by Jerry Fletcher | Apr 6, 2015 | Ebola and Deadly Diseases
The rise of antimicrobial resistance could make currently routine medical procedures “high-risk” About 80,000 people could die if there were a “widespread outbreak” of an antibiotic-resistant blood infection, according to a government document....
by Jerry Fletcher | Mar 29, 2015 | Ebola and Deadly Diseases
Guinean President Alpha Conde has declared a 45-day “health emergency” in five regions in the west and south-west of the country over Ebola. Mr Conde said he was declaring “a reinforced health emergency for a period of 45 days in the prefectures of...
by Jerry Fletcher | Mar 27, 2015 | Ebola and Deadly Diseases
However, the three West African countries worst affected by Ebola – Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea – have seen a steep reduction in infections in recent weeks. Journalist Umaru Fofana in Freetown says the normally bustling streets in the east end of the...
by Jerry Fletcher | Mar 14, 2015 | Ebola and Deadly Diseases
Drury breaks ground on solar-powered, tornado-resistant houseStudents looked at the immediate and long-term effects of the EF-5 tornado that hit Joplin and affected the lives of students on both campuses.See Original Article Bessemer offers residents new electronic...
by Jerry Fletcher | Mar 13, 2015 | Ebola and Deadly Diseases
Sprinter who lived on streets in UK after losing mother to Ebola hopes to resume running careerLONDON â Already orphaned by Sierra Leone's civil war when his adoptive mother was killed by Ebola, Jimmy Thoronka felt he had nothing to return …See Original...
by Jerry Fletcher | Mar 13, 2015 | Ebola and Deadly Diseases
A man pushes a wheelbarrow past the entrance to Hastings Ebola treatment centre in a neighbourhood in Freetown December 21, 2014. (Reuters) – The death toll from West Africa’s Ebola outbreak has passed 10,000, according to the latest tally released by the...
