Ebola Healthcare

US releases revised gear guidelines to deal with Ebola

US health officials released new guidelines on Monday for how health workers should gear up to treat Ebola patients.

First Dallas nurse with Ebola shifted to special facility in Maryland

The first Dallas nurse to have contracted Ebola after treating an infected Liberian man was transferred Thursday from a Dallas hospital to a specialised medical facility in Maryland.

Second nurse in Texas tests positive for Ebola, was cleared for air travel

The Ebola crisis in the US took another alarming turn Wednesday with word that a second Dallas nurse caught the disease from a patient and flew across the Midwest aboard an airliner the day before she fell ill.

Ebola escalation could trigger major food crisis, says UN agency

The global famine warning system is predicting a major food crisis if the Ebola outbreak continues to grow exponentially over the coming months.