Ebola Crisis
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Ebola outbreak: Reporter struggles to ‘keep a distance’ as virus kills his peopleDjaffar Al Katanty, a camera operator from the Democratic Republic of Congo, has only been able to watch as his hometown has become the epicentre of the world's second worst recorded outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. He describes the scene as watching people die "day after day."HealthJul 4, 2019
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10 US clinicians to be evacuated from Sierra Leone after colleague contracts EbolaClinicians with an American organization responding to the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone will be transported to the U.S. after one of their colleagues was infected with the disease.HealthMar 15, 2015
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Public Health England: UK military health care worker in Sierra Leone has EbolaPublic Health England says a British military health care worker in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus.HealthMar 11, 2015
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Nurse who contracted Ebola virus from patient sues Dallas hospital systemA nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for the first person in the U.S. diagnosed with the disease has sued the parent company of the hospital where she worked.HealthMar 2, 2015
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Global Speakers Series highlights Ebola crisisMonday's Global Speakers Series zeroed in on the Ebola Crisis in West Africa.Jan 27, 2015
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US medical worker exposed to Ebola overseas arrives in OmahaAn American health care worker who experienced high-risk exposure to the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone arrived at a Nebraska hospital Sunday for observation.HealthJan 4, 2015
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Doctor who survived Ebola virus says drug he took still needs evaluationA U.S. doctor who contracted Ebola and was treated with an untested drug partly developed in Canada says it still needs a lot of work before it can be approved for general use.CanadaDec 5, 2014
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WHO will miss Ebola targets, had set Dec 1 to isolate 70 per cent of patientsThe World Health Organization will likely miss targets it set to curb, and eventually end, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.HealthNov 30, 2014
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Ebola infections and deaths increase; Sierra Leone needs more beds, medicsSierra Leone will soon see a dramatic increase in desperately needed Ebola treatment beds, but it's still not clear who will staff them.HealthNov 29, 2014
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Mali: New Ebola case confirmed, 2 more suspectedMali has confirmed a new case of Ebola and identified two new suspected cases, raising concern about further spread of the disease.HealthNov 22, 2014
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