Headlines- Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, will visit Tehran on Thursday and meet with several Iranian officials to discuss ways to de-escalate tensions.
- According to a notice on a Treasury Department website, the US has imposed sanctions on the Palestine Action group and designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
- A huge flash flood in Nepal ravaged villages, killing at least 160 people and leaving hundreds more missing for.
- At least one person was killed and over a dozen people were injured on Wednesday when a person crashed a car into a crowd in the northwest French city of Caen.
- Wildfires that sweft through several Algerian provinces claimed the lives of twelve people..
Tag: Ebola Preventation
A New Ebola Outbreak in Western...
Addressing reporters on 1 Jun in Geneva, Tedros said the Congolese Government announced today that a new Ebola outbreak was detected near the city of Mbandaka in Équateur Province.
US Health Delegation Commited to Fighting...
The WHO confirmed 20 new cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo this week, along with an additional 12 deaths. However, health officials fear more cases are hidden because warring factions are preventing help to get to those in need. Top U.S. health officials traveled to the epicenter of the outbreak in mid-September, delivering hope and much-needed medicine
More than 10,000 People Immunized...
As more than 10,000 people have been immunized against the Ebola virus, Gressly said, “vaccination by itself is probably not sufficient to end the epidemic. It can put a break on the spread, slow it down, but, in itself is probably not going to stop the epidemic.”
Ebola Fears Slow Crossings at Rwanda-DRC...
Witnesses say fears of the Ebola virus have brought border traffic between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to a virtual standstill. Long lines and lengthy delays at the border crossings have left many traders frustrated
Uganda’s Frontline Health Workers Fighting Ebola...
Ugandan Health officials and the World Health Organization are mobilizing against Ebola after it spread across the border from the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Frontline workers are risking their lives to stop the deadly virus
Ebola Survivors of Beni
As of 20 January, 422 people have died in this outbreak, while 245 have survived. Two hundred and seventeen of these survivors are participating in the programme.
Breakthrough Made in Treating Ebola Virus
Now scientists have found one. Their research produced a drug cocktail called MBP134 that helped monkeys infected with three deadly strains of Ebola recover from the disease
Ebola Infected New Born Baby in...
Historically, there have been very low survival rates for pregnant women infected with Ebola, and for their babies
Meet Benedicte the Miracle Baby: Congo’s...
The UN’s children’s emergency fund says more than 30 percent of cases in this outbreak are children
Ebola Effected Children in DRC
UNICEF and its partners have so far identified more than 400 children who have been orphaned or left unaccompanied because of the virus