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Two Americans infected with Ebola being evacuated back to US

Meanwhile, West African states announce an ‘isolation zone’ sealing off the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak.

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Second Ebola death confirmed in Nigeria as Spain plans evacuation of sick...

Almost 900 people have died since the latest outbreak of the disease earlier this year in West Africa.

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Ebola: What is it? How do people become infected?

Ebola first appeared in 1976. The current outbreak has killed more than 1,300 people, with experts warning it could take six months to bring under control.

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Two-year jail terms for hiding Ebola victims in Sierra Leone

New legislation passed as WHO outlines reasons it believes the current Ebola outbreak is being underestimated.

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HSE rules out Ebola in death of Donegal man

“Infection control procedures, which had been put in place as a precautionary measure, will now be stepped down,” the HSE said today.

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British Ebola victim being flown back to Britain

The healthcare worker is being flown home on a military plane.

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There has been a “very, very small” number of suspect Ebola cases in Ireland

The HSE said it would not be providing information on other cases – but that there had been a “handful” of investigations apart from the Donegal death.

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Ebola-hit Liberia bans sailors from disembarking

Meanwhile, Morocco has vowed to keep up regularly scheduled flights to Ebola-hit nations in a “solidarity” move.

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Four day ‘lockdown’ planned to halt spread of Ebola in Sierra Leone

People won’t be allowed out of their homes during the period of the lockdown, and over 20,000 people are being hired to enforce it.

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A worker from Irish aid agency Concern has died from a suspected case of...

The 42-year-old father of two passed away yesterday after showing symptoms of the virus.

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Ebola has killed nearly 3,000 people this year

The US President said international aid simply is not flowing into West Africa fast enough.

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‘We should be worried about Ebola – but for Africa, not ourselves’

Darren Hanniffy just came home from Liberia, where Ebola infections are DOUBLING every two weeks.

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Love/Hate, dolphins, and Garth Brooks: The week in numbers

Plus: What’s the average age for people getting married now?

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Nurse in Australia being tested for Ebola

The woman had just returned from working for the Red Cross in Sierra Leone.

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Liberian doctors strike to demand “danger money” for treating Ebola patients

The World Health Organisation has said Ebola ‘threatens the very survival of societies and governments in already very poor countries’.

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Column: What is life like in a city hit by Ebola? An Irish voice from Sierra...

Sierra Leone is a very friendly, sociable place but that is changing. People are avoiding church and the mosque, and shops have chlorine buckets outside for people to wash their hands before they enter.

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Ebola survivors ‘shunned’ as lepers, they tell Sierra Leone meeting

Thirty five Ebola survivors told how they the disease had prevented them returning to their old lives.

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Vintage photos show the terrifying first expeditions into the Congo to track...

In 1976 a young Belgian doctor ventured across what was then Zaire to find the source of the infection.

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Ebola could be the ‘humanitarian disaster of our generation’

That’s according to Oxfam, which works in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

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Visitors to the US from West Africa can only land at five airports

This will allow authorities to focus their health checks.

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These “heroes” will man the first Irish-run Ebola treatment centre in West...

The centre was built by the UK Government.

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Opinion: Healthcare apartheid is unacceptable – there can be no ‘them and us’

Solutions do not come easy, but Ebola transmission can be stopped.

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Christmas has been cancelled in Guinea’s capital and Sierra Leone

It’s in a bid to combat the spread of the Ebola virus.

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Experimental Ebola vaccines may be lifeline for African countries

Hopes raised that the trial will “form the basis of a more potent vaccine” – there is currently no effective vaccine against the Ebola or Marburg virus.

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Second suspected Scottish Ebola patient has tested negative

Pauline Cafferkey, from Glasgow, is being treated in London.

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Ireland to fund ambulances and burials for Sierra Leone’s 7,000+ Ebola victims

The Government is set to give an additional €778,000 towards combating the Ebola outbreak.

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Opinion: ‘The outbreak has brought an unmatched level of fear and panic’

The Ebola response appears to finally be working. But Sierra Leone has never faced an enemy like this before – the crisis has been devastating.

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The faces of Ebola: The survivors, orphans and workers the disease left behind

The outbreak is not yet over, doctors have warned.

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From Rwanda with love: Northern Irishman Johnny McKinstry on his new African...

The Ebola virus derailed the young manager’s incredible work in Sierra Leone but he’s eager to conjure something similar in a new country.

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Family of man who died in Scottish police custody want “the whole truth”

And a war of words has broken out between police and the family’s lawyer.

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‘They touched our breasts and stomachs to see if we were pregnant’

Pregnant girls are shunned in Sierra Leone – and banned from exams.

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Sierra Leonean fan's Old Trafford heartache turns to Wembley joy

Army experts blew up a suspect device at the stadium — later revealed to be a dummy left from a training exercise.

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Over 300 dead after mudslide sweeps through Sierra Leone's capital

Thousands have been left homeless and there’s an “overwhelming number of dead” after severe flooding and mudslides in Freetown.

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Deadly Sierra Leone floods one of the worst single-day disasters in its history

The death toll is expected to rise as around 600 people are still missing. The President has appealed for a global response.

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'First Ebola, now mudslides': Over 100 children confirmed dead in Sierra Leone

The death toll is currently at 300 but is expected to rise significantly.

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Teacher on mudslide: 'Our school was completely destroyed and pupils,...

The death toll from this months mudslide and flooding in Sierra Leone’s capital city is approaching 500.

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A massive diamond that used to be owned by a pastor has sold for $6.5 million

British jewelers Laurence Graff purchased the stone.

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'They have nowhere else': Sierra Leone mudslide victims move back to homes in...

The August mudslide killed more than 1,000 people and there are fears for another landslide in the next rainy season.

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'This is our home. You can't just leave your home'

Just over one year ago, a massive mudslide hit the capital of Sierra Leone. But some people have stayed living in their homes, even though the area is completely unsafe.

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'There was no blood. But there were bodies - so many bodies. I can never...

Just over one year ago, a massive mudslide hit the capital of Sierra Leone, devastating the area.

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