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  • After talks in Washington on Tuesday that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as a "historic opportunity" for peace, Israel and Lebanon agreed to hold direct talks.
  • Iran talks could resume "over the next two days," according to US President Donald Trump, after the failure of last weekend's first round in Pakistan.
  • Six merchant ships turned around after "direction from US forces," according to the US, and no ships were able to pass through the blockade in the first 24 hours.
  • According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, there were at least 35 deaths and 159 injuries in Lebanon on Tuesday.
  • The southern Lebanon district of Bint Jbeil has been hit by an Israeli airstrike.
  • "The short-term authorization permitting the sale of Iranian oil already stranded at sea is set to expire in a few days and will not be renewed," according to the US Treasury Department.

Tag: Ebola Vaccination

January 13, 2019

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

January 11, 2019

Ebola Infected New Born Baby in...

Historically, there have been very low survival rates for pregnant women infected with Ebola, and for their babies

December 18, 2018

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

December 12, 2018

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

December 7, 2018

Ebola Survivors in E. DR Congo...

In the three months since the Ebola outbreak began in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the virulent hemorrhagic fever has sparked debate in communities, and even become a talking point for local politicians ahead of the December 23 election

November 13, 2018

Uganda’s Ebola Survivors Recall Disease’s Horrors...

As the Democratic Republic of Congo battles the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, just across the border Ugandan survivors of a 2007 outbreak are reminded of the near-death experience they went through

November 11, 2018

Uganda Readies to Stave Off Ebola...

Ebola has infected 319 people in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo since August, killing 198. 

November 9, 2018

Uganda Prepares to Fight Off Ebola...

  In Uganda, officials have stepped up measures to prevent an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. Ebola has infected 250 people in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo since August, killing 180. The border between the countries remains open, and health experts fear the virus will enter Uganda through the cross-border traffic. Halima Athumani …

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