ebola outbreak

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

IBTimes UK examines why Ebola has sparked protests among locals in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Researchers claim that attention to gender dynamics may help get a grip on the deadly epidemic.

Ebola victims crossed into Sierra Leone to see herbalist who claimed she was able to heal victims of the virus.

A Liberian official has confirmed the 17 missing Ebola patients have been found in capital Monrovia.

Liberia's Information Minister Lewis Brown confirms Zmapp drug improving cases of Ebola.

Four dangerous Ebola related email scams being used by cyber criminals

Health agency urges checks at all international airports, seaports and major land crossings.

Nurses at Weston General Hospital isolated man who had travelled from Lebanon after believing he displayed Ebola symptoms.

Health authorities said the female detainee, held at an immigration centre, had recently arrived from Sierra Leone.

Women account for between 55% and 60% of deceased Ebola victims in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Liberian doctor battles social stigma after beating Ebola.

Scientists uncover how the Ebola virus is able to disarm its victims' immune defences.

Medical authorities around the world are gearing up for Ebola appearing in their country.

HealthMap detected a "mystery hemorrhagic fever" in Guinea, nine days before the World Health Organisation announced the Ebola epidemic.

Ashley Dale claims that the Ebola virus particles make it through the planet 'undamaged' on a meteorite.

Team traces present Ebola outbreak to a two-year-old boy who died in Guinea last December.

With US FDA easing restrictions on testing of a potential Ebola drug, there is hope that a vaccine will soon be available.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf apologises to healthcare workers who have been on the frontlines of the Ebola battle.

The situation is worsening in Liberia where public fear and frustration are growing.

Conspiracy theorists weigh in on motives behind the US's decision against sharing ZMapp.

As residents start dumping bodies on the streets, health workers too have begun to stay away from hospitals.

Centre for Disease Control and Prevention is reluctant because of 'limited availability' of 'untried' drug.

Nations are on alert as the toll from Ebola continues to rise. India with over 40,000 of its citizens in Ebola affected nations has put in place measures to check the spread.

Five new cases and a death have raised the alarm in Africa's most populated nation Nigeria.

Unable to cope with Ebola amid ignorance and poverty, Liberia has declared emergency in the nation.

Eight people were being monitored for Ebola in Lagos after coming into contact with Nigeria's first victim.

Top Ebola specialists say experimental drugs given to American aid workers also be offered to African workers.

Fear and unsafe practices could push up the death toll from Ebola, say doctors.

Nancy Writebol was also given ZMapp - not yet tested on humans - after contracting Ebola in West Africa.