Ebola
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Ebola may be deadlier and more widespread: Study
World | Nov 06, 2014, 07:57 AM ISTNew York: The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa that has grown exponentially since May and has already killed over 5,000 people could prove to be much widespread and deadlier that what is currently believed,
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UNICEF to increase staff in Africa to combat Ebola
World | Nov 04, 2014, 10:43 AM ISTUnited Nations: UNICEF said that the agency would be increasing its staff from 300 to 600 to combat Ebola in West Africa's Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the three countries most affected by the dreaded
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Russian coach refuses to sign black players
Football | Nov 01, 2014, 07:25 AM ISTMoscow: The coach of Russian Premier League team FC Rostov said yesterday he will not sign black players and joked that Ebola had spread to the club. Igor Gamula told local media the club had
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Liberians fast, pray for three days to break Ebola 'curse'
World | Oct 30, 2014, 09:32 AM ISTMonrovio: Liberians began fasting and prayers Wednesday for redemption from the curse of Ebola, that has gripped them. They will continue with the rituals for three days. So far this epidemic has killed 2,705 people
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Barak Obama praises health workers fighting Ebola as 'heroes'
World | Oct 30, 2014, 06:37 AM ISTWashington: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday paid honour to healthcare workers who have treated Ebola patients in West Africa, calling them "heroes" deserving to be applauded rather than discouraged."All of them have signed up
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Barack Obama defends new Ebola directives
World | Oct 29, 2014, 02:36 PM ISTWashington: US President Barack Obama has defended the government's new directives regarding monitoring of people who have been exposed to the Ebola virus, asking the public not to let themselves be influenced by ‘fear', since
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UN General Assembly again urges US to end Cuba embargo
World | Oct 29, 2014, 12:54 PM ISTUnited Nations: The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to demand that the US end its 52-year-old economic embargo against Cuba.The assembly has adopted a similar resolution every year going back to 1992.Tuesday's vote was 188-2,
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Australia suspends entry visas from Ebola-affected region
World | Oct 29, 2014, 10:27 AM ISTCanberra: Australia is suspending entry visas for people from Ebola-affected countries in West Africa in an attempt to keep out the disease.The government is canceling and refusing non-permanent or temporary visas held by people who
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Obama urges not to discourage health workers going to West Africa
World | Oct 29, 2014, 06:59 AM ISTWashington: US President Barack Obama warned Tuesday that returning healthcare workers should only be monitored "in a prudent fashion" and not be discouraged from going to West Africa to help curb Ebola outbreaks."We got to
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FIFA monitoring Ebola, Club World Cup goes ahead
Football | Oct 28, 2014, 09:08 PM ISTZURICH: Preparations for the Club World Cup in Morocco in December are continuing and there is currently no Ebola threat to cause it to be canceled or postponed, FIFA said Tuesday."Should the situation change we
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US Army troops isolated after Africa duty tour
World | Oct 28, 2014, 07:13 AM ISTWashington: An Army two-star general and 11 of his staff are being isolated at the base in Italy upon returning from serving in West Africa to help with the Ebola fight. The general and his
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Cuba rules out Ebola for expert's death in Guinea
World | Oct 27, 2014, 09:54 PM ISTHavana: A Cuban expert who died in Guinea was not infected with the Ebola virus, the Cuban health ministry said Monday.The 60-year-old man, who arrived in the Guinean capital of Conakry earlier this month as
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Ebola cases exceed 10,000: WHO
World | Oct 25, 2014, 05:44 PM ISTLondon: The World Health Organisation (WHO), in its latest report Saturday said the number of Ebola virus cases has exceeded 10,000, with 4,922 deaths.Only 27 of the cases have occurred outside the three worst-hit countries
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Hundreds of thousands of Ebola vaccines to be ready in 2015: WHO
World | Oct 25, 2014, 07:19 AM ISTGeneva: Assistant Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) Marie-Paule Kieny on Friday said hundreds of thousands of Ebola vaccines might be ready for use in the first half of 2015 to turn the tide against
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New York doctor who treated patients in Africa tests positive for Ebola
World | Oct 24, 2014, 10:02 AM ISTNew York: A New York doctor who returned home after treating Ebola victims in West Africa has become a victim of the disease himself, giving way to afresh fears on communicability of the disease.Dr Craig
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Ebola responsible for more than 4,800 deaths: WHO
World | Oct 23, 2014, 08:34 AM ISTLondon: The World Health Organization says Ebola is now believed to have killed more than 4,800 people globally and that the spread of the lethal virus remains "persistent and widespread" in West Africa.In a new
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US only country that can galvanize the world community: Obama
World | Oct 22, 2014, 09:01 AM ISTWashington: President Barack Obama has said the United States is the only country to galvanize the world community for any major crisis, referring to the formation of two broad international coalition against ISIL and Ebola."The
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Nigeria-like Ebola surveillance, tracking system put in place: Harsh Vardhan
India | Oct 21, 2014, 10:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: A surveillance and tracking system similar to that in Nigeria, which was declared Ebola-free by WHO, has been put in place in India, health minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday.Amid concerns in some
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WHO officially declares Nigeria Ebola-free nation
World | Oct 21, 2014, 06:59 AM ISTNew Delhi: With no new cases being conformed in last six weeks, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday officially declared Nigeria Ebola-free nation.WHO country representative Rui Gama Vaz said in Abuja that outbreak in
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Barack Obama coalition-building again, this time on Ebola
World | Oct 20, 2014, 11:49 PM ISTWashington: After rallying dozens of nations to join the fight against Islamic State militants, President Barack Obama is back in the coalition-building business — this time to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.Obama is