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Nigeria declares national emergency over Ebola
Nigeria's president declared a national emergency on Friday over the deadly Ebola virus that has claimed two lives in Africa's most populous country.
Aug 8, 2014
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World takes precautions against deadly Ebola outbreak (Update)
Nurses taking nervous passengers' temperatures at airports and isolation wards standing eerily empty waiting to receive anyone showing symptoms—the world was already on the lookout for Ebola victims before the WHO issued ...
Aug 8, 2014
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US Ebola outbreak 'possible' but not large: CDC chief
People with symptoms of Ebola will inevitably spread worldwide due to the nature of global airline travel, but any outbreak in the US is not likely to be large, health authorities say.
Aug 8, 2014
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Ebola sparks states of emergency across west Africa
A fast-spreading Ebola epidemic sparked states of emergency in overwhelmed west African nations Thursday as the death toll neared 1,000 and an elderly Spanish missionary was evacuated for treatment at home.
Aug 7, 2014
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CDC issues emergency 'all-hands' call for Ebola response
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday issued its highest alert for an all-hands on deck response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
Aug 7, 2014
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New Nigeria Ebola cases amid fears epidemic 'out of control'
The death toll of the Ebola epidemic neared 1,000 Wednesday as fears rose that the disease is now taking hold in Africa's most populous nation of Nigeria after a second death among seven confirmed cases in Lagos.
Aug 6, 2014
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Ebola death toll reaches 932; 1,700 cases: WHO (Update)
A Nigerian nurse who treated a man with Ebola is now dead and five others are sick with one of the world's most virulent diseases, authorities said Wednesday as the death toll rose to at least 932 people in four West African ...
Aug 6, 2014
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Nigeria confirms five more Ebola cases, seven in total, 2 deaths
Nigeria on Wednesday confirmed five new cases of Ebola in Lagos and a second death from the virus, bringing the total number of infections in sub-Saharan Africa's largest city to seven.
Aug 6, 2014
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A campaign involving Muslim clerics has increased uptake of polio vaccination in Nigeria
A coalition campaign involving imams, Islamic school teachers, traditional rulers, doctors, journalists, and polio survivors is gradually turning the tide against polio vaccine rejection in northern Nigeria, according to ...
Aug 5, 2014
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WHO: Death toll from Ebola in W. Africa hits 887
Authorities in Nigeria on Monday announced a second case of Ebola in Africa's most populous country, an alarming setback as the total death toll from the disease in several West Africa countries shot up by more than 150 to ...
Aug 4, 2014
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