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WHAT ARE YOUR EXPERIENCES OF THE NHS THIS WINTER? TELL US HERE
Dr Nick Scriven, president of the Society for Acute Medicine SAM, said many hospitals reported more than 99 percent capacity in the week before Christmas... READ MORE›
ALARM OVER SHARP RISE IN AMBULANCE PATIENT DEATHS IN ENGLAND
The second highest number of deaths was at North East ambulance service, with 22 reported cases in 2016, up from five in 2012... READ MORE›
SIERRA LEONE PEACE DIAMOND NETS $6.5 MILLION IN AUCTION TO RAISE FUNDS FOR WEST AFRICAN NATION
The United Nations lifted a ban on diamond exports from Sierra Leone in 2003, though the 113 million sector is plagued by smuggling... READ MORE›
ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST DIAMONDS FETCHES $6.5 MILLION TO DEAL WITH SMUGGLERS IN THE WEST AFRICAN NATION
The United Nations lifted a ban on diamond exports from Sierra Leone in 2003, but the multi-million dollar sector is still plagued by smuggling... READ MORE›
GIANT 'PEACE DIAMOND' SELLS FOR $6.5M
A giant 709-carat diamond unearthed in Sierra Leone has sold at auction in New York for 6.5m ?4.8m ... READ MORE›
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ONCE TIME'S 'PERSON OF THE YEAR,' AN EBOLA FIGHTER DIES IN CHILDBIRTH DUE TO STIGMA OF VIRUS
More than 11,000 people died in the Ebola outbreak, although 17,000 who contracted the virus survived... READ MORE›
HEALTH CARE WORKER TESTS POSITIVE AT TEXAS HOSPITAL
On October 21, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC announced stringent new guidelines for healthcare personnel who may be dealing with Ebola patients... READ MORE›
NHS NURSES ARE TOO BUSY TO CARE FOR PATIENTS PROPERLY, RESEARCH SHOWS
Survey of 30,000 nurses finds 53 percent fear quality of care is suffering, and some patients are being left to die alone... READ MORE›
SIERRA LEONE APPEALS FOR URGENT HELP FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
Paolo Conteh, the interior minister, told Sierra Leone's state broadcaster that thousands of people remained missing... READ MORE›
EBOLA OUTBREAK DECLARED IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AFTER THREE DIE
Thousands more survivors have been left with long-term health problems and Liberia was only declared free of active Ebola virus transmission last June... READ MORE›
Anyone arriving from affected West African countries without having had confirmed contact with Ebola victims will be subject to monitoring by public health officials... READ MORE›
EBOLA OUTBREAK DECLARED IN NORTHEAST DR CONGO
In June 2016, WHO declared Liberia free of active Ebola virus transmission... READ MORE›
West Africa is facing the largest Ebola outbreak in history and more than 2,000 people have died... READ MORE›
Abby Haglage in the Daily Beast says Dr Spencer's case could affect Ebola patients worldwide - by deterring would-be volunteers from travelling to West Africa to help... READ MORE›
BRITISH MEDIC DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA
Ebola has claimed more than 10,000 lives across the worst-affected countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia in the past 12 months... READ MORE›
WINNIPEG LAB EMPLOYEE POSSIBLY EXPOSED TO EBOLA VIRUS
An employee at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg has potentially been exposed to the Ebola virus... READ MORE›
HOSPITAL MISTAKES BLAMED FOR US TRANSMISSION
Farmers in Sierra Leone who have deserted their land because of the Ebola outbreak are being encouraged to go back to work... READ MORE›
NEW 'DUTY OF CANDOUR' RULES INSTRUCT MEDICS TO ADMIT MISTAKES
Known as a duty of candour the guidelines make clear that patients should expect a face-to-face apology... READ MORE›
EBOLA DRUG CLINICAL TRIALS TO START
Trials One trial involves using the blood of recovered Ebola patients to treat sick people in the Guinean capital Conakry... READ MORE›
CANADA VISA BAN HITS WEST AFRICA STATES
Ebola crisis canada visa ban hits west africa states... READ MORE›
SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS
In Sierra Leone, the hardest hit of any nation during the Ebola outbreak, nearly 4,000 people died from the disease altogether 14,000 were infected... READ MORE›
SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF DISEASE
Dr Oliver Johnson, from the King's Sierra Leone partnership, worked at an Ebola clinic in Freetown, and has strong links with medical professionals there... READ MORE›
NEW CASE EMERGES IN SIERRA LEONE
Health officials in Sierra Leone have confirmed a death from Ebola, hours after the World Health Organization declared the West Africa outbreak over... READ MORE›
THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH WITH EBOLA
At this point, considering the contact she had with someone with Ebola, health workers said she is most likely very sick, perhaps even dead... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS POTENTIALLY HARMED BY UNDELIVERED NHS MAIL
Of the 1,788 patients who may have been harmed as a result, 333 have since died... READ MORE›
WHO CRISIS TEAM HOLDS EBOLA TALKS
Farmers in Sierra Leone who have deserted their land because of the Ebola outbreak are being encouraged to go back to work... READ MORE›
Dr Craig Spencer A doctor recently returned from Guinea is in isolation at a New York city hospital... READ MORE›
EBOLA: SECOND UK WORKER MONITORED
The patient is being monitored at London's Royal Free Hospital and does not currently have a diagnosis or symptoms of the virus... READ MORE›
SPAIN EBOLA NURSE HEALTH 'WORSENS'
Farmers in Sierra Leone who have deserted their land because of the Ebola outbreak are being encouraged to go back to work... READ MORE›
TESTS SHOW NEW EBOLA VACCINE IS 'HIGHLY EFFECTIVE'
Pharmaceutical companies only agreed to develop Ebola vaccines after the West African epidemic spiraled out of control last year, affecting thousands of people... READ MORE›
PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›
DRUGMAKERS TO JOIN FORCES TO MAKE MILLIONS OF EBOLA VACCINE DOSES
Europe is also expected to announce 200 million euros 250 million of funding to develop new Ebola vaccines, drugs and diagnostic tests, sources said on Wednesday... READ MORE›
AMERICAN AND BRITISH AID WORKERS INFECTED WITH EBOLA IN SIERRA LEONE
In Sierra Leone, the group joined with an existing organization, the Wellbody Alliance, to care for Ebola patients... READ MORE›
VACCINE SUCCESS HOLDS HOPE FOR END TO DEADLY SCOURGE OF EBOLA
That left the study in Guinea, where Ebola is still infecting new victims, as the only real hope for demonstrating the efficacy of a vaccine... READ MORE›