Showing posts with label ebola. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ebola. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

New Ebola Cases May Rise to 10,000 a Week by December

U.N. Health Body Aims to Have Majority of Cases Isolated Within Two Months to Reverse Outbreak
The Wall Street Journal
By ANDREW MORSE
Updated Oct. 14, 2014 5:40 p.m. ET
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ZURICH—The Ebola virus is killing 70% of the people who contract the disease, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, and as many as 10,000 new cases a week could be reported by early December.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

WHO: Ebola Is Modern Era's Worst Health Emergency

 AP      | By By JIM GOMEZ
Posted: 10/13/2014 7:29 am EDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The World Health Organization called the Ebola outbreak "the most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times" on Monday but also said that economic disruptions can be curbed if people are adequately informed to prevent irrational moves to dodge infection.