Ebola November 8, 2016 Canadian lab worker possibly exposed to Ebola from pigs An employee in a high-level Canadian laboratory may have been accidentally exposed to the Ebola virus on Monday after working with pigs who were infected with the virus as part of an experiment, government officials said on Tuesday.
Ebola November 7, 2016 Ebola-hit children in Sierra Leone go hungry amid food shortages, charity reports Thousands of Ebola orphans, teenage mothers and children in charge of households in Sierra Leone are struggling to feed themselves and their families amid widespread food shortages in the West African nation, a British charity said on Monday.
Ebola November 3, 2016 Ebola adapted to target humans during 2014 outbreak, study finds Before the 2014 outbreak in West Africa, Ebola was long thought to be a virus that primarily impacted bats.
Ebola October 25, 2016 Texas hospital reaches settlement with nurse infected with Ebola A nurse who contracted the Ebola virus while treating the first person diagnosed with the deadly disease in the United States has reached a settlement with the Dallas hospital where she was in a team caring for the man, a statement on Monday said.
Ebola October 14, 2016 Promising Ebola drug ZMapp: The real lessons of an inconclusive study In the midst of the 2014 Ebola outbreak, a drug called ZMapp was one of the most promising treatments for the disease.
Ebola October 7, 2016 Scottish nurse tests negative for Ebola after readmission to hospital British nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted Ebola in 2014 while caring for patients in Sierra Leone, has tested negative for the virus after she was readmitted to hospital in Scotland, Glasgow's health service said on Thursday.
Ebola October 6, 2016 British nurse who contracted Ebola in 2014 taken back to hospital: PA Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted Ebola in 2014 while caring for patients in Sierra Leone, was taken back to hospital on Thursday with a police escort, the Press Association (PA) reported.
Ebola October 6, 2016 Ohio bridal shop that closed amid Ebola scare sues hospital The owner of an Ohio bridal shop that went out of business after an Ebola scare has sued a Texas hospital, saying it failed to train and prevent a nurse from contracting the virus from a hospital patient.
Ebola September 14, 2016 Scottish nurse who had Ebola cleared of hiding symptom A Scottish nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for patients in Sierra Leone was cleared on Wednesday of allegations that she had put the public at risk by hiding the fact that she had a raised temperature when she returned to Britain.
Ebola September 14, 2016 UK nurse who contracted Ebola cleared of misconduct charge A British nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone has been cleared of misconduct charges that stemmed from questions about her elevated temperature when she returned to Britain from West Africa.
Ebola September 14, 2016 Ebola lessons spur on Sierra Leone's fight against maternal deaths Rushing from one pregnant woman to another in the antenatal ward of Sierra Leone's main maternity hospital, Josephine Powells, a midwifery student, is all too aware of the danger facing the dozens of expecting mothers under her care.