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After US and Russia, China gets vaccine for Ebola virus

China'stopfoodanddrugauthorityannouncedonFridaythatithasapprovedthecountry'sfirstvaccineforEbolavirusdisease.ItmakesChinathethirdcountry,aftertheUnitedStatesand

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Two experimental Ebola vaccines show year-long promise

TwoexperimentalvaccinesagainsttheEbolavirushaveshownpromiseinprotectingagainstthehemorrhagicfeverforatleastayear,accordingtotheresultsofamajorclinicaltrialpubli

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Scientists find potential new way to target Ebola: U.S. journal

ScientistshavefoundapotentialnewwaytoattackEbola,thedeadlyvirusravagingWestAfricajusttwoyearsago,accordingtoastudypublishedTuesdayinmBio,anopen-accessjournaloft

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Safe burial methods averted thousands of Ebola deaths: study

SafeburialpracticesintroducedbytheRedCrosslikelysavedthousandsoflivesduringtheworld’sworstoutbreakofthedeadlyEbolavirusbetween2013and2016,researcherssaidonThurs

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New Ebola cases may show effect of improved alerts

TherapidreactionbytheDemocraticRepublicofCongototherecentcasesofEbolashowedlessonswerelearnedfromearlieroutbreaks,atopglobalhealthofficialsaidonFriday,stressing

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WHO head lauds progress, calls for effort against new health challenges

UNWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)Director-GeneralMargaretChanwillstepdowninJulyafter10yearsofservice,aperiodwhichhasseenthepublichealthsectorachieveremarkablegoals

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Ebola outbreak: experts identify two more suspected cases in DR Congo

TheWorldHealthOrganisation(WHO)saysthattheDemocraticRepublicofCongoisonceagainfacinganoutbreakofEbola.HealthexpertsidentifiedtwomoresuspectedcasesofthevirusinCo

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Ebola: WHO declares outbreak in DR Congo

TheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)hasdeclaredanEbolaoutbreakintheDemocraticRepublicofCongo.Atleastonepersonhasdiedaftercontractingthevirusinthecountry'snorth-east,

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World "grossly underprepared" for infectious disease, warn scientists

​The world has yet to learn its lesson from previous epidemics like Ebola and Zika, as it's still "grossly under-prepared" for infectious disease outbreaks, said an analysis article published Monday in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

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Canadian researcher maybe exposed to Ebola in lab

A researcher at Canada's National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg was "potentially exposed" to the Ebola virus, authorities announced Tuesday (Nov 8).

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Obama administration to rransfer Ebola funds to Zika fight

In an effort to break the two-month deadlock over funding to fight the encroaching Zika virus, Obama administration officials announced on Wednesday that, as congressional Republicans had demanded, they would transfer $510 million originally intended to protect against Ebola to the Zika battle.

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West Africa still on alert as new cases emerge after "Ebola-free"

​A death from Ebola was confirmed Friday in Sierra Leone hours after the World Health Organization declared an end to the deadly virus in West Africa.

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West Africa "on cusp of" becoming Ebola free: UN Chief

Liberia is expected to join Sierra Leone and Guinea Thursday as the third and final West African country to be declared free of Ebola transmissions, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here Wednesday.

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Nigeria on alert after Ebola resurfaces in Liberia

​The Nigerian government on Thursday alerted the people living in the country to be vigilant and embrace basic hygiene as Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) re-emerges in Liberia.

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​The Ebola virus not becoming more dangerous: study

​The Ebola virus circulating in West Africa for the past year, deadly as it is, is not showing any evidence of being more dangerous than the first one that emerged in 1976, according to a U.S. study published Tuesday.

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Ebola-hit African countries move into early recovery after "dramatic progress"

​Director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan on Thursday hailed " dramatic progress" the Ebola-stricken West African countries have made in the fight against the deadly disease and said she is " looking for ways" to help them move into an early recovery phase.

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China tourist train to DPRK resumes service

China's tourist train to neighboring Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) resumed service on Monday after the DPRK removed Ebola quarantine measures against foreign visitors.