Health Scare

Interactive timeline: Tracing Ebola's journey from Guinea's forests to Texas

Here are key dates in the Ebola epidemic, the worst to date with more than 4,000 deaths.

In Liberia, Ebola leaves children orphaned, ostracised and alone

Word, like the virus, was spreading through Liberia's capital: The Coopers had Ebola.

US hospitals expand precautions amid growing threat of Ebola

Ebola has yet to infect a single person on US soil — the one confirmed case here involves a Liberian man who contracted the virus in his West African country. But health care providers are worried enough that they are taking a wide variety of precautions.

Global response put to test by the worst Ebola outbreak in history

International agencies and governments are fighting to contain the world's worst Ebola epidemic since the disease was identified in 1976. Here is a timeline of the outbreak:

US: Rare respiratory virus affecting kids, causes paralysis in some cases

An unusual respiratory virus has sickened more than 400 children across the United States, and the emergence of sudden paralysis in some Colorado youths is sparking concern among doctors.

Agonising wait haunts families of Ebola patients in Africa

As the death toll from Ebola soars, crowded clinics are turning over beds as quickly as patients are dying.

Ebola in numbers: How many have been affected so far?

There are five known distinct species of Ebola and the outbreak raging in west Africa stems from the Zaire species -- the deadliest of the lot.

Obama declares Ebola a security threat, to send 3000 US soldiers to region

"If the outbreak is not stopped now, we could be looking at hundreds of thousands of people affected," Obama said on the Ebola epidemic.

African Union to send medical teams to fight Ebola

The Ebola outbreak sweeping West Africa has killed more than 2,000 people and has taken a particularly high toll on health care workers.

New theory looks at using blood of Ebola survivors to treat patients

As West Africa struggles to contain the biggest ever outbreak of Ebola, some experts say an unusual but simple treatment might help: the blood of survivors.