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Collateral death toll expected to soar in Africa’s Ebola crisis

YoopyaSep 26, 2014July 15, 20230

LONDON, Sept 26 – By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent (Reuters) – Deaths from infectious diseases like malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia are likely to

Ebola toll nears 3,000 as medics face bed shortage, resistance

YoopyaSep 25, 2014July 15, 20230

GENEVA (Reuters) – At least 2,917 people have died of Ebola out of 6,263 cases in the five West African countries affected by the disease,

Sierra Leone To Cordon Off 3 Areas To Stop Ebola

YoopyaSep 25, 2014July 15, 20230

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s government says a nationwide lockdown revealed that an Ebola outbreak is worse than thought and ordered three more

Study of smoking cancer patients fuels e-cigarette debate

YoopyaSep 22, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – The fierce debate over whether e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking took another twist on Monday as a research paper on their use

Bill Clinton says must ‘do whatever it takes’ to fight Ebola

YoopyaSep 22, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – New initiatives from the United States, Britain, France and other countries to help fight the Ebola epidemic that has been spreading exponentially in

Angelina Jolie surgery sparks surge in female cancer tests: study

YoopyaSep 19, 2014July 16, 20230

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hollywood star Angelina Jolie’s decision to make public her double mastectomy more than doubled the number of women in Britain

Death toll in West Africa Ebola epidemic reaches 2,630: WHO

YoopyaSep 18, 2014July 29, 20230

(Reuters) – At least 2,630 people have died in the worst outbreak of Ebola virus in history, which has so far infected at least 5,357

Liberia hopes U.S. Ebola pledge will spur others to act

YoopyaSep 18, 2014September 2, 20230

(Reuters) – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Wednesday she hoped U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to send 3,000 troops to West Africa to

Ebola could drain billions of dollars from African economies: World Bank

YoopyaSep 17, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – The largest-ever outbreak of Ebola could drain billions of dollars from economies in West Africa by the end of next year if the

US to Send 3,000 to Africa to Fight Ebola Virus

YoopyaSep 16, 2014July 16, 20230

WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to unveil today an expanded U.S. response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the worst outbreak of the disease