Ebola Virus Not Mutating as Quickly as Feared

As a virus travels from person to person it evolves and, sometimes, it BECOMES a better and more efficient killer. But researchers still do not know if that is what happened with the Ebola virus currently circulating in west Africa. So far there is no indication that this strain is inherently more virulent or more transmissible than when Ebola appeared in other areas of Africa in the past. But that question has not been truly answered by the science.

Ebola upsurge could undo progress in blink of an eye, warns expert

‘Flare-ups occur and, frankly, before you can blink, we could be back to a situation where Ebola STARTSclimbing up again,’ says the UN special envoy for Ebola, David Nabarro. 

Despite the massive push to bring the number of new Ebola cases down to zero as quickly as possible, there will inevitably be “flare-ups” that could reverse the overall downward trend and prove difficult to contain, the UN’s response co-ordinator has warned.

American Ebola patient getting better, doctors say

 At least 16 American aid workers who may have had contact with the patient have returned from Sierra Leone to be monitored.

US healthcare worker who contracted disease in Sierra Leone and is receiving treatment in Maryland has been downgraded from ‘critical’ to ‘serious’

Mercy Kennady, Icon Of The Ebola Epidemic, Has A New Life

During the height of the Ebola epidemic in Liberia last October, The Associated Press published a series of heartbreaking photos of a little girl named Mercy Kennady,

Ebola Diaries: All in a Day's Work

Logistician Jose Rovira-Vilaplana overseeing distribution of 2.6 tons of PPE to Conakry's first treatment centres and other locations

The World Health Organization (WHO) is publishing a series, "Ebola Diaries," with first-person accounts of WHO staff and others deployed to the field for Ebola response since the first cases were reported in West Africa on March 23, 2014.

Google, Technology Volunteers Develop Ebola-Proof Tablet Device

Nosa Alekhuogie with agency report

Google and some technology volunteers have joined forces in developing a tablet device to helpdoctors in caring for patients with Ebola.

Newark, Rutgers officers released from hospital after Ebola scare

Several Newark and Rutgers police officers were detained at University Hospital Wednesday morning after coming in contact with a woman with Ebola-like symptoms. (Star-Ledger file photo)

Several Newark and Rutgers police officers were briefly detained at University Hospital today after coming into contact with a woman doctors suspected may have been suffering from Ebola, officials said.