Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How long is an Ebola survivor contagious? One case is causing scientists to rethink the answer.
Surviving Ebola isn't like getting over the flu.
Aug 14, 2018
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DR Congo's Ebola outbreak coming to an end: minister
An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is just weeks away from being defeated, after claiming 29 lives, the country's health minister said Thursday.
Jun 28, 2018
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In Togo, hi-tech orthopaedic care goes through crucial test
In a consulting room in Togo's capital, Lome, Geraldo Emmanuel—handicapped since birth six years ago—waits patiently on a bed while a digital scan is taken of his right leg.
Jun 23, 2018
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Crucial test of Ebola vaccine raises hopes, doubts in Congo
Irene Mboyo Mola spent 11 days caring for her husband as he died of Ebola in a hospital where she said nurses were too scared to get close. She helped him to the bathroom, picked up his feverish body when he lost his balance, ...
Jun 11, 2018
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Stopping Ebola before the virus goes viral
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains relatively small. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports 56 people with confirmed, probable or suspected infections, including 25 deaths.
May 29, 2018
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Congo says 3 new Ebola cases confirmed in large city
Three new cases of the often lethal Ebola virus have been confirmed in a city of more than 1 million people, Congo's health minister announced, as the spread of the hemorrhagic fever in an urban area raised alarm.
May 19, 2018
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Congo's health ministry says doses of Ebola vaccine arrive
Thousands of doses of the experimental Ebola vaccine have arrived in Congo's capital amid the latest outbreak of the deadly disease, the health ministry said Wednesday.
May 16, 2018
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Nigeria and health epidemics: acting quickly for a reason
A new outbreak of Ebola that has killed 17 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo is thousands of miles (kilometres) from Nigeria.
May 10, 2018
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Despite mutations in makona Ebola virus, disease consistent in mice, monkeys
Early during the recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa, scientists speculated that the genetic diversity of the circulating Makona strain of virus (EBOV-Makona) would result in more severe disease and more transmissibility ...
May 8, 2018
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Overestimated mutation rate
At the start of the epidemic in West Africa, the Ebola virus did not change as rapidly as thought at the time. ETH researchers explain why scientists misjudged it at the time.
Apr 5, 2018
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