Ebola Outbreak Spreading

Ebola: World unprepared for a health emergency, warns WHO

The Ebola epidemic shows that the world is ill-prepared to respond to a severe health emergency, World Health Organization director general Margaret Chan said on Monday.

US: 26-year-old nurse contracted Ebola despite wearing protective gear

Media reports and a church rector have identified the second Ebola patient in Texas as a 26-year-old nurse infected while caring for a man from Liberia.

Keep Ebola scanners at Pune, Nagpur airports, HC tells Centre

The high court was hearing a PIL filed by activist Ketan Tirodkar alleging that the country is not fully equipped to prevent the spread of the dreaded Ebola virus.

Ebola epidemic: US to deploy 3,000 troops to ramp up West Africa's facilities

The Obama administration is ramping up its response to West Africa's Ebola crisis, preparing to assign 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the afflicted region to supply medical and logistical support to overwhelmed local health care systems and to boost the number of beds needed to isolate and treat victims of the epidemic.

British nurse suffering from Ebola flown back to London

A British nurse who contracted the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone has arrived in London by military plane, BBC news reported. The patient, who is not "seriously unwell" according to the Department of Health, is to be treated at an isolation unit at a London hospital.

Sikkim prepares to battle Ebola threat

A meeting of senior officers of the Health Department was held here to formulate a plan of action for prevention and treatment of Ebola Virus Disease in Sikkim.

Ebola: US emergency facilities ready to work on drugs when needed

All three U.S. facilities established to quickly make vaccines and therapeutics in the event of a major public health threat say they are standing by to support any U.S. government effort to scale up a treatment for Ebola.

With 45,000 citizens in West Africa, is India ready to deal with Ebola?

Is India prepared to deal with a Ebola outbreak?

Ebola: WHO to constitute expert panel to discuss experimental treatment

The World Health Organisation said on Thursday it will convene a panel of experts in medical ethics next week to explore the use of experimental treatment of Ebola in West Africa.

Ebola-stricken Spanish missionary evacuated for treatment

The priest had tested positive for Ebola at the Saint Joseph Hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia where he worked, according to the Spanish aid organisation that employs him, Juan Ciudad ONGD.