Ebola outbreak kills 15 in eastern Congo, better education needed to curb ...
GOMA, Congo - An outbreak of the Ebola virus has killed 15 people in northeastern Congo and the local communities are quickly learning how frighteningly deadly the disease is, and how to prevent its spread.www.washingtonpost.com
Ebola outbreak spreads in eastern Congo, kills 15
GOMA, Congo (AP) - Local authorities in eastern Congo say that the population lack of information on Ebola and the traditional practice of washing corpses before funerals are helping the epidemic to spread. Fifteen people have died in the current ...www.google.com
Ebola outbreak kills 15 in eastern Congo
GOMA, Congo—An outbreak of the Ebola virus has killed 15 people in northeastern Congo and the local communities are quickly learning how frighteningly deadly the disease is, and how to prevent its spread.www.montereyherald.com
Ebola outbreak coming to an end in Uganda, continues in Congo
While Ebola continues to kill in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an outbreak of the virus in neighboring Uganda appears to be coming to an end, the World Health Organization said Monday, reporting that no new cases of the deadly virus had been ...latimesblogs.latimes.com
Ebola outbreak kills 10 in Congo
As of Monday, WHO said, the deaths are among 13 probable and two confirmed Ebola cases reported in Orientale province in eastern Congo.www.cnn.com
Officials in eastern Congo say Ebola outbreak has spread
GOMA, Congo -- Officials in eastern Congo say the Ebola epidemic has spread to a second centre after a woman was contaminated during the funeral of a victim of the disease and travelled back to her home.www.ctvnews.ca
DR Congo Ebola outbreak death toll rises to 14: medics
KINSHASA (Reuters) - The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 14 and the crisis is not yet under control, medical officials said on Monday.www.chicagotribune.com
Uganda Ebola outbreak 'coming to an end': WHO
GENEVA - Uganda's latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus appears to be over, the World Health Organisation said Monday, pointing out that no new cases had been confirmed for the past month.www.google.com
Thief contracts Ebola virus from swiped cell phone
An unlucky crook caught the Ebola virus when he swiped a cell phone from a patient battling the disease at a hospital in western Uganda, the locus of an outbreak of the deadly fever. The 40-year-old thief snuck past security at Kagadi Hospital Aug. 14 ...www.nydailynews.com
Canberra doctor fighting deadly ebola
Scientists suspect ebola virus lives in bat colonies and Dr Lokuge said the outbreak started after one family member spent time in the forest.www.canberratimes.com.au
Uganda's deadly Ebola outbreak under control, says MSF
The outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Uganda appears to be under control, says the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).www.bbc.co.uk
Ebola Strikes 30 in Northeastern Congo, Kills 14, WHO Reports
An outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever killed 14 people in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo by Sept. 1, the World Health Organization said.www.businessweek.com
Reactions to Uganda's Health Scare Should Ring True for Americans
It's more than 7,000 miles between Uganda and our Atlantic shores, and so if the recent outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus there seems unthreatening and distant to Americans, I suppose that's understandable. Even the name of the virus, named after the ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Ebola Outbreak Migrating Westward: It began in Uganda: Will it end in the US?
The Ebola virus is a member of the filoviridae family of viral infections. Marburg was first recognized in 1967 as causing an outbreak among staff at a laboratory in Marburg, Germany, as a result of handling a recently arrived shipment of African green ...guardianlv.com
Stop-work order creates uncertainty for Ebola drug research
The world's first major outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever since 2009 raged across Uganda and Congo in July and August, killing at least 26 people.www.nature.com
Clinton wraps up African trip
COTONOU, Benin - On an epic journey through Africa, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton braved an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Uganda, escaped a swarm of angry bees in Malawi and witnessed a rare snow in South Africa. She even ...www.tampabay.com
Ebola and Tanzania
While talking with students at the Zanzibar School of Health, there was a realization that more needed to be learned about Ebola. The recent outbreak in western Uganda was putting a chill on the thought of vacationing in Arusha. Although most people ...allafrica.com
Ebola outbreak in Congo worsens, 14 dead
Ebola outbreak in Congo worsens, 14 dead, WHO says. The Doctors Without Borders isolation ward of Kampungu where people with Ebola are treated.www.presstv.ir
WHO declares Uganda Ebola freePublish Date: Sep 04, 2012
The partners who are involved in the response to the Ebola outbreak are transferring capacity to national and district authorities to sustain the essential functions, including enhanced surveillance and response, psychosocial support and infection ...www.newvision.co.ug
WHO: 30 Suspected Cases of Ebola in Congo
The World Health Organization has registered 30 suspected cases of the deadly Ebola virus in Congo in an outbreak that comes on the heels of one in neighboring Uganda.abcnews.go.com
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