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A strong warning is coming from the head of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), based in Trinidad and Tobago, to the rest of the region, including Jamaica, to brace for the “full impact” of the Chikungunya virus even as…
Exactly one month ago I wrote about, and charted the alarming spread of the Ebola virus. As I explained in the article, the virus is behaving very strangely. It doesn’t become infectious until the person shows symptoms, it isn’t airborne…
The first human trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine will begin this week as the deadly outbreak continues to spread. According to the World Health Organization, there are now more than 3,000 cases. More than 1,500 people have died from…
A patient is in isolation at a St. Catharines hospital after arriving from the Ebola hot zone of West Africa with “flu-like symptoms.” The patient is in stable condition and is considered “low-risk,” said Niagara Health System spokesperson Brady Wood,…
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is much worse than official figures show, and other countries are unintentionally making it harder to control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Tom Frieden told CNN on Tuesday. The call…
A doctor in Nigeria’s oil hub of Port Harcourt has died from Ebola after treating a contact of a Liberian-American man who was the first recorded case of the virus in Africa’s most populous country, the Health Ministry has said. The…
Six people deemed “high risk” Ebola suspects were on Monday admitted to a quarantine facility at Delhi airport, health ministry said. The suspects were among 181 passengers who arrived in India from the affected western African countries. As of…
Five scientists studying the Ebola virus have been killed by the disease before their research was published, highlighting the huge risks undertaken by those working to combat its spread. Mbalu Fonnie, Alex Moigboi, Alice Kovoma, Mohamed Fullah and Sheik…
THE widow of a doctor who died from Ebola in oil city of Port Harcourt has also tested positive for the virus, the state government said on Sunday. Rivers State health commissioner Sampson Parker said test results showed the…
The Maine Center for Disease Control confirmed Friday the presence of Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus in mosquitoes collected Aug. 27 in the town of York. According to a press release, in 2013, Maine identified Triple-E in three horses, one…
