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  Obama urges not to discourage health workers going to West Africa

  World | October 29, 2014 6:59 IST

  Washington: 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 | October 28, 2014 21:08 IST

  ZURICH: 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 | October 28, 2014 7:13 IST

  Washington: 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 | October 27, 2014 21:54 IST

  Havana: 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 | October 25, 2014 17:44 IST

  London: 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 | October 25, 2014 7:19 IST

  Geneva: 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 | October 24, 2014 10:02 IST

  New 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 | October 23, 2014 8:34 IST

  London: 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 | October 22, 2014 9:01 IST

  Washington: 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 | October 21, 2014 22:26 IST

  New 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 | October 21, 2014 6:59 IST

  New 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 | October 20, 2014 23:49 IST

  Washington: 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

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  China, France to join hands to combat Ebola

  World | October 19, 2014 23:30 IST

  Beijing: China and France Sunday agreed to join hands to combat the "unprecedented" spread of Ebola in western Africa.Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his French counterpart Laurent Fabius met in Beijing Sunday, and they

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  Ebola: Global fight to be coordinated with West African national plans

  World | October 19, 2014 17:24 IST

  Accra: The UN and the governments of the countries at the forefront of efforts to turn back the unfolding Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa have agreed to ensure that the UN system adopts

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  US gets blood sample from woman monitored on ship

  World | October 19, 2014 11:56 IST

  Galveston, Texas: The Coast Guard has retrieved a blood sample taken from a Dallas health care worker who is aboard a cruise ship and being monitored for signs of Ebola, officials said early Sunday.Petty Officer

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  David Beckham joins the fight against Ebola

  Hollywood | October 18, 2014 19:42 IST

  London: Former footballer David Beckham has joined the fight against Ebola, calling upon the world to help “collectively halt” the “ferocious” illness.Beckham wants to help people in Sierra Leone affected by the disease that has

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  US prepared to confront challenge posed by Ebola: Obama

  World | October 18, 2014 17:07 IST

  Washington: Allaying fears about spread of Ebola in the US, President Barack Obama today asserted that the country was not facing an outbreak of the deadly virus and it was fully prepared to confront the

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  Ebola causing some people to change travel plans

  World | October 18, 2014 11:45 IST

  Dallas: Travel agents say customers are asking whether it's safe to fly, and what steps they should take to guard against Ebola.The virus has killed more than 4,500 in West Africa since the current outbreak

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  1.2 billion live on less than Rs 77 a day: UN Chief

  World | October 18, 2014 10:47 IST

  United Nations: More than 1.2 billion people are living on less than USD 1.25 (Rs. 77 approx) a day and 2.4 billion are living on less than USD 2 a day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

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  Ebola Death Toll Soars to 4,555, Total 9,216 Cases Registered: WHO

  World | October 18, 2014 9:43 IST

  Geneva: More than 4,500 people have died in the deadly Ebola outbreak that began in west Africa at the beginning of the year, fresh World Health Organization figures showed today.The UN health agency said that