China was commended for its positive role in the global fight against fatal Ebola virus in West African countries.
A large clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of two Ebola vaccines began in the West African country of Liberia on Monday, said the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), which sponsored the research.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), which has long been an important force in domestic disaster relief, is making more contributions in international aid.
As of Jan. 5, the U.S. Defense Department has spent 384.9 million dollars in response to the Ebola crisis that broke out in Africa last year, according to a DOD statement released on Thursday.
Oxford University doctors and scientists are starting the first safety trial of an experimental preventative Ebola vaccine, aiming to have vaccinated all 72 healthy adult volunteers by the end of January.
A female healthcare worker on Monday was confirmed as having Ebola after returning to Glasgow in central Scotland from Sierra Leone on Sunday night, the Scottish government said.
Two Ebola vaccines undergoing clinical trials have shown promising results and would be deployed in January 2015 to West African countries affected by the epidemic, a scientist from Oxford University said Monday.
An experimental vaccine to prevent Ebola virus disease was well-tolerated and produced immune system responses in all 20 healthy adults who received it in a phase one clinical trial, the U.S. National Institutes of Health ( NIH) said Wednesday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned of missing Ebola response targets in some areas of West Africa amid two new confirmed cases in Mali.
The U.S. military effort to help prevent the spread of Ebola in West Africa could be extended beyond its six-month mission if there is a surge of new cases of the deadly disease, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday.
One man tested positive for Ebola and has been kept under isolation in India's capital New Delhi, an official from the Health Ministry said Tuesday.
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) on Wednesday issued guidelines on how to handle pets of people exposed to the deadly Ebola virus, saying if an animal tests positive, it should be euthanized.
The World Food Programme ( WFP) said on Thursday the Ebola crisis response "needs to scale up, get better and perform faster," as the UN health agency reported that if judged safe, larger scale trials of an experimental vaccine could be taken to hard-hit West African countries as early as January 2015.
New Zealand's Ministry of Health on Tuesday began a series of briefings on Ebola readiness for health sector staff in major cities, said Health Minister Jonathan Coleman.
Air passengers from the three West African countries hardest hit by Ebola will be screened at Brazilian airports, the authorities announced Friday.
Nigeria would soon deploy 506 volunteer health workers to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the three Ebola-stricken West African countries, to help control the spread of the deadly disease, a top government health official said on Thursday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday approved a measure to place under a 21-day supervised isolation regimen all military service members returning from Ebola response efforts in West Africa.
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