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Ebola April 1, 2016

Liberia records new Ebola death, months after end of its outbreak

A woman has died of Ebola in Liberia, months after the West African nation was declared free of the deadly virus and weeks after neighboring Guinea also recorded a new flare-up, health officials said on Friday.

Ebola April 1, 2016

Hundreds in Guinea get Ebola vaccine in fight against flare-up

Hundreds of possible contacts of eight people infected with Ebola in Guinea have been vaccinated with an experimental Merck vaccine to try and halt a flare-up of the deadly disease, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

Ebola March 31, 2016

Experts warn complacency on Ebola may leave vaccine work unfinished

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Ebola emergency over, but action is still needed to fully develop effective vaccines and prepare the world for future outbreaks, experts said on Thursday.

Ebola March 29, 2016

Ebola crematorium painful reminder of crisis for Liberians

At the height of the Ebola epidemic, smoke from the cremation of bodies would darken the sky here by early morning.

Ebola March 29, 2016

Liberia shutters Red Cross amid inquest into Ebola spending

Police shuttered the offices of the Liberian branch of the Red Cross on Thursday, days after the president dismissed its board of directors amid an investigation into the use of funds destined for the fight against recently ended Ebola outbreak.

Ebola March 23, 2016

Fifth person dies in Guinea Ebola flare-up

A fifth person has died of Ebola in southeast Guinea since March 17, a health official told Reuters on Tuesday, raising concerns that a recent flare-up of the deadly virus could spread.

Ebola March 22, 2016

Liberia closes border with Ebola-hit Guinea

Liberia closed its border with Guinea on Tuesday as a precaution against Ebola following at least four deaths from the virus in Guinea, Information Minister Lenn Eugene Nangbe told Reuters.

Ebola March 22, 2016

Guinea says monitoring 816 Ebola contacts following flare-up

Guinea's Ebola coordination unit has traced an estimated 816 people who may have come into contact with victims of the disease or their corpses amid a recent flare-up in a village in the West African country's southeast, a health official said on Monday.

Ebola March 18, 2016

Guinea says 2 people tested positive for Ebola

Two people in Guinea have tested positive for Ebola, the spokesman for the National Coordination of the Fight Against Ebola said on Thursday, hours after the World Health Organization declared Sierra Leone's latest breakout was over.

Ebola March 17, 2016

Sierra Leone Ebola flare-up over for now, but more likely: WHO

A recent flare-up of Ebola in Sierra Leone is over after no new transmissions of the disease were detected in the West African country, although the virus could resurface at any time, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

Ebola March 7, 2016

American company bungled Ebola response, investigation finds

A U.S. company assigned a crucial role in the efforts to battle Ebola in Sierra Leone made a series of costly mistakes during the 2014 outbreak, an Associated Press investigation has found.