ebola outbreak

Three died in the outbreak in an isolated area and families are fleeing.

Elsa Buchanan May 22, 2017

ADI-15878 and ADI-15742 could work against all ebolaviruses.

Léa Surugue May 18, 2017

Dr Tedros served previously as health minister and foreign affairs minister in Ethiopia.

Léa Surugue May 18, 2017

Signs of Ebola viral replication was detected in the lung five days after disappearing from blood.

Léa Surugue Jan 05, 2017

A minority of Ebola patients appear to show little or no symptoms following an infection.

Léa Surugue Nov 15, 2016

The Ebola virus mutated early on in the epidemic to become more infectious to humans.

Léa Surugue Nov 03, 2016

This is the third time Cafferkey has been readmitted to hospital after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone.

Hannah Osborne Oct 06, 2016

Cafferkey faced a disciplinary hearing for failing to declare temperature on return to UK

William Watkinson Sep 14, 2016

Ebola survivors have to face series of complications described as post-Ebola syndrome.

Léa Surugue Apr 12, 2016

A virus, similar to SARS and found in the same hosts, could spread to humans.

Léa Surugue Mar 15, 2016

A study shows that the Ebola virus does not remain long in the body, except in the semen.

Léa Surugue Feb 29, 2016

Government to appoint National Lassa Fever Action Committee as deaths reported in more than 10 states.

Ludovica Iaccino Jan 18, 2016

The country has twice been declared virus free only to see new cases reported.

Jayalakshmi K Nov 23, 2015

IBTimes UK inteviews the president of the Sierra Leone Football Association about sexism in football and ebola.

Lydia Smith Nov 21, 2015

Liberian activist Abraham Keita won the International Children's Peace Prize aged 17.

Lydia Smith Nov 11, 2015

Experimental vaccine given to 25 of the 40 confirmed to have had direct contact with Cafferkey.

Jigmey Bhutia Oct 13, 2015

Nigeria was affected by the Ebola outbreak last year, but was declared free from the virus in October 2014.

Ludovica Iaccino Oct 09, 2015

Quarantine follows death of an Ebola-stricken girl near the city of Makeni.

Jigmey Bhutia Sep 16, 2015

Woman's death is massive setback for the country's bid to gain Ebola-free status

Elsa Buchanan Sep 01, 2015

Liberians celebrated a day of Thanksgiving on Monday (11 May), just days after the country was declared free from Ebola.

Adam Justice May 12, 2015

The two workers came into contact with a military healthcare worker who tested positive for Ebola.

Elsa Buchanan Mar 12, 2015

Waning interest in Ebola could jeopardise efforts to stamp out the world's worst recorded outbreak of the disease.

Adam Justice Mar 12, 2015

New milestone: Liberia has gone a week without reporting any new cases of Ebola.

Elsa Buchanan Mar 05, 2015

Médecins Sans Frontières is considering cutting back its teams in Guinea amid brutal attacks.

Elsa Buchanan Feb 24, 2015

EXCLUSIVE: NGOs claim false rumours are spread to fuel attacks against Ebola health workers.

Elsa Buchanan Feb 23, 2015

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the first rapid test for Ebola in a potential breakthrough for ending an epidemic that has killed almost 10,000 people in West Africa, it said on 20 February.

Adam Justice Feb 20, 2015

More than 8,500 people have already lost their lives to Ebola.

Sean Martin Feb 02, 2015

Female evacuated from Sierra Leone after being accidentally pricked by a needle while treating Ebola patients.

Fiona Keating Jan 31, 2015

Ginny Porowski invented GoGown to reduce contagion and waste disposal

Ludovica Iaccino Jan 29, 2015

Getty Images photographer John Moore returns to Liberia as life begins to get back to normal.

David Sim Jan 29, 2015