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Infectious disease outbreaks require coordinated, high-tech responses

As the world grows smaller, warmer and wetter, governments need to have an organizational blueprint about how to best respond to infectious disease outbreaks, according to researchers. Writing in the journal Science...

29 September, 2014

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FAO joins new global efforts targeting Ebola and other infectious diseases

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today stressed the need for controls on animal health to help curb the spread of Ebola and other infectious diseases dangerous to humans, during discussions hosted by U.S...

29 September, 2014

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Will the Ebola virus go airborne?

Experts say the possibility remains remote. Could Ebola go airborne? That’s the fear set off last week by a New York Times op-ed entitled “What We’re Afraid to Say about Ebola” from Michael Osterholm, director of the...

17 September, 2014

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Unstoppable: is Ebola mutating with unknown consequences before our eyes?

US President Barack Obama says the Ebola virus, currently attacking western Africa, could mutate – making it even more dangerous. The virus has already changed its genome, with unknown consequences. Every virus...

17 September, 2014

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Scientist who identified Ebola virus calls for ‘quasi-military intervention’

London-based microbiologist Prof Peter Piot urges creation of UN peacekeeping force to fight ‘catastrophe’ in west Africa. The microbiologist who helped identify the Ebola virus in 1976 has urged David...

12 September, 2014

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WHO eyes Ebola vaccine by November

The death toll from the Ebola epidemic has climbed above 2,000, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, as it voiced hopes a vaccine could be available in November. The deadly virus has claimed 2,097 lives out of...

9 September, 2014

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Statement on the WHO consultation on potential Ebola therapies and vaccines

After 2 days of discussion on potential Ebola therapies and vaccines, more than 150 participants, representing the fields of research and clinical investigation, ethics, legal, regulatory, financing, and data...

9 September, 2014

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CDC fears Ebola virus ‘out of control’; human trials on third vaccine to begin early 2015

The Ebola outbreak may be “spiraling out of control” as the Center of Disease Control and Prevention director predicts the virus will only get worse. According to a CBS report, Dr Tom Frieden revealed that...

8 September, 2014

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Here’s the current status of new drugs to fight Ebola virus and what works best now

Experts will be meeting this week at the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss the role of new drugs and vaccines to help control the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Last month, the WHO said that it is ethical to...

5 September, 2014

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Japan develops 30-minute Ebola virus test

Japanese researchers said on Tuesday that they had developed a new method for Ebola virus that detects the disease in 30 minutes. Professor Jiro Yasuda and his team at Nagasaki University say their process is also...

5 September, 2014

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