March 3, 2017 Ebola nurse's family want to sue Liberian hospital over her death The family of a Liberian Ebola nurse named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" in 2014 wants to sue a hospital whose staff they say were too scared to treat her when she died of complications around childbirth.
March 1, 2017 Liberian Ebola fighter dies during childbirth; family blames virus stigma A Liberian Ebola survivor-turned-fighter who appeared on a TIME Magazine Person of the Year cover in 2014 died during childbirth last week, and her family believes stigma of the disease led to her early demise.
January 27, 2017 Rep. Chaffetz: Surgeon general should be heading Ebola response Utah GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz on Wednesday questioned President Obama’s decision to appoint what he considers a political operative to lead the country’s Ebola response, instead of the acting-United States surgeon general.
January 19, 2017 Initiative aims to prevent epidemics with new vaccines A global coalition announced plans to fund the creation of new vaccines for diseases in order to prevent future epidemics on Wednesday.
January 17, 2017 We’re not prepared for future Ebola outbreaks, experts warn The world is not prepared for future epidemics of Ebola — and not in position to use vaccines to prevent another deadly outbreak, a new report warned.
January 6, 2017 Ebola can hide out and multiply in the lungs Ebola has been found lingering in patients’ semen and breast milk several days after conventional tests can detect it in blood.
December 30, 2016 Cuban doctor with Ebola flown to Switzerland A Cuban doctor who caught Ebola while treating patients in Sierra Leone left the country on Thursday afternoon in an aircraft bound for Switzerland, Reuters reported. He is due to arrive in Geneva later on Thursday.
December 29, 2016 Cuban doctors proud to risk lives in mission to halt Ebola Cuban doctors and nurses departing for West Africa to combat Ebola consider themselves lucky. Among the 15,000 who volunteered, they are among only 256 who have been chosen for the job.
December 29, 2016 Spanish nurse with Ebola beats the disease, second test confirms A Spanish nursing assistant infected with Ebola after treating missionary priests with the disease repatriated from West Africa has managed to beat it after nearly two weeks of treatment in Madrid and has no traces of the virus in her bloodstream, test results released Tuesday confirmed.
December 29, 2016 Spain to increase Ebola training as nurse remains seriously ill Spain will ramp up training for health workers and emergency services dealing with Ebola cases, authorities said on Monday, as a nurse who caught the virus in Madrid after caring for infected patients remained seriously ill.
