No ebola vaccine ''because the virus previously only affected poor African nations'', WHO chief says

Speaking at the regional committee for Africa in Benin, Dr. Margaret Chan criticized drugs companies for turning their backs on "markets that cannot pay."

Microsoft Owner Paul Allen donates $100 towards Ebola fight

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, 61, who is worth about $17billion, announced today October 23rd that he will donate $100 million to the fight against Ebola, which has killed thousands of people all around the world. 

The Fear of Ebola is REAL

The Fear of Ebola is real!!!

This passenger was spotted dressed like this while waiting for a flight at Washington D.C Airport yesterday. 

Another Texas health care worker tests positive for Ebola

This is just sad!!!!! A second health care worker at the Texas Presbyterian Hospital has tested positive to the Ebola virus, just a few days after nurse Nina Pham tested positive. The health care worker is said to have been on those who attended to late Thomas Duncan, the Liberian who brought Ebola to the U.S

First Ebola Death in Germany

A UN medical worker who got infected with the Ebola virus in West Africa, has died. According to reports from the St. Georg Hospital in Leipzig, Germany he arrived last week for treatment.

"Despite intensive medical measure and maximum efforts by the medical team, the 56-year-old succumbed to the serious infectious disease," the statement said

Local health officials said last week, that the patient was a Sudanese doctor who had arrived in Germany from Liberia on Thursday.

The medic was the third Ebola patient to be treated in Germany

The Leipzig Hospital is one of seven hospitals in Germany with quarantine stations.
Culled from RTE

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Texas Nurse infected with Ebola by Liberian gets blood transfusion from survivor Kent Brantly

Texas nurse who contracted the Ebola virus from Thomas has received a life saving blood transfusion from Dr.Kent Brantly ,the first person to be treated of Ebola.