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A day after the World Health Organization declared that West Africa was Ebola-free, a new case emerged in Sierra Leone when a corpse tested positive for the virus.

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The World Health Organization declared the country Ebola-free on Tuesday after it went 42 days--the amount of time in two incubation cycles for the disease--without any reports of new infections, notes the news outlet.

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Although the Ebola virus is still prevalent in a few African countries, one of the places hit the hardest is on its way to being declared Ebola-free. According to the World Health Organization, Liberia will be listed as Ebola-free on Saturday, which marks 42 days since the last case was reported. Although Liberia will rejoice […]

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The West African state of Liberia continues to battle the spread of the Ebola virus in its crowded, oceanside capital of Monrovia. The capital recorded a record high of over 1,200 deaths from the world’s worst outbreak of the Ebola virus in history. The deadly virus continues to ravage three small West African nations: Liberia, Sierra Leone, […]

With over 1,000 people dead from Ebola in Africa, Canada has stepped up to send doses of an experimental vaccine to help fight the virus. According to CBC News, Canadian researchers have never used the vaccine on humans, but claim it has had a profound effect on tested animals. A made-in-Canada experimental Ebola vaccine will be offered […]

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As the Ebola death toll continues to rise, the World Health Organization met this week to determine whether it is ethical to administer experimental medications and vaccines. The WHO concluded unanimously that the use of the new serum is ethical, even if the effectiveness or adverse effects are unknown. The first two doses of the vaccine were given […]