UN worker with Ebola dies in Germany

THE first Ebola drug trial in Africa has started with three healthcare workers in Mali receiving an experimental vaccine.

TORONTO – An experimental Canadian-made Ebola vaccine that has shown promise in tests on primates is beginning clinical trials on humans in the U.S.

The World Health Organization on Monday said that the present Ebola outbreak is the “most severe acute health emergency in modern times“.

More than 4,000 people have died in the Ebola epidemic that broke out in West Africa at the start of the year, according to the latest figures released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Fri

WASHINGTON – A Texas health care worker who treated an Ebola victim has tested positive for the deadly tropical fever, dealing a blow to the worldwide battle to stem the outbreak.

The Grand Bassa Ebola Taskforce has released an update of Ebola cases in the county, recording a total of 36 confirmed and suspected deaths and 11 survivors between July and October 8, 2014.

The World Health Organization adjusted its number on Thursday for the total death toll in the West African Ebola outbreak, revising down its previous total by 14 after an adding error.