Too close for comfort

He/she being tested.

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Study: Liberia’s Ebola Epidemic Could End By Summer

ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) – A new study predicts that the Ebola epidemic in Liberia could come to an end by June if the country stays on track with getting a high percentage of people who are ill to a hospital.

Researchers found that if 85 percent of people with Ebola in Liberia are hospitalized, spread of the disease could be nearly stopped sometime between March and June 2015.

http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2015/01/14/study-liberias-ebola-epidemic-could-end-by-summer/

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Ebola virus death toll nears 8,500 - WHO

GENEVA, January 14. /TASS/. The number of people killed by the Ebola virus has reached 8,429, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report Wednesday.
A total of 21,296 cases of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported, the statement said.

http://itar-tass.com/en/world/771254

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Ebola virus death toll nears 8,500 - WHO

GENEVA, January 14. /TASS/. The number of people killed by the Ebola virus has reached 8,429, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report Wednesday.
A total of 21,296 cases of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported, the statement said.

http://itar-tass.com/en/world/771254

Amazing how ebola has faded into no news. And people are still dying.

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Ebola virus death toll nears 8,500 - WHO

GENEVA, January 14. /TASS/. The number of people killed by the Ebola virus has reached 8,429, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report Wednesday.
A total of 21,296 cases of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported, the statement said.

http://itar-tass.com/en/world/771254

Amazing how ebola has faded into no news. And people are still dying.

Unfortunately while it looked like it might spread to the west the media were all over it. Now it seems to just be an "African" problem it gets dropped. No longer newsworthy.

Not sure what message that sends.

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Not sure what message that sends.

It doesn't sell more copies because we ran out of BS to say.

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Ebola virus death toll nears 8,500 - WHO

GENEVA, January 14. /TASS/. The number of people killed by the Ebola virus has reached 8,429, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report Wednesday.
A total of 21,296 cases of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported, the statement said.

http://itar-tass.com/en/world/771254

Amazing how ebola has faded into no news. And people are still dying.

Unfortunately while it looked like it might spread to the west the media were all over it. Now it seems to just be an "African" problem it gets dropped. No longer newsworthy.

Not sure what message that sends.

Those Africans aren't important enough to the world, Bernie:(

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Study: Liberia’s Ebola Epidemic Could End By Summer
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) – A new study predicts that the Ebola epidemic in Liberia could come to an end by June if the country stays on track with getting a high percentage of people who are ill to a hospital.
Researchers found that if 85 percent of people with Ebola in Liberia are hospitalized, spread of the disease could be nearly stopped sometime between March and June 2015.
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2015/01/14/study-liberias-ebola-epidemic-could-end-by-summer/

Perhaps even sooner:)
https://twitter.com/HansRosling/status/555300955550670848
http://www.gapminder.org/

update.

WHO report: 'Lethal, tenacious, unforgiving virus' fueled Ebola epidemic

Fear and misunderstanding of a "lethal, tenacious and unforgiving virus" have given rise to the world's largest and most enduring Ebola epidemic, according to the World Health Organization.

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-ebola-report-20150115-story.html

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J&J Ebola vaccine gets 100 mln euros to speed development

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Friday that newly formed groups supporting work on its experimental Ebola vaccine would receive 100 million euros ($115 million) from Europe's Innovative Medicines Initiative to speed development.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/16/health-ebola-jj-idUSL6N0UV2A920150116

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Study: Liberia’s Ebola Epidemic Could End By Summer
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) – A new study predicts that the Ebola epidemic in Liberia could come to an end by June if the country stays on track with getting a high percentage of people who are ill to a hospital.
Researchers found that if 85 percent of people with Ebola in Liberia are hospitalized, spread of the disease could be nearly stopped sometime between March and June 2015.
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2015/01/14/study-liberias-ebola-epidemic-could-end-by-summer/

Perhaps even sooner:)
https://twitter.com/HansRosling/status/555300955550670848
http://www.gapminder.org/

Perhaps the best thing we could do is,
Transport the necessary amount (understand expensive) Military Mobile Hospitals to the region.

Looks like it's not needed.
Hans Rosling said "All important actions were done in Liberia & they were coordinated by competent Liberians thats my take on the success"
Joel Selanikio said "From perspective of a Sierra Leone Ebola Treatment Center we went from zero to 30 to 2 in the last month"
https://twitter.com/jselanikio/status/555303008943476736/photo/1
https://twitter.com/jselanikio/status/555071355503517698

Possible Ebola cases flown to UK


Two volunteers have been transferred to the UK after potential contact with the Ebola virus in separate incidents.

Public Health England said the patients' risk of having the virus was low and the measure was a precaution.

Authorities said the individuals - one of whom is Australian - had not been diagnosed with Ebola and did not currently have symptoms of the disease.

Experts emphasised the risk to the public was low and said the volunteers would be monitored for 21 days.

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-30846704

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Updates.

Ebola crisis: Mali says it has no more cases

Mali's health minister says the country is now free of the Ebola virus, after 42 days without a new case of the disease.

"I declare this day... the end of the epidemic of the Ebola virus in Mali," said Ousmane Kone.

The last Ebola-infected patient in Mali recovered and left hospital in early December.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30875317

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Ebola Wanes In Liberia as US-built Treatment Centers Open


The apocalyptic predictions for Ebola infections are looking overblown. Back during the summer, the CDC floated the idea Ebola infections could surge past a million in West Africa. Luckily, those alarming prediction never became facts on the ground.

http://www.newsledge.com/ebola-wanes-liberia-us-built-treatment-centers-open-12590

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Ebola virus death toll in West Africa exceeds 8,500 — WHO

The number of Ebola deaths in these three countries rose by 126 and the number of cases rose by 241 since January 16

GENEVA, January 19. /TASS/. The death toll from the current Ebola outbreak has reached 8,594 people. As many as 21,614 are infected, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on Monday.

http://itar-tass.com/en/world/772014

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Sick traveler who worked with Ebola patients taken to Hackensack University Medical Center


A woman who worked in Sierra Leone with Ebola patients was taken off a United Airlines flight at Newark Liberty International Airport in a hazmat suit Monday afternoon and transported to Hackensack University Medical Center after she exhibited a high fever and vomited on the flight, government officials and law enforcement sources said.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/sick-traveler-who-worked-with-ebola-patients-taken-to-hackensack-university-medical-center-1.1227223

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Sick traveler who worked with Ebola patients taken to Hackensack University Medical Center

No Ebola

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Mutant Ebola Virus May Evade Drugs, Study Finds

The Ebola virus strain that's killed more than 8,600 people in West Africa is mutating in a way that could make experimental drugs less likely to help, researchers reported Tuesday.

They said they'd found 10 new mutations that might interfere with how three of the most advanced drugs work against Ebola. The drugs, including the experimental ZMapp given to several Ebola survivors, should be tested against the current strain, the researchers said.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/mutant-ebola-virus-may-evade-drugs-study-finds-n289896

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On Ebola front line, first glimpse of end to epidemic

(Reuters) - Here at the front line of the Ebola epidemic, the tide seems to be turning against the disease.

A military-style operation to fight the outbreak in Sierra Leone - the worst-affected country - has helped to dramatically reduce new cases, in what health officials say is a major step towards defeating Ebola.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/21/us-health-ebola-leone-idUSKBN0KU1U920150121

Good.

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On Ebola front line, first glimpse of end to epidemic

(Reuters) - Here at the front line of the Ebola epidemic, the tide seems to be turning against the disease.

A military-style operation to fight the outbreak in Sierra Leone - the worst-affected country - has helped to dramatically reduce new cases, in what health officials say is a major step towards defeating Ebola.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/21/us-health-ebola-leone-idUSKBN0KU1U920150121

Good.

Good news!

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