Tag: Ebola
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Mortality rates need careful evaluation
His recent books include Planet in Peril and Man Over Machine.
May 26, 2021 -
‘One Health’ approach vital to combating pandemics
A future pandemic could be worse than the ongoing crisis because we are pushing nature to its limits by destroying and degrading amazingly diverse ecosystems, like tropical forests, rivers, lakes, mountains, coral reefs and many more and ultimately removing natural buffers and expanding the interface between wildlife and people where pandemics emerge.
April 29, 2021 -
Nature strikes back
The outbreak of Covid-19 is an example of Nature's proactive response to the suicidal behaviour of humans. What is needed is called 'behavioural distancing'. We should change our lifestyle and our attitude towards Nature to heal our planet.
April 30, 2020 -
Challenges of wider health crisis
As a lot of emerging evidence points out, these guidelines are easier said than implemented. In fact, as the WHO itself pointed out about the severity of the challenge in this document, “The Covid-19 pandemic is straining health systems worldwide. The rapidly increasing demand on health facilities and health care workers threatens to leave some health systems overstretched and unable to operate effectively”.
April 15, 2020 -
Virulent Virus
The resurgence of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases in the 21st century (SARS, bird flu, MERS, Ebola, Zika, Nipah and COVID-19) has turned the spotlight on animals and insects and vectors of infectious diseases as epidemic villains. Rightly are they regarded as the incubators of the existential risk for humanity.
February 26, 2020 -
WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo a ‘health emergency’
Latest UN figures showed that some 650 people have died in the current Ebola outbreak, while about 12 new cases are reported every day.
July 18, 2019 -
A look into mankind’s oldest, fiercest ongoing battles – inside us
Title: Immune Author: Catherine Carver Publisher: Bloomsbury Sigma Pages 288 Price: Rs 499 Picture a mighty fortress besieged by a huge array of cunning invaders, some of whom have even managed to enter and entrench themselves by a range of subterfuges. But then, its defenders are mostly equal to repelling them with a variety of …
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September 8, 2017 -
Ebola can persist in survivor’s semen 2 years after infection
Researchers have found that the Ebola virus can persist in the semen of survivors more than two years after the onset of the infection. The research team also observed the detection of Ebola virus RNA in the semen of men who had previously had a negative test of their semen in some cases. The findings, …
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August 3, 2017 -
Ebola virus persists in monkeys that survive disease
Ebola virus infection can be detected in rhesus monkeys that survive the deadly disease and no longer show symptoms, according to a study. The study by researchers at US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) sheds light on how the virus persists in certain areas of the body, and holds promise for the …
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July 19, 2017 -
WHO vaccinates 30 million Africans against Ebola
More than 30 million people, the majority in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, have been vaccinated against Ebola, a UN agency said. The World Health Organization regional director for Africa Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti said on Wednesday that she was currently working with the DRC ministry of health to announce the end of Ebola …
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June 29, 2017 -
The deadly Ebola
Scottish nurse and Ebola survivor Pauline Cafferkey has made an emotional return to Sierra Leone for the first time since contracting the deadly virus in December 2014. Pauline, who caught Ebola while volunteering at a treatment centre in Kerry Town, Sierra Leone, visited the country with UK charity Street Child and has spoken out about …
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June 24, 2017 -
New experimental Ebola vaccine found safe in humans
Canadian researchers in a clinical trial have developed a vaccine for disease caused by Ebola virus. The study found that the recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus-Zaire Ebola virus (rVSV-ZEBOV) is well-tolerated and showed no safety concerns. The rVSV-ZEBOV is a recombinant, replication competent vesicular stomatitis virus-based candidate vaccine expressing a surface glycoprotein of Zaire Ebola virus. …
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June 19, 2017 -
Human antibodies to fight ebola viruses discovered
In a first, scientists led by one of Indian-origin have discovered natural human antibodies that can neutralise and protect animals against three virulent ebola viruses, an advance that could lead to vaccines against the deadly disease. The broadly neutralising natural human antibodies were discovered in the blood of a survivor of the 2013-16 ebola outbreak …
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May 19, 2017 -
Ebola returns to Congo, WHO assessing extent of outbreak
Investigations are on to assess the full extent of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which is believed to have already claimed three lives, WHO has said. WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti on May 13 visited Kinshasa to discuss with national authorities and partners ways to mount a rapid, …
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May 15, 2017 -
UN announces 2 more suspected Ebola cases in Congo
The World Health Organisation has identified two more suspected cases of the deadly Ebola virus a day after declaring an outbreak in Congo. The UN agency said yesterday there are now 11 suspected cases, including three reported deaths, in Likati in Congo's northern Bas-Uele Province. WHO said one death has tested positive for an Ebola …
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May 14, 2017 -
India vulnerable to infectious diseases like Zika, Ebola
South Asian nations including India are “vulnerable” to emerging infectious diseases like Zika and Ebola and their level of preparedness is “inadequate” to protect public health, a new analysis on Wednesday said. Inadequate surveillance and uneven health system capacity may accelerate the spread of the emerging infectious diseases in the region, which is already burdened by …
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April 12, 2017 -
Ebola: New test may predict patient’s survival chance
Scientists have identified a 'molecular barcode' in the blood of patients with Ebola virus disease that can predict whether they are likely to survive or die from the viral infection. A rapid analysis of the host response to infection in an outbreak situation can provide valuable information to guide an understanding of disease outcome and …
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January 19, 2017