO Approves Ebola Vaccination In Democratic Republic Of Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry has approved the use of a new vaccine to counter an outbreak of Ebola in northeast that has killed four people, a spokesperson said on Monday.

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Ebola Re-Surface In Africa

An outbreak of Ebola has resurfaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and hundreds could be affected, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed.

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New case of Ebola found in Liberia -U.N. official

A new case of Ebola has been found in Liberia, a country declared free of the disease on Sept. 3, a senior United Nations official said on Friday.

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Family of Ebola Nurse Pauline Cafferkey - I was 'Let Down'

The family of nurse Pauline Cafferkey says doctors "missed a big opportunity" to spot she had fallen ill again.

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EBOLA: ZMapp Gets Fast Track From FDA

ZMapp, an experimental drug that was given to the first American treated in the United States for Ebola, has been granted fast track approval by the FDA, according to LeafBio.

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Sex May Disrupts Ebola Eradication - WHO

World Health Organization has adviced that all male survivors from the deadly virus Ebola should be tested three months after

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Ebola Vaccine Trial 'Challenging' As Cases Tumble

The NIH might have to move some testing to neighboring Sierra Leone, while regulators could end up approving Ebola shots based on efficacy data from animal tests backed by only limited human evidence, Francis Collins told Reuters.

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Nurse Suffering From Ebola In Critical Condition

The condition of a British nurse being treated for Ebola in a London hospital is critical after deteriorating over the last two days, the hospital said in a statement on Saturday.

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Ebola Virus Remains Tough And Deadly But May Be Won This Year - UN Mission Chief

The world can stamp out the Ebola outbreak in West Africa by the end of the year but months of tough work remain, the outgoing chief of the United Nations' anti-Ebola mission said on Friday.

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C.D.C. Head Says Fight on Ebola Will Be Long

The World Health Organization on Monday reported 19,340 Ebola cases, including 7,518 deaths in West Africa. Sierra Leone had the most cases, 8,939; Liberia had 7,830 and Guinea 2,571.

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EVD Death Toll Rises In 3 African Countries -Up to 7,373 - WHO

The death toll from Ebola in the three worst-affected western African countries has risen to 7,373 in 19,031 cases known up to date, the World Health Organization said on Saturday.

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Ebola Vaccine Trial Halted Temporarily After Joint Pains: Geneva Hospital

A clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine developed by Merck and NewLink has been halted temporarily as a precautionary measure after four patients complained of joint pains, the University of Geneva Hospital said on Thursday.

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Cuban Ebola Patient Recovers

A Cuban doctor who received experimental treatment for Ebola in a Geneva hospital has made a full recovery and left Switzerland to be reunited with his family, the hospital said on Saturday.

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WHO Starts Survey Of Ebola Treatments, Says None Proven So Far

Despite the apparent success of ZMapp, the U.S.-made drug that grabbed headlines when two American aid workers with Ebola were given it and recovered, it has also not yet been proven to be effective, he added.

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How The Ebola Outbreak Extends Infection To Both Animal And Environmental Health

Researchers believe that bats are the original carriers of the Ebola virus.

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