UN high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance: Five things to know!
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become one of the biggest threats to global health and endangers other major priorities.
Sep 22, 2016, 06:33 AM IST
US, China hold NSA-level talks after South China Sea verdict
The US on Monday called for candour and openness ahead of NSA-level talks with China here, the first such high-level political dialogue since an international tribunal rejected Beijing's expansive claims over the strategic South China Sea.
Jul 25, 2016, 14:48 PM IST
Experts for central epidemiological database to deal with bio-terrorism
Experts on Thursday emphasised on a strong and well-integrated programme in sync with the different governmental arms to deal with bioterrorism, as diseases like Ebola and Zika could emerge as possible threats.
Jun 23, 2016, 19:16 PM IST
IS spreading like cancer, Ebola: UN
The war raging in Syria has "provided the perfect breeding ground for extremists and terrorists to take root in the society," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters in Geneva.
Apr 08, 2016, 21:09 PM IST
US to use Ebola funds to fight Zika virus
The US has announced that it is transferring nearly USD 600 million which was leftover from the largely successful fight against Ebola to combat the growing menace of Zika virus.
Apr 07, 2016, 11:13 AM IST
Fresh Ebola outbreak claims one in Liberian capital
The Librarian government on Friday confirmed a new Ebola case traced to a 30-year-old woman.
Apr 02, 2016, 11:42 AM IST
WHO confirms new Ebola case in Liberia
WHO said a 30-year-old woman died of Ebola on Thursday while being transferred to a hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia.
Apr 01, 2016, 22:59 PM IST
Inovio Ebola vaccine shows positive results in phase I human trials
The vaccine was safe, tolerable, and generated strong T cell and antibody responses in its fully enrolled phase I study of 75 healthy subjects.
Mar 30, 2016, 21:49 PM IST
Ebola no longer poses global health risk: WHO
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
Mar 30, 2016, 21:04 PM IST
New form of Ebola virus may cause disease in humans
The Reston virus, a member of the Ebola virus family which is known to circulate in domestic pigs in Asia, may acquire the few mutations necessary to cause disease in humans and to develop into a novel health threat, researchers have warned.
Mar 25, 2016, 11:34 AM IST
Guinea govt says two people have died from Ebola
Two people from the same family have died from Ebola in Guinea, the government said Thursday, the first re-emergence of the virus in the country since the outbreak there was declared over in December.
Mar 18, 2016, 07:42 AM IST
After Ebola and Zika, this new virus is poised to infect humans: Study
According to a new study, a SARS-like virus found in Chinese horseshoe bats may be poised to infect humans.
Mar 15, 2016, 13:55 PM IST
Low-cost portable device that can detect Ebola
The device could be particularly useful to monitor endemic, epidemic and pandemic disease outbreaks in resource-limited developing countries that need portable diagnostic equipment that functions outside the hospital.
Feb 22, 2016, 19:28 PM IST
US researchers call for WHO to take rapid action on Zika virus
Georgetown University researchers urged WHO Director-General Margaret Chan to heed the lessons of Ebola and act quickly to combat the Zika.
Jan 28, 2016, 00:31 AM IST
Fear, doubts obstruct efforts to contain Ebola in Sierra Leone
The new death was a setback for the region seeking to end a two-year epidemic that has killed more than 11,300 people, and it was followed by a second case on Wednesday, heightening fears of further transmission.
Jan 21, 2016, 04:09 AM IST
WHO confirms death from Ebola in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free on November 7, last year but remained under a 90-day period of enhanced surveillance to ensure no hidden chains of transmission have been missed.
Jan 15, 2016, 22:12 PM IST
Antibodies of Ebola virus have been found out
A recent research has engineered the first antibodies that can potently neutralise the two deadliest strains of the virus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever.
Jan 15, 2016, 11:12 AM IST
Anti-HIV drugs may be effective against Ebola
Interferon beta, the most potent inhibitor of Ebola which the team identified as a result of the screening, is now part of a clinical trial of individuals who were infected with Ebola during the recent outbreak in Guinea.
Jan 12, 2016, 14:37 PM IST
Guinea declared Ebola-free
President Alpha Conde has doubled the health budget since winning re-election in October.
Dec 29, 2015, 21:09 PM IST
India asks UN to allocate more for responding to emergencies
India has underlined the need for the UN to allocate more resources for responding to emergencies like Ebola and other humanitarian and natural disasters as the world body adopted a budget of USD 5.4 billion to carry out its vital work during the 2016-2017.
Dec 25, 2015, 12:06 PM IST
