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Ebola case confirmed in Congolese city of Goma
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], July 15 (ANI): A case of Ebola was confirmed in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, home to more than a million people.
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Deadly Ebola virus spreads to Uganda from DR Congo
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Kasese [Uganda], Jun 12 (ANI): The outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, which has infected more than 2,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has spread to Uganda, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Ebola outbreak: Death toll breaches 1000-mark in DR Congo
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], May 4 (ANI): At least 1,008 people have lost their lives due to Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) since the outbreak of the virus in August last year, the country's health ministry confirmed.
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Climate change could be reason for nimal-to-human disease transfer: Study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 3 (ANI): Climate change might affect the occurrences of diseases like bird-flu and Ebola. The researchers have been looking at how climate change and other environmental factors provide opportunities for animal-to-human diseases to interact and infect new host s
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Ebola outbreak: Death toll breaches 650-mark in DR Congo
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Apr 9 (ANI): At least 655 people have lost their lives due to Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) since the outbreak of the virus in July last year, the country's health ministry confirmed on Monday.
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Congo: Over 600 dead in Ebola outbreak, second deadliest since 2014
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Apr 6 (ANI): In the second deadliest Ebola outbreak since 2014, that killed 11,000 in West Africa, 629 people have lost their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to UN Secretary General spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, about 1,041 new cases of Ebola have
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More than 500 dead in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Feb 10 (ANI): The death toll in Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo rose to a whopping 500, the country's health ministry said on Saturday.
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WHO lists 10 threats to global health in 2019
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): Taking to its website, the World Health Organization (WHO) has written that the world is facing multiple health challenges. These include outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, growing rates of obesit
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370 dead in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Jan 21 (ANI): The death toll in the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo rose to a whopping 370, since the disease ravaged the Central African nation in July last year, the country's health ministry said on Monday.
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Scientists identify another piece of Ebola virus puzzle
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 17 (ANI): A new study now finds a team of researchers discovering the interaction between an Ebola virus protein and a protein in human cells that may be an important key to unlocking the pathway of replication of the killer disease in human hosts.
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Now, a method for mobile, instant diagnosis of viruses
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 13 (ANI): Recent years have seen the discovery of a new miniature, high-throughput and portable sequencing technique for health purposes of both humans and animals. The device uses mobile laboratories to diagnose viruses such as Ebola or Zika almost instantly, that
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Over 600 cases of Ebola detected in Congo
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Jan 3 (ANI): Democratic Republic of Congo's Ministry of Health revealed that over 600 cases of Ebola virus have been detected in the region since the outbreak of the disease in August last year.
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