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  Elon Musk admits US 'accidentally' cancelled Ebola prevention grant: 'We won't be perfect'

  World | February 27, 2025 13:18 IST

  DOGE head Elon Musk has admitted that the US "accidentally cancelled" funds aimed at Ebola prevention. However, he insisted that "there was no interruption" in services before the funding was restored.

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  What is Ebola virus disease? Know its warning signs and symptoms

  Health | November 18, 2022 22:01 IST

  Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak is constantly increasing. It generally affects people and nonhuman primates (such as monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees). Know what are the signs and symptoms of this disease.

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  'Ebola-like' Marburg virus cases detected in Ghana, WHO declares outbreak in country

  World | July 18, 2022 8:12 IST

  Marburg Virus in Ghana: The disease, a very infectious hemorrhagic fever in the same family as Ebola, is spread to people by fruit bats and transmitted among people through direct contact with bodily fluids of infected people and surfaces

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  Guinea declares Ebola epidemic after 4 deaths

  World | February 15, 2021 7:24 IST

  Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, said, "WHO is supporting the authorities to set up testing, contact-tracing and treatment structures and to bring the overall response to full speed".

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  Disease X: The next pandemic? Doctor who discovered Ebola says 'new deadly viruses to hit mankind'

  World | January 05, 2021 17:01 IST

  Doctors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have come across a woman, who shows early symptoms of hemorrhagic fever. The patient has already undergone a test for Ebola.

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  2 separate Ebola outbreaks reported in Africa as world reels from COVID-19

  World | June 10, 2020 13:33 IST

  As the world reels from the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, Africa is having to deal with the return of an old outbreak that has led to deaths in the continent time and time again in the last decade. As per latest reports, 2 separate Ebola outbreaks have been reported in Africa which have no connection to each other. 

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  Coronavirus more challenging than Ebola, MERS: Harvard's Marc Lipsitch tells India TV

  World | March 12, 2020 21:46 IST

  The deadly novel coronavirus is more challenging than global health epidemics Ebola and MERS, Harvard Epidemiology professor Marc Lipsitch told India TV Digital. Marc Lipsitch is Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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  This Ebola survivor with motorbike helps ease fear

  World | October 21, 2019 18:09 IST

  Kalubenge is a rare motorcycle taxi driver who is also an Ebola survivor in eastern Congo, making him a welcome collaborator for health workers who have faced deep community mistrust during the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history.

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  Ebola outbreak in Congo declared 'health emergency'

  World | July 18, 2019 7:10 IST

  The announcement was made on Wednesday following a meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee for Ebola virus disease in Congo, the fourth of its kind since the outbreak was declared on August 1, 2018, Xinhua reported.

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  Ugandan medics now tackling Ebola say they lack supplies

  World | June 15, 2019 17:46 IST

  While Ugandan authorities praise the health workers as “heroes” and say they are prepared to contain the virus, some workers disagree, wondering where the millions of dollars spent on preparing for Ebola have gone if a hospital on the front line lacks basic supplies.

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  Congo's Ebola outbreak now second largest in history: WHO

  World | November 30, 2018 6:28 IST

  Salama this month predicted that the outbreak in northeastern Congo will last at least another six months before it can be contained.

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  New vaccine developed to cure Ebola

  Lifestyle | June 21, 2017 17:23 IST

  There have been some recent clusters of Ebola cases in Africa and the fear is that the survivors may still spread the virus to uninfected people.

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  Ebola vaccine found safe, effective in human trials: WHO

  World | December 23, 2016 12:54 IST

  The World Health ​Organisation (WHO) today said that an experimental Ebola vaccine has been found to be 100 per cent affective against the deadly virus in a major human trial in Guinea.

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  Ebola virus may have mutated to better infect humans, claims study

  Lifestyle | November 08, 2016 10:19 IST

  Scientists who identified mutations in the Ebola virus that developed during the recent epidemic in West Africa say that the deadly virus may have adapted to better infect human cells. By the end of

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  Scientists create two-antibody cocktail that cures Ebola-infected monkeys

  World | March 14, 2016 7:40 IST

  Washington:Scientists have created a two-antibody cocktail that was able to cure monkeys infected with the deadly Ebola virus, revealed a new study. The MIL77E cocktail was based on one of the most promising Ebola drugs,

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  Ebola: Low cost portable device discovered for detecting infection

  World | February 23, 2016 7:51 IST

  London: Researchers have developed a low-cost and portable diagnostic device that can be used to detect Ebola infection and many other diseases.The device could be particularly useful to monitor endemic, epidemic and pandemic disease outbreaks

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  WHO officially declares Sierra Leone Ebola-free

  World | November 07, 2015 14:47 IST

  London: Sierra Leone has been declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday, prompting nationwide celebrations, the media reported on Saturday.The capital Freetown was transformed into a giant carnival as crowds took to

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  Eliminating Ebola possible in near future: World Health Organisation

  World | August 05, 2015 6:49 IST

  Geneva:  World Health Organisation (WHO) Assistant Director General Bruce Aylward said here on Tuesday that the Ebola “response is definitely getting better”, adding that though many challenges remain, eliminating the deadly disease is possible in

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  UN announces closure of emergency mission for Ebola

  World | August 01, 2015 6:09 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the closure of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), a media report said.The first-ever UN emergency health mission was established in September 2014 with its

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  North Korea Claims It Has Found Cure For MERS, Ebola, SARS And AIDS

  World | June 23, 2015 18:43 IST

  Seoul, South Korea (AP):  North Korea says it has succeeded where the greatest minds in science have failed.The authoritarian, impoverished nation better known for pursuing a nuclear program despite global criticism announced Friday it has