CDC: Ebola could infect 1.4 million people by January
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/22/ebola-last-forever/16072019/
If the world doesn't get the Ebola outbreak in West Africa under control quickly, the disease could become a permanent fixture in the region, spreading as routinely as malaria or the flu, the World Health Organization warns Tuesday in a new report.
Outbreaks: Enterovirus, Ebola, and Mumps
http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/URItheFlu/47638
A multistate outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a rare virus is both challenging to public health and fascinating to science, a well-known infectious diseases specialist said. At least 14 states are now reporting a "marked increase" in the ...
Preparing for disease outbreaks must be part of business planning
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1596143/preparing-disease-outbreaks-must-be-part-business-planning
Hardly a day goes by without a headline on the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa. With more than 2,400 deaths and about 5,000 reported cases, it is one of the most severe disease outbreaks in recent years. Somewhat overshadowed by Ebola ...
UN Security Council unanimously declares Ebola outbreak 'threat to ...
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/UN-unanimously-declares-Ebola-outbreak-threat-to-international-peace-and-security-375877
NEW YORK ? The Security Council is unanimous on one thing: its commitment to ending the Ebola outbreak. In the first-ever emergency Security Council meeting called on a health crisis, all 15 council members voted to declare the disease a ?threat to ...
Mapping Ebola Outbreaks: Area of Infection Is Way Bigger Than Previously ...
https://news.vice.com/article/an-estimated-22-million-people-live-in-areas-at-risk-for-future-ebola-transmissions
Bats and wild primates are believed to be the main source of human outbreaks of the deadly Ebola virus, including the one that has ravaged Western Africa with hemorrhagic fever for the past six months and taken more than 2,100 lives. While scientists ...
Ebola 'Pretty Much Contained' in Senegal and Nigeria
http://time.com/3418350/ebola-nigeria-senegal-who/
The outbreaks of Ebola in Senegal and Nigeria have been ?pretty much contained,? the World Health Organization said Monday. There have been no new confirmed cases of Ebola in Senegal since the first case was reported Aug. 29, and the last case of ...
Ebola outbreak 'pretty much contained' in Senegal and Nigeria
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/22/us-heath-ebola-toll-idUSKCN0HH1KB20140922
GENEVA (Reuters) - Two of the five countries affected by the world's worst-ever Ebola outbreak are managing to halt the spread of the disease, the World Health Organization said on Monday, although the overall death toll has risen to 2,811 out of 5,864 ...
Two Ebola Outbreaks Put Health Workers Most at Risk
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/two-ebola-outbreaks-put-health-workers-most-risk-n188466
Global health officials are now rushing to put out two separate Ebola outbreaks ? the giant West African epidemic that's affecting four countries, and a possible new one in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In both, health workers are most at risk as ...
