Africa

UPDATE: 2:00 PM EST Authorities in Liberia say they plan to prosecute the man infected with Ebola who was diagnosed in Dallas earlier this week, saying he lied on an airport health questionnaire. With an Ebola crisis raging in West Africa, passengers leaving Liberia are being screened for fever and are asked if they have […]

Scary new estimates put the number of Ebola cases in West Africa to 21,000 by November, tripling the tally of 5,800 illnesses reported since the deadly virus hit the nations. The World Health Organization (WHO) said that cases are continuing to increase at a rapid pace, but added that Ebola could sicken people for years to come. […]

The six-million residents of Sierra Leone now have a peace of mind this week now that the three-day lockdown to prevent the Ebola virus was declared a success on Sunday. According to BBC, authorities lifted the ban that prevented men, women and children from leaving their homes. The controversial lockdown meant that many people were […]

Hospitals in West African nations hit with Ebola are struggling to treat patients, but now those patients are relying on the black market for a chance at survival. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), patients have taken to buying blood from survivors of the virus on the black market. The blood, which is called […]

Oscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympic who shot and killed his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day last year, cannot be found guilty of intentionally killing Reeva Steenkamp. A judge ruled that Pistorius’ actions were “negligent,” but not intentional. The ruling suggests Pistorius may be found guilty of “culpable homicide,” but has been acquitted of the two most serious […]

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 […]

On Friday, the World Health Organization announced that the largest outbreak of Ebola in history now constitutes as an international public health emergency that needs an extraordinary response to curb. The virus, which has killed nearly 1,000 people in Nigeria, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leon, is continuing to spread in nations that do not have the resources to […]

As news swirls that the two Americans who were flown to Georgia to be treated in an Atlanta hospital for Ebola are increasingly improving, a top Ebola expert is asking the question on many minds — what about the people in Africa? In fact, three of the world’s leading Ebola specialists have come forward to […]

On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised its response to the largest Ebola outbreak in history to a “level 1 activation,” an alert reserved for the most serious health emergencies. With the CDC on high alert, there comes a truth straight from the agency — the latest outbreak of Ebola will be […]

Not that the always brash Donald Trump needed any more enemies, but his latest comments regarding the American aid workers who were flown to Atlanta for treatment after contracting the Ebola virus are angering many and turning a lot of heads. Trump took to Twitter to express his absolute dissent about having Dr. Kent Brantly flown […]

In newly released audio, taken in 2001 just hours before the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, former President Bill Clinton told an audience in Australia that he could have killed Osama bin Laden. “I’m just saying, you know, if I were Osama bin Laden … He’s a very smart guy. […]

On Thursday evening, a medical charter flight equipped with an isolation pod left Cartersville, Georgia to transport two Americans infected with Ebola in Liberia to Atlanta. The American aid workers, who were involved in efforts to curb the deadly virus in the African nation when they were infected, will be taken to a hospital at Emory University, […]