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Ebola still spreading in western Sierra Leone, Guinea's forest: U.N

Tue, 2014-12-09 19:25 — mike kraft

REUTERS By Stephanie Nebehay Dec. 9, 2014
GENEVA --More foreign health workers are needed to help tackle the Ebola epidemic, which is spreading quickly in western Sierra Leone and deep in the forested interior of Guinea, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.

A woman walks pass an Ebola virus awareness campaign poster in Monrovia, December 8, 2014. Credit: Reuters/James Giahyue

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has risen to 6,331 in the three worst hit countries, with Sierra Leone overtaking Liberia as the country with the highest number of cases, the World Health Organization says.

"We know the outbreak is still flaming strongly in western Sierra Leone and some parts of the interior of Guinea. We can't rest, we have to still push on," said David Nabarro, the U.N. Special Envoy on Ebola.

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U.S. agency offers legal immunity to Ebola vaccine makers

Tue, 2014-12-09 17:48 — mike kraft

REUTERS Dec. 9, 2014

CHICAGO -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday offered liability protections to drugmakers rushing to develop Ebola vaccines and urged other countries to follow suit.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell made the announcement as part of the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act in a move aimed at encouraging the development and availability of experimental Ebola vaccines.

The declaration provides immunity under U.S. law against legal claims related to the manufacturing, testing, development, distribution, and administration of three vaccines for the Ebola virus. However, it does not provide immunity for a claim brought in a court outside the United States...

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Undiagnosed Acute Viral Febrile Illnesses, Sierra Leone

Tue, 2014-12-09 14:52 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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Schoepp RJ, Rossi CA, Khan SH, Goba A, Fair JN. Undiagnosed acute viral febrile illnesses, Sierra Leone. Emerg Infect Dis [Internet]. 2014 Jul [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2007.131265

DOI: 10.3201/eid2007.131265

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VIDEO - Council on Foreign Relations - Ebola Update: Assessment From Africa

Tue, 2014-12-09 10:02 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Archived Video - Watch the meeting held on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. (ET).

Speakers: Nancy A. Aossey, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Medical Corps

Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, Ebola: Story of an Outbreak

David Nabarro, Special Envoy on Ebola, United Nations

Presider: Richard E. Besser, Chief Health and Medical Editor, ABC News

Experts recently returned from trips to West Africa with medical teams operating Ebola-treatment units there discuss the situation on the ground and developments in the international response to the crisis.

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Surviving Ebola

Mon, 2014-12-08 20:35 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Decontee Davis: She won her battle with Ebola. Her 5-year-old son, though, paid a price. She didn’t want other kids to suffer the same way, so she embarked on a difficult new job.

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Decontee Davis, 23, works at a child-care center, where any of the 13 children could be coming down with Ebola. All are from homes where parents or guardians have been taken away to treatment centers or died of Ebola, and now the youngsters must be monitored for 21 days to determine whether they are infected as well.

The job falls to a staff of 10, all survivors of Ebola like Davis, who watch them 24 hours a day.

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With Ebola Cases Down, Officials Worry Liberians Aren't Worried Enough

Mon, 2014-12-08 16:32 — mike kraft

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO by OFEIBEA QUIST-ARCTON Dec. 8, 2014

MONROVIA -- Treatment units in Liberia stand nearly empty, but a dozen or so Ebola cases still appear each day, with clusters in Monrovia and rural areas. The CDC's chief there wants the nation to stay alert.

Interview with Kevin De Cock, the doctor leading the Ebola response effort in Liberia for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He warns that the new enemy in the fight against the virus may be people letting down their guard.

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Liberia Bans Election Rallies to Fight Ebola

Fri, 2014-12-05 10:16 — mike kraft

UPDATE: Liberia court suspends ban on mass gatherings in Monrovia

REUTERS By James Harding Giahyue Dec. 7, 2014

MONROVIA --Liberia's top court issued a stay on a government order banning public gatherings in the capital ahead of Senate elections next week that was imposed because electioneering risks spreading Ebola, Information Minister Lewis Brown said on Sunday.

Presiding Associate Justice Philip

On Monday, the court will hear a petition by civil society groups, prominent citizens and some political parties who seek a delay to the Senate elections, now set for Dec. 16, until Ebola is eradicated.

On Wednesday, the court will hear a separate petition by independent Senate candidate Robert Sirleaf, the son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

issued the stay pending two Supreme Court hearings this week, Brown said.

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