ebola outbreak

World Bank says fear factor over Ebola virus could worsen impact on West African economies.

Nigel Wilson Sep 18, 2014

Some Nigerian forum users say Western countries are to blame for Ebola

Ludovica Iaccino Sep 18, 2014

Ebola survivor Dr. Kent Brantly has called the outbreak 'a fire straight from the pit of hell,' at a US Senate Panel, and has urged the Obama administration to step up the 'sluggish' response to the crisis.

Alfred Joyner Sep 17, 2014

US president Barack Obama has branded the deadly Ebola outbreak "a threat to global security' and announced that the US will play a larger role in combatting the virus.

Fiona Keating Sep 16, 2014

West African nations left to fend for themselves as global aid trickles in.

Jayalakshmi K Sep 14, 2014

Cuban doctors and nurses will arrive in Sierra Leone in early October.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Sep 12, 2014

University of Oxford scientists have mapped the potential spread of Ebola across Africa.

Lydia Smith Sep 12, 2014

Brantly had also received a unit of blood containing vital antibodies from another Ebola survivor.

Maria Khan Sep 11, 2014

The nurse said he plans to go back to Sierra Leone to help efforts against the virus.

Umberto Bacchi Sep 10, 2014

As Hajj draws near, Saudi Arabia ensures stringent measures are in place to prevent Ebola outbreak.

Maria Khan Sep 09, 2014

The crisis has been raging around us for three months, and it seems to be getting worse.

Katie Meyler Sep 09, 2014

Raina MacIntyre, of University of New South Wales, questions protection guidelines issued by WHO

Lydia Smith Sep 09, 2014

The deadly Ebola epidemic is spreading exponentially in Liberia, with thousands of new cases imminent, according to the World health Organisation (WHO).

Fiona Keating Sep 08, 2014

African Union commission chief calls for the lifting of travel bans to open up economic activities again.

Maria Khan Sep 08, 2014

Oniyama Specialist Hospital will be one of five new ebola treatment centres in Liberia, as it struggles to contain the outbreak of the deadly disease.

Alfred Joyner Sep 08, 2014

Over €97m will be spent on budget support to Liberia and Sierra Leone.

M Rochan Sep 06, 2014

Lawrence Gostin states that 2011 recommendations from WHO could have prevented 2014 Ebola outbreak

Lydia Smith Sep 04, 2014

UN body says paucity of hospital facilities and protective gear hampering efforts to combat outbreak.

Jayalakshmi K Sep 04, 2014

Nurse who contracted Ebola while treating patients in Sierra Leone has spoken of his ordeal

Lewis Dean Sep 03, 2014

Nagasaki University scientists use "primer" to detect genes specific to Ebola in a blood sample

Lydia Smith Sep 02, 2014

Guinea man who travelled to Dakar tests positive to deadly virus.

Umberto Bacchi Aug 29, 2014

Nigerian government warns as long as people travel, virus could spread worldwide.

Ludovica Iaccino Aug 29, 2014

Doctor said to have contracted disease from the man linked to Nigeria's first case of Ebola.

Nigel Wilson Aug 28, 2014

GSK is developing the vaccine with the Vaccine Research Centre of America's National Institutes of Health.

Jerin Mathew Aug 28, 2014

One of the African doctors given the experimental Ebola drug has died.

Jayalakshmi K Aug 26, 2014

World Health Organization believes there has been a major under-estimation of the virus outbreak.

Maria Khan Aug 25, 2014

Decision to be made today on whether to fly infected medical worker to UK.

Tom Porter Aug 24, 2014

An unidentified illness has claimed the lives of 13 people in the northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Fiona Keating Aug 23, 2014

World Health Organization explains why the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is spreading quickly

Lydia Smith Aug 22, 2014

Getty Images photographer John Moore's pictures show the plight of people barricaded in a slum.

David Sim Aug 22, 2014