Animal-to-human diseases poised to kill 12 times more people by 2050
Independent - 03-Nov-2023Urgent action needed to prevent the disease risk by addressing climate change & deforestation
Ebola News
Virus comes back to life in a survivor of Ebola
New Scientist - 18-Mar-2021Ebola survivor harboured the virus for 5 years & transmission could spark new outbreaks
Two new Ebola drugs report a 90% survival rate
BBC - 13-Aug-2019Thanks to this cocktail of 3 antibodies, Ebola no longer means impending death
Ebola spreads from Congo to Uganda - no sign of stopping
BBC - 13-Jun-2019Not yet a global emergency – but could explode at any time
Pig Ebola spreads across Asia leading to culling of millions of pigs
Guardian - 06-Jun-2019If this mutated to infect humans it would be worse than Ebola
Over 1,000 deaths in new Ebola outbreak in DRC
Independent - 05-May-2019Vaccine may be controlling outbreak for now, but could explode at any time
Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo - still not a global threat
BBC - 12-Apr-2019No need to declare a “public health emergency of international concern”
Fresh Ebola outbreak has potential to spread
CNN - 14-Aug-2018New outbreak in an area of active conflict makes difficult to contain the infection
Lack of UK Ebola strategy and procedure put lives at risk
Pharmaceutical Journal - 27-Jan-2016House of Commons report says UK’s response was undermined by systemic delays.
Ebola vaccine 100% effective
BBC - 31-Jul-2015No new cases in 2,000 close contacts when vaccinated immediately compared to 16 cases if vaccinated several weeks later.
