All posts tagged "ebola"

  • A Nigerian port health official uses a thermometer on a worker at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. A Nigerian nurse who treated a man with Ebola is now dead and five others are sick with one of the world's most virulent diseases, authorities said Wednesday, as the death toll rose to at least 932 people in four West African countries. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
    South Korea cancels more invitations to African guests

    By Kim Se-jeong Organizers and hosts of international events in South Korea are withdrawing invitations for guests from African countries, citing the Ebola epidemic in the region. Park Hyung-ju, an organizer of the International Congress of Mathematicians...

    • Posted August 7, 2014
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    Nigerians protest canceled invitations

    By Jung Min-ho Three Nigerian students who were denied the chance to participate in a conference at Duksung Women’s University in Seoul ― a decision based on Ebola fears ― will take the case to the United...

    • Posted August 5, 2014
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    3 Nigerian students denied visit to Korea

    Duksung University cancels invitations amid Ebola fear By Jung Min-ho As fear of Ebola continues to spread, Duksung Women’s University decided to cancel invitations of a number of guests who were due to arrive from West Africa,...

    • Posted August 4, 2014
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    Official: Ebola virus ‘not a huge threat’ to spread in U.S.

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Despite rising public awareness of a deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa and plans to bring two patients to the United States for treatment, Los Angeles County’s director of public health said the chances of...

    • Posted August 1, 2014
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  • In this 2014 photo provided by the Samaritan's Purse aid organization, Dr. Kent Brantly, left, treats an Ebola patient at the Samaritan's Purse Ebola Case Management Center in Monrovia, Liberia. On Saturday, July 26, 2014, the North Carolina-based aid organization said Brantly tested positive for the disease and was being treated at a hospital in Monrovia. (AP Photo/Samaritan's Purse)
    [HOT LINKS] Ebola patients coming to America: CNN

    Source: Flight en route to Liberia to evacuate Americans infected with Ebola  – The fear began just after news broke Thursday that a long-range business jet with an isolation pod left the United States for Liberia, where...

    • Posted August 1, 2014
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