Ebola outbreak: US 'must support health workers' - Obama
28 October 2014 Last updated at 21:23 GMT President Obama has said that the United States must support health workers who are going to "the frontline" of the fight against Ebola. Mr Obama said that it...
View ArticleNew York Ebola case: Mayor says 'no reason for alarm'
24 October 2014 Last updated at 03:13 BST New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has said "there is no reason for alarm", following news that a New York doctor who recently returned from Ebola-hit Guinea...
View ArticleEbola: Kofi Annan 'bitterly disappointed' by response to Ebola
16 October 2014 Last updated at 22:43 BST The World Health Organization is to "ramp up" efforts to prevent Ebola spreading beyond the three countries most affected by the deadly virus, Liberia, Sierra...
View ArticleEbola crisis: Vaccine 'too late' for outbreak
17 October 2014 Last updated at 06:33 BST UK pharmaceuticals firm GlaxoSmithKline says its Ebola vaccine will "come too late" for the current epidemic. GSK is one of several companies trying to...
View ArticleHow to remove a bodysuit after treating an Ebola patient
14 October 2014 Last updated at 13:55 BST How hard or easy it is to catch Ebola? On the one hand, we are told it is possible to avoid, but we also know that in two developed countries nurses have been...
View ArticleEbola bio-hazard suit: How to wear it and what can go wrong
15 October 2014 Last updated at 13:27 BST A second health worker in the US state of Texas has tested positive for Ebola after they were treating an infected patient who later died. Confidence in the...
View ArticleEbola news: 30 October in 15 seconds
30 October 2014 Last updated at 18:18 GMT The World Health Organization (WHO) confirms that their latest mortality figure for the Ebola outbreak is 4,920. A nurse who cared for Ebola patients in Sierra...
View ArticleFalmouth-based RFA Argus to help fight Ebola in Sierra Leone
14 October 2014 Last updated at 14:26 BST The hospital ship RFA Argus will leave Falmouth for Sierra Leone to help in the fight against Ebola. It is due to sail away from its Cornish home port with 750...
View ArticleEbola nurse William Pooley's parents support return to Africa
21 October 2014 Last updated at 10:21 BST The parents of William Pooley, the British nurse who contracted Ebola while volunteering in West Africa, say they support his return to Sierra Leone to resume...
View ArticleEbola: BBC News daily round-up programme - 15 October
15 October 2014 Last updated at 20:35 BST BBC News presents a daily round-up of the main issues relating to the Ebola outbreak. The World Health Organization (WHO) says 4,447 people have died from the...
View ArticleEbola threat to Sierra Leone infant mortality rate
30 October 2014 Last updated at 11:21 GMT Sierra Leone has one of the world's highest infant mortality rates, and the Ebola outbreak is likely to push it even higher. Health officials say almost all...
View ArticleEbola crisis: WHO says serum in Africa within weeks
22 October 2014 Last updated at 00:10 BST The World Health Organisation says that a treatment using serum made from the blood of recovered Ebola patients could be available within weeks in West Africa....
View ArticleEbola: Tear gas fired in Freetown after body left on street
15 October 2014 Last updated at 07:34 BST Police in Freetown, Sierra Leone, have fired tear gas as people took to the streets to complain about the authorities' handling of the Ebola virus. They were...
View ArticleEbola crisis: 'I was screened for Ebola at Heathrow'
14 October 2014 Last updated at 23:12 BST Passengers arriving at Heathrow airport from Ebola-affected countries have been screened by health officials. Documentary maker Clive Patterson was screened...
View ArticleFighting the 'enemy' Ebola - The race to develop a vaccine
13 October 2014 Last updated at 23:38 BST There is no known cure or vaccine for Ebola, even though it is nearly 40 years since the virus first emerged. But there are three vaccine trials under way, and...
View ArticleEbola outbreak: Latest news in 15 seconds
22 October 2014 Last updated at 17:56 BST The World Health Organization's emergency committee is holding talks to discuss the Ebola epidemic. Serum made from the blood of recovered Ebola patients could...
View ArticleEbola crisis: More UK troops arrive in Sierra Leone
21 October 2014 Last updated at 20:06 BST More British troops have arrived in Sierra Leone to help in the fight against the Ebola outbreak. The staff from the Royal Army Medical Corps will run a...
View ArticleEbola outbreak: Progress towards vaccine - in 80 seconds
14 October 2014 Last updated at 20:30 BST The progress towards a vaccine against Ebola in 80 seconds. Read more Ebola treatments - how far off? Share this story About sharing Email Facebook Twitter...
View ArticleEbola: Nigeria to be declared free from virus by WHO
20 October 2014 Last updated at 02:26 BST The World Health Organisation is expected to declare Nigeria free from Ebola on Monday. It has been six weeks since the last reported case of the virus. With a...
View ArticleWHO news conference on Ebola vaccines
24 October 2014 Last updated at 12:47 BST World Health Organisation holds a news conference on Ebola. It will outline the progress that's been made and give the latest information on vaccines for the...
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