Browsing: Ebola
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Trump administration is preparing to deploy United States (US) public health officers to Kenya to staff a potential quarantine facility as…
NAIROBI, Kenya — An Ebola vaccine partly tested in Kenya could be assessed to determine whether it offers protection against a new strain spreading in…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda has confirmed two new Ebola infections, bringing the total number of cases linked to the current outbreak to seven, according to health…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya has confirmed that no case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been detected in the country after seven individuals tested under…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s Ministry of Health has confirmed three additional cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), bringing the total number of infections in the…
LONDON, United Kingdom — Scientists at University of Oxford are fast-tracking the development of a new experimental vaccine that could be deployed within months to…
BUNIA, DR Congo — A wave of unrest has erupted at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after…
NAIROBI, Kenya — As a deadly and little-known Ebola strain with no approved vaccine spreads across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda,…
KAMPALA, Uganda — The United States has issued a travel advisory warning its citizens against visiting several countries in East and Central Africa following the…
ITURI, DR Congo — Communities living near the epicentre of a growing Ebola outbreak in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have described rising…