Liberia

Liberia declared Ebola-free, but outbreak continues over border

Liberia was declared free from Ebola by the government and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sa...

May 09, 2015 06:46 PM EDT

Hunger and frustration grow at Ebola ground zero in Guinea

A charred kapok tree and around a dozen graves scattered amongst the mud brick houses of Meliandou a...

Mar 03, 2015 06:38 PM EST

Just five Ebola cases left in Liberia, government says

Liberia, once the epicenter of West Africa's deadly Ebola epidemic, has just five remaining confirme...

Jan 23, 2015 09:06 PM EST

Critically ill Sierra Leone doctor with Ebola now in U.S.

A surgeon from Sierra Leone, critically ill with Ebola, was flown to a Nebraska hospital for treatme...

Nov 17, 2014 02:16 AM EST

Mali steps up border controls after Ebola case arrives from Guinea

Mali said it was reinforcing health controls at border posts but has no plans to close its frontiers...

Nov 13, 2014 09:45 AM EST

Liberia rights commission calls for compensation for Ebola quarantine shooting

Liberia's human rights commission has called on the government to pay compensation to the family of ...

Nov 08, 2014 10:45 PM EST

West African bloc presses Burkina for civilian leader

Three West African presidents urged Burkina Faso on Wednesday to appoint a civilian transitional lea...

Nov 05, 2014 07:19 PM EST

Judge rejects strict limits on U.S. nurse who treated Ebola patients

Declaring Ebola fears in the United States "not entirely rational," a judge rejected Maine's bid for...

Oct 31, 2014 05:51 PM EDT

Nurse defies Ebola quarantine with bike ride; negotiations fail

A nurse who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone but has tested negative for the virus went for a ...

Oct 31, 2014 09:38 AM EDT

Sierra Leone says Australia Ebola visa ban wrong, discriminatory

Sierra Leone on Tuesday branded a visa ban imposed by Australia on Ebola-hit nations in West Africa ...

Oct 28, 2014 11:12 PM EDT

Two U.S. states to quarantine health workers returning from Ebola zones

New York and New Jersey will automatically quarantine medical workers returning from Ebola-hit West ...

Oct 25, 2014 12:32 AM EDT

U.S. needs to rethink Ebola infection controls, says CDC chief

Medical experts need to rethink how highly infectious diseases are handled in the United States, a U...

Oct 13, 2014 11:10 PM EDT

African immigrants worry about backlash from U.S. Ebola case

In Dallas and other cities home to large populations of African immigrants, worries are abounding am...

Oct 04, 2014 11:12 PM EDT

U.S. defends Ebola response, about 50 under observation

U.S. officials on Friday broadly defended the response to the country's first case of Ebola, althoug...

Oct 03, 2014 08:52 PM EDT

Scientists grapple with ethics in rush to release Ebola vaccines

Normally it takes years to prove a new vaccine is both safe and effective before it can be used in t...

Sep 28, 2014 11:06 AM EDT