ebola

Chief Olusegun Runsewe, Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), on Saturday has bombed Nigerian cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, a.k.a Bobrisky, saying his impact on society is worse than Ebola’s, the deadly virus that…

Ebola may soon be a “preventable and treatable” disease after a trial of two drugs showed significantly improved survival rates, scientists have said. Four drugs were trialled on patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where…

The death toll in the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen to 1,540, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). In an update on Friday, the world health body said 2,284 people had been…

A World Health Organization panel decided on Friday not to declare an international emergency over Congo’s Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Uganda this week, concluding such a declaration could cause too much economic harm. The…

The number of Ebola cases in Congo has exceeded 1,000, the country’s health ministry said, as the second-largest outbreak of the virus continues to wreak havoc in the central African country. “Behind these numbers are several hundred…

Two soldiers in eastern DR Congo have died after catching Ebola in an outbreak that has killed hundreds in the region, army and health sources said on Tuesday. “Two of our soldiers have died from the Ebola virus in Beni.…

The Ebola outbreak in Guinea is over, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday, the second time the West African nation has been declared free of the virus. It has been six weeks since the last confirmed Ebola patient…

Survivors of the deadly Ebola virus are at risk of having eye and joint problems. This is according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). According to WHO doctors, a substantial proportion of patients have reported problems with their…

"A Nigerian soldier has tested positive to the Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia, the United Nations has said. The infected UN peacekeeper tested positive to the disease on Wednesday, December 3 and the diagnosis was announced by the…

"The global casualty figure for the current Ebola outbreak has now reached 5,689, the World Health Organization (WHO)said on Wednesday, November 26. The WHO also stated that 15,935 cases of the disease had been recorded while also adding…

"The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Commission President, Kadré Ouadraogo, has restated the sub-regional body’s commitment towards winning the fight against Ebola virus disease. This is contained in a statement from the…

Dr. Ada Igonoh of First Consultants Hospital, one of the doctors who attended to the late Patr!ck Sawyer who brought in Ebola into the country, has finally spoken. In her inspiring piece sent to Bellanaija, the doctor disclosed how she got…

"The death toll from the worst Ebola outbreak in history has risen to at least 2,296 out of 4,293 cases in five West African countries, the World Health Organization said today Tuesday September 9th.The death toll, according to WHO, jumped…

The first suspected case of Ebola Virus Disease is currently being investigated at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). If the test results come out positive, it would be the first time in any part of the world that a case would be…