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WHO reports sharp rise in Ebola deaths – Africa – Al Jazeera English
WHO reports sharp rise in Ebola deaths – Africa – Al Jazeera English. The death toll from the worst Ebola outbreak on record has reached nearly 7,000 in West Africa, according to the World Health Organisation. The toll of 6,928 dead showed a leap of just over 1,200 since the WHO released its previous report […]
Despite Aid Push, Ebola Is Raging in Sierra Leone – NYTimes.com
Despite Aid Push, Ebola Is Raging in Sierra Leone – NYTimes.com. KISSI TOWN, Sierra Leone — Military choppers thunder over the slums. Nearly a thousand British soldiers are on the scene, ferrying supplies and hammering together new Ebola clinics. Crates of food and medicine are flowing into the port, and planeloads of experts seem to arrive every […]
Mali Reports Five Ebola Cases With Sixth Possible – Bloomberg
Mali Reports Five Ebola Cases With Sixth Possible – Bloomberg. Mali reported the death of a girl suspected of having Ebola, as the nation races to contain the virus that has ravaged three of its West African neighbors. Results from tests to confirm whether the girl had the virus will be known today, Alassane Souleymane, a […]
Liberia to end Ebola state of emergency – Africa – Al Jazeera English
Liberia to end Ebola state of emergency – Africa – Al Jazeera English. President Sirleaf says while country has made progress against virus, more still needs to be done to end the epidemic. Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said that she would not seek an extension to a state of emergency imposed in August over […]
Ebola: Sierra Leone Hit by Lack of Treatment Units – The Epoch Times
Ebola: Sierra Leone Hit by Lack of Treatment Units – The Epoch Times. FREETOWN, Sierra Leone—The 7-year-old boy’s family and friends are praying over his body when the men in yellow protective suits, face shields and masks arrive. The boy had died at his home in Freetown. This same day, the collection team goes into […]
Pandemic Implications | Zero Hedge
Pandemic Implications | Zero Hedge. The recent spread of Ebola has led to a tragic loss of human lives and stands to devastate West African economies. As the situation has evolved, and despite the equity market’s apparent belief that it’s all over, Goldman has examined the global economic and market implications of the outbreak. It […]
Ebola: Putting On and Removing Personal protective Equipment | Underground Medic
Ebola: Putting On and Removing Personal protective Equipment | Underground Medic. Not everyone is able to afford a full hazmat suit in order to protect themselves from Ebola. For those that will be relying on protective equipment that is widely available on sites such as Amazon, the following guide may be helpful. Take note particularly […]
Asia ‘not doing enough’ to fight Ebola – Asia-Pacific – Al Jazeera English
Asia ‘not doing enough’ to fight Ebola – Asia-Pacific – Al Jazeera English. Asian countries are not contributing enough to the global effort to fight Ebola, despite having a wealth of trained medical personnel who could help stop the spread of the deadly virus, World Bank Group president, Jim Yong Kim, said. Addressing a news […]
Ebola outbreak will hit China, virus pioneer Peter Piot warns | South China Morning Post
Ebola outbreak will hit China, virus pioneer Peter Piot warns | South China Morning Post. One of the scientists who discovered Ebola has warned that China is under threat from the deadly virus because of the huge number of Chinese workers in Africa. Professor Peter Piot also made the grim prediction that Ebola would claim […]
Top Ebola Scientists: Ebola More Likely to be Spread by Aerosol In Cold, Dry Conditions than In Hot, Humid Africa Washington’s Blog
Top Ebola Scientists: Ebola More Likely to be Spread by Aerosol In Cold, Dry Conditions than In Hot, Humid Africa Washington’s Blog. Army’s Infectious Disease Research Unit and Discoverer of Ebola Strain Agree We’ve repeatedly warned that this strain of Ebola might be spread by aerosols. But there is a fascinating and terrifying wrinkle to this […]
Why I Will Not Submit To Medical Martial Law
Why I Will Not Submit To Medical Martial Law. One of the most dangerous philosophical contentions even amongst liberty movement activists is the conundrum of government force and prevention during times of imminent pandemic. All of us at one time or another have had this debate. If a legitimate viral threat existed and threatened to […]
Tomgram: Karen Greenberg, Will the U.S. Go to “War” Against Ebola? | TomDispatch
Tomgram: Karen Greenberg, Will the U.S. Go to “War” Against Ebola? | TomDispatch. Sometimes, if you want to catch the essence of a moment, however, grim, you need to turn tohumor. Recently, the New Yorker’s resident satirist Andy Borowitz produced one of his patented fake news stories that began this way: “The president of CNN Worldwide, Jeff Zucker, […]
Top Scientist: This Version Of Ebola Looks Like ‘A Very Different Bug’
Top Scientist: This Version Of Ebola Looks Like ‘A Very Different Bug’. Barack Obama and the head of the CDC need to quit saying that we know exactly how Ebola spreads. Because the truth is that there is much about this virus that we simply do not know. For example, a top Ebola scientist that […]
Is Ebola the real ‘World War Z?’ (Spoiler alert: It’s not)
Is Ebola the real ‘World War Z?’ (Spoiler alert: It’s not). In 2006, I released a novel about a global zombie plague that drives humanity to the brink of extinction. While the zombies may have been fake, I tried to anchor the human response (political-military-economic-cultural) in reality. I studied the history of pandemics, natural disasters […]
Guinea Says Ebola Spreads to Regions Near AngloGold Mine – Bloomberg
Guinea Says Ebola Spreads to Regions Near AngloGold Mine – Bloomberg. The Ebola virus has spread to two new regions in Guinea, including an area where an AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (ANG) mine is located. The village that reported the infections in Siguiri is 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the Johannesburg-based company’s facility, the Ministry of Health and AngloGold […]
