Organisation: US Centers for Disease Control

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World failing to come up with small funds to fight Zika

More than five months after US president Barack Obama requested $1.9bn (€1.7bn) to fight the Zika epidemic, members of Congress are going home to July 4 barbecues without approving a spending bill.

Fri, 01 Jul, 2016

World Health Organisation: Zika virus ‘spreading explosively’

Declaring that the zika virus is “spreading explosively,” the chief of the World Health Organisation announced that it will hold an emergency meeting of independent experts on Monday to decide if the virus outbreak should be declared an international health emergency.

Fri, 29 Jan, 2016

First case of ebola in US confirmed at Dallas hospital

A patient in a hospital in Dallas, Texas, has been confirmed to have the deadly ebola virus, a local news outlet reported last night.

Wed, 01 Oct, 2014

US worker who is not sick sent home over Ebola fear

A member of staff from the US Centers for Disease Control who worked in close proximity to someone infected by the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has been flown back home to Atlanta by charter jet to monitor potential symptoms, officials said.

Thu, 28 Aug, 2014

New form of Ebola virus detected

A new form of the deadly Ebola virus has been detected in an outbreak in western Uganda that has so far killed 16 people, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said today.

Fri, 30 Nov, 2007