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May 22, 2017

Ebola survivor's blood could lead to future vaccine

The West African Ebola outbreak , which peaked between August and September 2014, killed 11,310 people, according to the World Health Organization .

May 22, 2017

Two more suspected cases of Ebola hit Congo

The World Health Organization has identified two more suspected cases of the deadly Ebola virus a day after declaring an outbreak in Congo.

May 22, 2017

Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo kills 3 people, WHO says

An Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo last month has left three people dead and several others sickened, the World Health Organization announced on Friday.

March 15, 2017

Two-part Ebola vaccine offers long-lasting protection

The world should be far better prepared for the next Ebola outbreak, with further promising results on Tuesday showing the potential of a long-lasting vaccine against the deadly virus.

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.