Vintage photos show the terrifying first expeditions into the Congo to track down Ebola
In 1976 a young Belgian doctor ventured across what was then Zaire to find the source of the infection.
In 1976 a young Belgian doctor ventured across what was then Zaire to find the source of the infection.
Ron Klain is Barack Obama’s “Ebola czar”.
“Obviously everyone in this country hopes that the Ebola virus is a problem that we never have to deal with”.
President Barack Obama said that ‘SWAT-like’ response teams are needed.
Ninety-five Liberian health workers have died so far in the epidemic.
The worker also treated a man who died from the virus.
With the Ebola virus breaking borders, people have been urged not to panic and read up on the facts.
The health worker was in the lower pool of those at risk and was wearing a protective gown, gloves and a mask.
Ireland is fully prepared to deal with any possible Ebola case, the Chief Medical Officer said.
The woman had just returned from working for the Red Cross in Sierra Leone.
The US President said international aid simply is not flowing into West Africa fast enough.
Irish medical personnel are among those who have signed the letter calling on western governments to join the fight.
Members of the Departments of Foreign Affairs and Health are set to meet with NGOs to discuss the issue tomorrow.
That’s according to the UN Security Council, which met today.
Food scarcities, rocketing transport costs, closures to schools and clinics – an on-the-ground account of the situation in Liberia.
People won’t be allowed out of their homes during the period of the lockdown, and over 20,000 people are being hired to enforce it.
There has been criticism of the World Health Organisation over the slow response to the Ebola outbreak.
Meanwhile, Morocco has vowed to keep up regularly scheduled flights to Ebola-hit nations in a “solidarity” move.
The HPSC says that the risk of the virus landing in Ireland is “very low”.
The HSE said it would not be providing information on other cases – but that there had been a “handful” of investigations apart from the Donegal death.
The healthcare worker is being flown home on a military plane.
The woman fell ill at a deportation facility, but has tested negative for the disease.
Ebola was suspected as one possibility for man suffering ‘flu-like’ symptoms but he has been cleared by medics.
A Dublin hospital had restricted access to the patient as they investigated Ebola as a possibility – they have now cleared him.
The official death toll has now climbed to 1,069.
The number of people who have died has now hit 1,069.
He had been treated with an experimental US serum after being evacuated from Liberia to Spain.
The results will be available in 48 hours, the country’s health ministry said.
“When the result was positive, I remember a deep sense of peace that was beyond all understanding,” he said.
The GOAL support team will travel to areas worst affected by the outbreak.
Almost 900 people have died across west Africa in the deadliest outbreak of Ebola ever recorded.
The World Health Organisation says consequences could be “catastrophic” if the disease continues to spread.
The outbreak has been called “an extraordinary challenge”.
An American doctor who contracted the disease is said to have made a slight recovery.
The death toll now stands at 672 in the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever.
Dr Kent Brantly had been working to contain the outbreak, which has killed more than 660 people already.
A Liberian national who traveled to Africa’s most populous nation has died in quarantine in Lagos.