FOREIGN FISHERMEN SETTLE HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAWSUIT

Boat owner Jim Cook of the Hawaii Longline Association said Wednesday the settlement won't affect their fleet, made up of about 700 foreign fishermen on about 140 boats... READ MORE›

FOREIGN FISHERMEN SETTLE HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAWSUIT

Boat owner Jim Cook of the Hawaii Longline Association said Wednesday the settlement won't affect their fleet, made up of about 700 foreign fishermen on about 140 boats... READ MORE›

FOREIGN FISHERMEN SETTLE HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAWSUIT

Boat owner Jim Cook of the Hawaii Longline Association said Wednesday the settlement won't affect their fleet, made up of about 700 foreign fishermen on about 140 boats... 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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

HOW CHINA'S TRAWLERS ARE EMPTYING GUINEA'S OCEANS

Trawlers took advantage of Ebola Illegal fishing in Guinea got even worse as the country was battling the deadly Ebola virus, according to a Greenpeace investigation... READ MORE›

GUINEA LAST NATION WITH EBOLA MAY SOON BE DECLARED FREE OF VIRUS

A Scottish nurse became critically ill last month after having recovered from Ebola, which she contracted doing charity work in Sierra Leone nearly a year ago... READ MORE›

EBOLA VACCINE SHOWS 100 PERCENT PROTECTION, STUDY SHOWS

She added that other Ebola vaccines were underdoing testing, and that a vaccine was also needed to protect against a second strain, Sudan... READ MORE›

Guinea reported its lowest weekly total of new confirmed Ebola virus disease cases since the week ending 17 August 2014, WHO said... READ MORE›

EBOLA IS ALL BUT OVER, BUT THE POSTMORTEM IS JUST GETTING STARTED

But because of the extreme inadequacies of healthcare and surveillance systems in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, Ebola was first diagnosed only in March 2014... READ MORE›

VICTORY AS GUINEA IS DEEMED FREE OF EBOLA

Of all the countries where Ebola spread, the virus proved hardest to eradicate from Guinea, experts said... READ MORE›

CRISIS IN BRITAIN'S COASTAL VILLAGES AS LOCAL FISHING COMMUNITIES FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL

The Northumberland seafood centre in Amble is another project that aims to boost tourism and support the fishing industry... READ MORE›

WHO DECLARES GUINEA FREE OF EBOLA

Sierra Leone was declared free of Ebola in November, but new cases have emerged in Liberia, which had been declared Ebola-free in September... READ MORE›

NEW CLUES INTO EBOLA AS ILL NURSE IMPROVES

We've never quite been sure if it was related to the Ebola virus or other illnesses, said John M... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS

WHO commends the government and people of Sierra Leone for the significant achievement of ending this Ebola outbreak, he said... READ MORE›

EBOLA GENETIC CODE ANALYSED TO SHOW EVOLUTION OF WORST EVER OUTBREAK

In Freetown, Sierra Leone, the virus mutated as it spread, before being re-imported back into Guinea as a new strain that tore across the country... READ MORE›

IMF TO PROVIDE $300M IN EXTRA FUNDING TO HELP FIGHT EBOLA

Ebola health workers carry a suspected Ebola sufferer on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia... READ MORE›

BANDITS IN GUINEA STEAL BLOOD SAMPLES BELIEVED TO BE INFECTED WITH EBOLA

American virologist David Safronetz carries buckets containing blood samples from suspected Ebola patients... READ MORE›

WEST AFRICA COUNTS DOWN TO POSSIBLE END OF EBOLA

Guinea's the last of the three heavily hit West African countries to report any recent Ebola... READ MORE›

EBOLA OUTBREAK: GUINEA CONFIRMS TWO NEW CASES

The new cases were reported by the World Health Organization WHO hours after it declared the latest Ebola flare-up to be over in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

AMERICAN INFECTED WITH EBOLA RETURNING FOR TREATMENT

Of the 10 people treated for Ebola so far int he United States, eight have survived... READ MORE›

LIBERIA BOY DIES AFTER FRESH CASES

Liberia has seen more than 10,000 Ebola cases and more than 4,000 deaths since the West Africa outbreak began in 2013... READ MORE›

EBOLA DEATH TOLL UP 200 SINCE FRIDAY, WHO FIGURES SHOW

The deadliest Ebola outbreak in history continues to affect Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone the most... READ MORE›

MORE AMERICANS EVACUATED AFTER EBOLA SCARE

A Partners In Health clinician working in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the Ebola virus... READ MORE›

Ebola is ruining the economies of Liberia and Sierra Leone and may cause food shortages, according to a New World Bank report... READ MORE›

WHAT WILL THE NEXT EPIDEMIC BE? WORLD NOT PREPARED FOR ANOTHER DISEASE LIKE EBOLA OR ZIKA, STUDY FINDS

A study published Monday in the medical journal BMJ concluded that the world is collectively grossly underprepared for future disease outbreaks... READ MORE›

GUINEA, GROUND ZERO OF THE EBOLA OUTBREAK, IS NOW FREE OF THE DEADLY DISEASE

This Nov. 20, 2014, photo shows a health worker wearing personal protective equipment at an Ebola treatment center in Macenta in Guinea... READ MORE›