NewsBeat SocialTag: ebola
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Sierra Leone Bans Christmas Over Ebola Outbreak
12/15/14 10:57 AM PST
Due to the deepening Ebola crisis, Sierra Leone has announced a ban on a public celebrations until New Years
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Time Magazine Names Ebola Fighters as Persons of the Year
12/11/14 10:46 AM PST
Due to their 'courage, mercy, and willingness to sacrifice', Time Magazine determined Ebola fighters were the most influential people in 2014
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U.S. Marines Finish Liberia Ebola Response Deployment
12/09/14 9:36 AM PST
One hundred Marines are readying for evacuation from Liberia after helping ferry health officials and tons of construction supplies
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Philippine Peacekeepers from Liberia Complete 21-Day Ebola Quarantine
12/04/14 11:34 AM PST
After three weeks on an isolated island, Filipino peacekeepers from ebola-stricken Liberia can finally go home
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UN Reports Ebola Death Toll Pushes 7,000
12/03/14 2:16 PM PST
Since first being reported in March, the Ebola virus has infected more than 16,000 people and taken the lives of nearly 7,000. Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone remain the countries hardest-hit by the deadly disease
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NIAID Director Urges West African Health Infrastructure Investment
12/02/14 1:53 PM PST
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Health National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, urges the international community to invest in West Africa's health infrastructure
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Ebola Burial Workers Dump Bodies in Wage Protest
11/26/14 3:53 PM PST
Burial workers in Sierra Leone dump 15 bodies in protest of late payment of 'hazard pay'
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Robbers Steal Ebola-Infected Blood Samples in Guinea
11/25/14 3:55 PM PST
A cooler with blood samples infected with Ebola was stolen from a Red Cross courier in a shared taxi on November 19th in Guinea while en route to a test center
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NIAID Director Calls Probability of Ebola Outbreak in U.S. 'Low'
11/25/14 12:14 PM PST
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Director of the National Institute of Health National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, says the American public overstates the low risk and probability of an Ebola virus outbreak in the United States
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Philippine Health Official Criticized for Breaching Peacekeepers' Ebola Quarantine
11/25/14 10:04 AM PST
A Philippine official has drawn the ire of doctors and the public for making a personal visit to quarantine island to check up on peacekeepers from Liberia who are temporarily being held in isolation
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70% of Ebola Patients Contracted Virus from Bodies of Deceased
11/24/14 5:50 PM PST
NGOs are working with local community leaders to adapt burial practices in the West African nations affected by the Ebola Virus Disease epidemic
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Health Experts Urge Long-Term Ebola Recovery
11/24/14 11:00 AM PST
Leaders of healthcare NGOs addressing the ebola virus epidemic in West Africa urged members of Congress to ensure sustained response to help rebuild the healthcare systems of affected countries