Washington: US President Barack Obama greeted nurse Nina Pham in the Oval Office with a big hug to celebrate her recovery from the Ebola virus, which she was the first person in the country to
Washington: President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he is ‘cautiously optimistic' about the Ebola situation in the US, as his government announced a new programme that will actively monitor for 21 days every person coming
Washington: An unidentified Ebola patient, who was treated at the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, has been discharged, the hospital said.The patient, who was transported to Emory University Hospital Sep 9, was discharged from the
Beijing: Setting aside their strategic rivalry, the US and China today agreed to cooperate in stepping up efforts to control the raging Ebola epidemic in Africa.Visiting Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi and US Secretary of
Islamabad: The Pakistan government has decided to step up measures to prevent the spread of Ebola virus in the country, media reported.At a meeting Wednesday presided over by Minister of National Health Services Saira Afzal
Washington: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced on that social networking site that he and his wife, Priscilla, have donated $25 million to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention for the fight against the
London: London's Heathrow airport is ready to start screening for Ebola virus among passengers flying into Britain from countries at risk, media reported on Tuesday.Britain is the first European Union country to start such screenings.Screening
Los Angeles: Singer Chris Brown is the latest celebrity to voice his opinion on the Ebola epidemic and says that the virus is "a form of population control" before backtracking.The singer took to Twitter on
Manila: The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is ‘the most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times' but adds that economic disruptions can be curbed if people are
New York: The deadly Ebola virus that has killed over 3,300 people in West Africa since its current outbreak was confirmed in March, was christened in 1976 after a river.The virus first surfaced and caused
New York: U.S. customs and health officials began taking the temperatures of passengers arriving at New York's Kennedy International Airport from three West African countries on Saturday in a stepped-up screening effort meant to prevent
Geneva: The risk of the Ebola virus disease spreading in Europe is extremely low, the World Health Organisation's regional director for Europe Zsuzsanna Jakab said on Wednesday.Due to travel between Europe and affected countries in
Geneva: The world's worst-ever Ebola epidemic has now infected nearly 6,300 people in West Africa and killed nearly half of them, according to World Health Organisation figures released on Thursday.In its latest update, the UN
New Delhi: The Central government has announced USD 12 million contribution to the United Nations to help it fight the deadly Ebola virus in the African continent.The contribution was approved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Geneva: The deadliest Ebola epidemic ever has now killed 2,811 in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.The UN health agency on Monday said that the tally of cases in five West African countries
Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged her support for the fight against Ebola virus in response to an appeal by Liberia.Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf had asked Germany for further financial and practical help
Geneva: The deadliest Ebola epidemic on record has now infected nearly 5,000 people in west Africa and killed around half of them, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday.The UN health agency said a
New Delhi: The worst-ever outbreak of Ebola fever has killed more than 2,400 and infected twice the number, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.The WHO head Margaret Chan said in Geneva that till date there
Washington: One shot of an experimental Ebola vaccine when combined with an additional vaccine was found to be effective in protecting monkeys against the deadly virus for 10 months."Ten months after the initial inoculation, four
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia will establish a 50-bed exclusive isolation ward at Arafat Hospital in Mecca during the Haj pilgrimage as a preventive measure against the Ebola virus and other communicable diseases, Arab News reported on
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