821 passengers being tracked for Ebola: Health Ministry

821 passengers being tracked for Ebola: Health Ministry

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IBNS): The Health Ministry on Thursday said that as many as 821 passengers, most of them from Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, were being tracked for Ebola in the country, media reports said.

by IBNS August 28, 2014

Three passengers from Ebola-hit Liberia taken to Delhi hospital

Three passengers from Ebola-hit Liberia taken to Delhi hospital

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): Three passengers, transiting through Delhi to Mumbai, were isolated and taken to a government hospital here on Tuesday for tests to determine whether they have Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The trio was travelling from Ebola-hit Liberia, reports said.

by IBNS August 26, 2014

Ebola: UN health agency convenes ethical review of experimental drugs

Ebola: UN health agency convenes ethical review of experimental drugs

New York, Aug 12 (IBNS) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday convened a meeting of ethicists and scientists to discuss on the use of experimental medicines in treating Ebola, three days after the agency declared the current outbreak of the disease in West Africa an international public health emergency.

by IBNS August 12, 2014