Ebola: Banning West Africans from Australia
Australia became the first developed country in the world last week to introduce a travel ban on West African nations struggling with the Ebola epidemic. A similar move was days later. Australia's ban...
View ArticlePage: Ebola and the politics of fear
Clarence Page 12:02 a.m. EDT October 27, 2014 CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE We must pay attention to the mistakes of history, some wise person once said, so we can do a better job of making them...
View ArticleBritish Comedian On Differences Between UK & US Coverage of Ebola
Its been difficult to find anything funny about Ebola, which has killed thousands of people in West Africa, including Nigeria. British comedian...
View ArticleEbola expert warns of tragedy in British hospitals due to safety failings
A leading global expert on the Ebola virus has warned there will be “tragedy” in a British hospital – because safety procedures are not being followed strictly enough to prevent medical staff from...
View ArticleDR Congo confirms cases of Ebola as virus, fears go beyond West Africa
August 25, 2014 -- Updated 0453 GMT (1253 HKT) (CNN) -- Congo is reporting Ebola cases in a northern town, sparking fears that the deadly virus is expanding far beyond West Africa. Two people in Gera...
View ArticleThe Ebola outbreak and Boko Haram prove that different rules apply in Africa
They are only Africans. They may be dying from Ebola in record numbers, but who really cares? Such are the politics of plague. And then there is the politics of war. In Nigeria, the Islamist fanatics...
View ArticleUS relief workers contract ebola
Related articles ‘Offer African Ebola victims untested drugs’ West Africa Ebola death toll hits 337: WHO WHO calls for ‘drastic action’ on Ebola crisis LAGOS — Two us citizens are being treated for...
View ArticleSA Today: Ebola requires thorough preparation, not panic (DA - Democratic...
(Source: DA - Democratic Alliance) In 2007, Lebanese-American risk analyst, statistician and author, Professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb, published a book called The Black Swan, which has since been...
View Article>Nigeria declared Ebola-free; 'spectacular success'
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Water laced with salt and sugar, and gallons of the nasty-tasting stuff. Doctors who survived Ebola in Nigeria credited heavy doses of fluids with saving their lives as the World...
View ArticleNigeria declared Ebola-free; `spectacular success'
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Water laced with salt and sugar, and gallons of the nasty-tasting stuff. Doctors who survived Ebola in Nigeria credited heavy doses of fluids with saving their lives as the World...
View ArticleNigeria declared Ebola-free; 'spectacular success'
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Water laced with salt and sugar, and gallons of the nasty-tasting stuff. Doctors who survived Ebola in Nigeria credited heavy doses of fluids with saving their lives as the World...
View ArticleOFFICIALS DECLARE NIGERIA EBOLA-FREE
ABUJA, Nigeria Water laced with salt and sugar, and gallons of the nasty-tasting stuff. Doctors who survived Ebola in Nigeria credited heavy doses of fluids with saving their lives as the World...
View ArticleBeing vigilant about Ebola
There is some comfort in reassurances from South African experts that we have no need to panic about the Ebola outbreak in west Africa but, we should not be complacent. About 1 000 people have now died...
View ArticleWhen Ebola Strikes the U.S
The one burning question that has been on nearly every one's lips in the U.S. is not "Could the Ebola virus strike the U.S.?" But "What happens if it does strike the U.S.?" There was a partial answer...
View ArticleEbola in the US: Are we letting fear win?
As it is my usual practice after work, I went to the gym on October 1, 2014. This being a gym I frequent, I am known well to the gym’s staff. On this fateful day, I was met at the gym’s entrance by the...
View ArticleHong Kong woman fell ill after arriving from Africa and isolated for Ebola
A Hong Kong woman and British man were both tested for the Ebola virus, after traveling back from Africa.The deadliest outbreak of the Ebola virus has been ongoing for the last six months, and now...
View ArticleThe Ugly Face of Ebola Tells Us Africa Is NOT Rising
The outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa is ugly. It has claimed over a 1,400 lives, tampering with the safety of communities and diminishing the number of health workers in already weakened...
View ArticleEbola 'out of control' in Africa; 'We can stop it' in America, says head of CDC
The director of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta says that experts in their ranks can stop the Ebola virus if it were to ever present inside the borders of the United States, ABC News...
View ArticleDana Milbank: Ebola infects the coverage of the Africa summit meeting
WASHINGTON: Ebola was not supposed to have a prominent place on the agenda for this week’s Africa summit. But it keeps infecting the discussion. Forty African heads of state visited Washington this...
View ArticleDana Milbank: Ebola infects coverage of Africa summit
WASHINGTON – Ebola was not supposed to have a prominent place on the agenda for this week’s Africa summit. But it keeps infecting the discussion. Forty African heads of state visited Washington this...
View ArticleEbola and Moral Panic
In the wake of a Dallas hospital's decision to release a Liberian patient with Ebola into the community -- who later died of the disease after returning to the hospital -- a fierce debate has erupted...
View ArticleDana Milbank: Ebola infects coverage of the Africa summit
WASHINGTON: Ebola was not supposed to have a prominent place on the agenda for this week’s Africa summit. But it keeps infecting the discussion. Forty African heads of state visited Washington this...
View ArticleEbola not just a health issue for Africa, but also a branding crisis
A Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) member in protective gear. Picture: AFP/CELLOU BINANI Related articles Ebola toll shows up crisis of governing in Africa LETTER FROM NAIROBI: Ebola...
View ArticleWorld must help to contain Ebola
For Hong Kong there is a chilling reminder of the 2002-03 Sars epidemic in the latest - and worst yet - outbreak of Ebola, a viral disease with a mortality rate from 60 to 90 per cent. It has now swept...
View ArticleDele Adebola left 'red faced' after posting link to Pornhub on Twitter
Dele Adebola has said he is "extremely sorry" and admits he has been left "red faced" after posting a link to PornHub on Twitter. The former Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest striker appeared to...
View ArticleCatching Up With Dr. Alexander van Tulleken, That Charming Ebola Expert
The Ebola epidemic that dominated the news cycle for the last couple of weeks has created at least one new media star: Dr. Alexander van Tulleken, a British doctor who works in Humanitarian Affairs at...
View ArticleMilbank: Ebola-infected coverage of Africa summit
WASHINGTON • Ebola was not supposed to have a prominent place on the agenda for this week’s Africa summit. But it keeps infecting the discussion. Forty African heads of state visited Washington this...
View ArticleDana Milbank: Ebola-infected coverage of Africa summit
Ebola was not supposed to have a prominent place on the agenda for this week’s Africa summit. But it keeps infecting the discussion. Forty African heads of state visited Washington this week, snarling...
View ArticleFirst WHO worker stricken with Ebola
updated 10:29 AM EDT, Sun August 24, 2014 A microscopic view shows the Ebola virus. (CNN) -- For the first time, a worker with the World Health Organization has fallen ill from Ebola, the WHO told CNN...
View ArticleEbola Virus Likely Entered Sierra Leone After Funeral in Guinea, Study Finds
An international team of scientists — some of whom succumbed to the virus during the course of their research — has sequenced 99 Ebola virus genomes from 78 patients in Sierra Leone, creating a...
View ArticleEbola Was Not the Only Factor That Killed Duncan
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling The family of the first person to die of Ebola in the U.S. has a right to be upset. Especially since Ebola was just one of several factors which caused...
View ArticleHow Ebola is challenging the 'Africa rising' narrative
If Africa – given its wealth of human and natural resources – cannot contain Ebola, then we must accept that the continent is not developing as fast as we thought, writes Fungai Machirori ...
View ArticleMilbank: Ebola-infected coverage of the Africa summit
Guinea police secure the area around a man who collapsed in a puddle of water on the street, and people would not approach him as they fear he may be suffering from the Ebola virus in the city of...
View ArticleWhy Ebola is so dangerous
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the world's deadliest to date and the World Health Organization has now declared an international health emergency in response. According to the UN, 961 people have...
View ArticleAustralia on red alert for killer ebola: Health authorities concerned that...
IT’S deadly, it’s on the loose, and Australian health authorities are concerned the frightening disease ebola could be headed our way. Customs and border security around the nation have been placed on...
View ArticleA Few Ebola Cases Likely In U.S., Air Traffic Analysis Shows
1:11 PM ET i i Air traffic connections from West Africa to the rest of the world: While Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone don't have many flights outside the region, Nigeria is well connected to Europe...
View ArticleEbola-Fueled Racism Is on the Rise in Europe
A Berlin building locked down after an African woman faints. An African man with a nosebleed removed from a mall in Brussels. With Ebola panic spreading, racial profiling could be next. When a black...
View ArticleEbola Emissions
On August 6, CNN projected a map of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in which the Republic of Niger, a sparsely populated impoverished nation, where there are few, if any, Ebola cases, was labeled...
View ArticleEbola death toll hits 4,000 as outbreak disrupts U.S. flights
The Ebola outbreak has killed 4,000 people in Africa since March, but this week's deaths of the first U.S. victim in Dallas and a dog in Spain are driving the seriousness of the disease home for...
View ArticleEbola virus: Former Birmingham City striker Dele Adebola reassures fans he...
Dele Adebola, the former Birmingham City and Coventry City striker, has been forced to deny that he has the deadly Ebola virus. The Nigerian forward, who currently...
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