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Sierra Leone

Ebola is back after West Africa declared Ebola-free

A aid agency report says a woman who died of Ebola in Sierra Leone this week has potentially exposed at least twenty-seven other people to the virus

15/01/2016

Iraq

Cholera spreads from Iraq to Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain

A cholera outbreak in Iraq has spread to neighbouring Syria, Kuwait and Bahrain, and risks turning into a region-wide epidemic as millions of

06/11/2015

Spain

New Ebola vaccine is tested on Spanish volunteers

A new Ebola vaccine is being tested for the first time in Europe on volunteers at a Spanish hospital in Madrid. Forty health workers are being

15/10/2015

Sierra Leone

Ebola-infected Scottish nurse readmitted to hospital

09/10/2015

World News

Ebola: is the epidemic over?

It has now been a week since any new cases of Ebola were declared in the three West African countries at the centre of a recent epidemic. The World

08/10/2015

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast uncovers new bird flu case

15/08/2015

Liberia

Liberia launches child registration drive post Ebola crisis

The Liberian government is on a drive to register more than 70,000 children born at the height of the Ebola epidemic. 70,000 Liberian births

04/08/2015

Korea

South Korea declares end to MERS, World Health Organization exercises caution

South Korea has declared a “de facto end” to the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, known as MERS. The coronavirus has so far killed 36

28/07/2015

Liberia

New Ebola cases in Liberia raise fears of fresh outbreak

New cases of Ebola have been detected in Liberia, nearly two months after the West African country was declared free of the virus. The authorities

02/07/2015

World News

Man infected with MERS earlier this year dies in Germany

A man infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, earlier this year has died in hospital in Germany. The 65-year-old suffered

16/06/2015

South Korea

South Korea: two hospitals sealed off amid MERS outbreak

Two South Korean hospitals have been sealed off, in a bid to stop the spread of a deadly respiratory disease. MERS has infected 126 people in the

12/06/2015

South Korea

South Korea confirms five more MERS cases

Five more cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, have been confirmed in South Korea. It takes the total number of people infected to 30

03/06/2015

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone cancels Christmas celebrations to fight Ebola outbreak

Sierra Leone has announced house-to-house searches for Ebola patients and internal travel restrictions as part of a new plan to battle the outbreak

17/12/2014

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Thailand: parade to promote safe sex on World AIDS Day

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United Kingdom

British bird flu confirmed as H5N8

18/11/2014

World News

All you need to know about the Ebola virus

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India

Indian flood victims fear epidemics as rescue operations continue

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