NewsBeat SocialTag: world health organization
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PHL Doctors Push for Ebola Exit Screening for Manila-Bound Travelers in West Africa
10/22/14 2:19 PM PST
Fearing the country's vulnerability to Ebola, a Philippine doctors' organization recommends a 21-day exit screening period for all workers who want to be repatriated
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WHO Declares Senegal and Nigeria Ebola-Free
10/21/14 11:18 AM PST
Following a 42-day incubation period with no new cases, the World Health Organization says the spread of Ebola is over in Senegal and Nigeria
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Ebola Survivor Returns to Africa to Treat Patients
10/21/14 9:06 AM PST
William Pooley, a British nurse and Ebola survivor, returns to Sierra Leone, where he contracted the virus, to continue treating Ebola patients
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WHO Says Philippines is Vulnerable to Ebola Virus
10/14/14 3:58 PM PST
The Philippines' large migrant population brings home millions of dollars in remittances, but the government and WHO fear that they can also carry foreign diseases into the island nation
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Obama Orders 3,000 Soldiers to Combat Ebola Virus
09/16/14 2:48 PM PST
President Obama announced American troops will deploy to Liberia to set up training facilities and a command center in Monrovia to coordinate international containment efforts
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Liberian Senior Officials Fired for Failing to Return to Fight Ebola
09/14/14 2:53 PM PST
Senior officials in Liberia disobeyed President's order to return to help battle Ebola outbreak
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WHO: Use Survivors' Blood to Treat Ebola Patients
09/06/14 5:41 PM PST
The World Health Organization believes that antibodies produced in the blood of Ebola survivors could be transferred into patients who are still sick
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First Human Trials for Ebola Vaccine to Begin Soon
08/28/14 12:11 PM PST
The National Institutes of Health are set to sponsor the first-ever human trails for the Ebola vaccine
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West African Nations Crack Down on Ebola
08/24/14 4:13 PM PST
Ivory Coast closes its western borders; Sierra Leone plans to punish anyone who hides Ebola patients
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Is India Prepared To Tackle Ebola?
08/22/14 5:29 PM PST
World Health Organization tells India to strengthen infection control against Ebola
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Two American with Ebola Released from Hospital
08/21/14 12:00 PM PST
Dr. Kent Brantly speaks before leaving hospital where he was treated for Ebola
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Liberia Tries to Control Spread of Ebola By Imposing Curfew
08/20/14 1:51 PM PST
At least 1,229 people have died of Ebola in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria in the current outbreak — governments try to contain the deadly disease