According to the latest figures released by the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 10,414 people have been infected with Ebola and nearly half of them have died.
Twelve Kenyans returning from Liberia Tuesday night will be screened for Ebola virus and placed in a temporary quarantine for monitoring by health workers, said a government official.
The U.S. government on Monday urged people considered "high-risk" for Ebola to voluntarily stay at home for 21 days after returning from Ebola-stricken West African countries.
A United Nations envoy on Thursday called on African Union (AU) and member countries to come up with more efforts that would completely defeat Ebola disease which continues to kill thousands of people in West Africa.
A doctor who showed potential symptoms on his return from a recent trip to an Ebola-affected West African nation is being tested for the virus at a New York City hospital, health officials said Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday he is "cautiously optimistic" about the Ebola situation in the United States, as his government announced a new program that will actively monitor for 21 days every person coming from West African nations hard hit by the deadly virus.
The Ebola conundrum continues as country after country speeds towards the "Holy Grail" for an effective vaccine. The 800 vials of Canadian experimental vaccine are expected to reach the World Health Organization headquarters in Switzerland on Wednesday.
As intense media coverage on the US Ebola cases continues, China is getting a case of the jitters over the deadly virus as online rumors spread unnecessary fear.
The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared Nigeria Ebola free on Monday, after no new cases were confirmed in the past 42 days.
Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corporation announced on Monday that it will start production of the anti-influenza drug Avigan Tablets in preparation for a larger number of patients infected with the Ebola virus.
The first group of people monitored for Ebola in the United States will clear the three-week observation period midnight Sunday, with none exhibiting symptoms, as the federal authorities and Pentagon are ratcheting up responses to fight the deadly disease.
The U.S. Department of Defense said Sunday the military is creating a 30-member team which will be tasked with providing emergency assistance in case there might be more cases of Ebola virus infection in the country.
Brazilian health authorities announced Monday a Guinean citizen admitted to a hospital last week with possible Ebola symptoms is free of the disease.
President Barack Obama on Thursday authorized the United States Department of Defense to call up armed forces to active duty to help combat the spread of Ebola in West Africa.
A hospital in Texas where an Ebola patient died and two nurses were infected apologized Thursday for mishandling the deadly disease, as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) prepared to treat the first nurse who contracted the virus while caring for the deceased.
U.S. President Barack Obama promised Wednesday to respond to Ebola "in a much more aggressive way," hours after a second nurse in Texas who tested positive for the disease earlier in the day was found to have taken a flight before she was ill.
A recent suspected case of a patient deceased with Ebola-like symptoms has alarmed Macedonian authorities and has been a test for the readiness of the national health institutions to face the contagious virus that scares the world.
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