West Africa health news
Ethiopia: AU to Set Up an African CDC
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Dr. Marie Goreti Harakeye, Head of HIV/AIDS, TB & OID Division Under the AU Department of S...
Africa: Lab-Free Immune Therapy Developed
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A cheap and simple way to obtain the main type of disease-supressing antibody in human blood c...
FDA approves Corgenix’s Ebola test for emergency use
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Diagnostics company Corgenix Medical Corp said on Thursday U.S. health regulators had approved ...
Trial of 2 Ebola Vaccines’ Effectiveness Is Announced
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Federal officials said on Thursday that the first clinical trial to test the effectiveness of Eb...
Africa: Cashew Nut By-Product May Help Cut Sleeping Sickness
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A new method for making chemicals that lure tsetse flies to traps has been developed. It uses a...
Researchers Seek Crucial Tool: A Fast, Finger-Prick Ebola Test
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Searching for a new way to attack Ebola, companies and academic researchers are now racing to de...
Better Staffing and Monitoring of Fluids and Vital signs of patients Seen as Crucial to Ebola Treatment in Africa and the U.S.
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Dr. Rick Sacra, a missionary who contracted Ebola in Liberia this August, was first treated ther...
Ebola Vaccine Trials Planned for December
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Public health authorities said Friday they hoped to begin trials of Ebola vaccines in disease-ra...
Without Lucrative Market, Potential Ebola Vaccine Was Shelved for Years
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GALVESTON, Tex. — Almost a decade ago, scientists from Canada and the United States reported tha...
West Africa: Researchers Develop Quick Ebola Diagnosis Device
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The new tool, developed by France's Atomic Energy Commission, could allow doctors to diagnose a...