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Ebola virus
Ebola is a disease of humans and other primates caused by ebola viruses that typically occurs in outbreaks in tropical regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. The death rate for humans with the disease could be as high as 90 per cent.
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9 September, 2024
Officials concluded that Xiangguo Qiu and her husband “a realistic and credible threat to Canada’s economic security”, a newspaper report said. Photo: Handout
Canada

Canada fired 2 scientists for sharing information with China, report says

Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng, were escorted out of the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg before being sacked.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | From wars to global warming, world is crying out for collective action

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Medicine

The next pandemic? WHO working on list of pathogens to watch

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Disease

WHO declares outbreak of deadly Ebola-like Marburg virus in Ghana

No treatment or vaccine exists for Marburg, which is almost as deadly as Ebola. Its symptoms include high fever as well as internal and external bleeding.

An undated microscopic view of the Marburg-Ebola virus. File Photo: AFP
World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO priority is to prevent sexual exploitation, says chief

‘Things are changing [but] it is not enough. We’re just starting,’ chief Tedros Ghebreyesus about making far-reaching changes following horrifying revelations of widespread abuse by humanitarian workers in 2020.

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Bats tracked for Covid-19 origin

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Africa

No evidence that Ivory Coast patient had Ebola virus, says WHO

The initial positive test on August 14 led Ivory Coast to declare its first Ebola outbreak in more than 25 years. Ebola typically kills about half of those it infects.

A woman receives a vaccination against Ebola in the slum of Alakro in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in August. Photo: Reuters
Africa

Citizens displaced by Congo volcano eruption now face cholera risk

Fears of a second eruption spurred the government to issue an evacuation order on Thursday that sent 400,000 residents fleeing.

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Canada

Viral security drama of Chinese-Canadian scientist who helped cure Ebola

Mystery surrounds Dr Qiu Xiangguo and her husband amid a two-year police investigation, a shipment of viruses to Wuhan, internet conspiracy theories, and a wall of official silence.

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World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO warns of ‘high risk’ of Ebola spreading to Guinea’s neighbours

The WHO said Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Liberia were not fully prepared for an Ebola outbreak.

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A health worker administers an Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, amid an outbreak in the country and in Guinea. Photo: Reuters
Africa

Ebola resurfaces in Africa

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Africa

Guinea sees first Ebola deaths since 2016, as DR Congo battles outbreak

The West African country was the epicentre of an Ebola epidemic five years ago that left over 11,000 dead across the region.

Coronavirus pandemic

Explainer | What are the coronavirus mRNA vaccines and how do they work?

Two of the currently available vaccinations against Covid-19 use a relatively new technology which has not been approved before.

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Coronavirus China

Chinese data can provide key to origins of coronavirus, WHO team says

Investigation in China ‘not about finding a guilty country … [but] trying to understand what happened’, German scientist says.

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The WHO-led team will travel to China next month. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus China

China’s CanSino trials Covid-19 vaccine in ‘high disease burden’ nations

The company’s phase three trial of its Ad5-nCoV vaccine candidate is being tested on some 40,000 participants in Russia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Mexico.

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A technician works at a manufacturing facility of Chinese vaccine maker CanSino Biologics in Tianjin, China. Photo: Reuters
Disease

Weak links in laboratories studying world’s most deadly viruses

They handle disease pathogens capable of killing millions of people, so how safe are the world's Biosafety Level 4 research laboratories?

Coronavirus pandemic

US beats China in coronavirus funding to WHO, despite threats to withdraw

United States is eighth-largest donor to pandemic fighting fund while China’s contributions put it in tenth place.

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Coronavirus pandemic

Letters | Coronavirus pandemic is a warning against business as usual

Recovery plans for economies across the world must include the development of a new strategic approach to prevent the health, climate and environmental disasters caused by human activity

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An aerial view of Fridays for Future environmental protesters practising social distancing as they demonstrate in front of the city hall in Essen, Germany, on April 24. Photo: AFP
Coronavirus pandemic

DR Congo reports fresh Ebola outbreak as it fights coronavirus

Health officials have confirmed a second Ebola outbreak in Congo, adding yet another health crisis for a country already battling Covid-19.

Coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus leak claims ‘pure fabrication’, Wuhan lab chief says

The Chinese institute did not encounter the pandemic pathogen until December 30 when it was sent a clinical sample, director says.

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Coronavirus pandemic

Who owns a virus? Covid-19 reignites debate on ‘viral sovereignty’

The international community has failed to agree on obligations countries have to share genetic sequence data, the authors of a paper in Science magazine say.

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The international community has not agreed on what obligations countries have to share viruses and genetic sequence data. Photo: Xinhua
Coronavirus pandemic

Wuhan lab chiefs insist facility is safe amid coronavirus claims

The head of the biosafety laboratory tells a scientific daily that it follows strict measures to ensure no virus can leave.

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Staff at the Wuhan Institute of Virology have to undertake strict safety procedures. Photo: Xinhua
Coronavirus pandemic

Opinion | Covid-19 is no black swan and this crisis shows we must be better prepared

Global health agencies have spent 25 years helping countries prepare for pandemics but recent operational lapses, including for Covid-19, are a reminder that nations must prioritise funds for emergency response plans.

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Coronavirus pandemic

WHO, European Investment Bank team up after US funding cut

WHO-EIB pact follows a freeze in funding from WHO’s largest contributor – the US – over allegations that it is too deferential to China.

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Coronavirus pandemic

Wuhan lab conspiracy theories shine spotlight on super-secure facilities

The Wuhan Institute of Virology has been at the centre of a number of Covid-19 conspiracy theories, including one that the virus accidentally escaped.

Researchers put on protective suits at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Photo: Xinhua
Coronavirus pandemic

Wuhan virology lab’s long history of scientific collaboration

French and US expertise behind establishment of China’s top-level research facility into deadly and easily transmittable pathogens.

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Hazard suits worn by researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s specialist laboratory, the only facility on the Chinese mainland equipped for the highest level of biosafety. Photo: Handout
Coronavirus pandemic

The Wuhan lab conspiracy theory that will not go away

Experts say it is ‘highly unlikely’ the new coronavirus behind the Covid-19 pandemic was accidentally released from the virology institute, but it continues to draw attention as a possible origin.

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Coronavirus pandemic

Existing drugs ‘may prove effective on coronavirus before vaccine comes’

Effectiveness of Gilead’s remdesivir and other repurposed drugs may be proven in 3 to 4 months, a leading coronavirus expert says.

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