Ebola

The person has since tested negative A UK hospital ward was partially closed yesterday due to a “suspected Ebola Virus case”. As per STV, part of a ward at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow has been closed after a patient arrived with a suspected case of Ebola at the Acute Receiving Unit early on […]

2 weeks ago

The WHO has declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. It’s been understood that NHS staff are having to prepare for a potential influx of UK Ebola after it was announced there had been an outbreak in central Africa. According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), caution is now advised regarding […]

1 month ago

As Ebola cases surge in DR Congo, people are remembering what one of Elon Musk’s first acts in charge of DOGE was A clip of Elon Musk admitting his DOGE initiative had accidentally cancelled Ebola prevention efforts has resurfaced online amid an outbreak of the virus in Africa. In the video, from February last year, […]

2 months ago

The disease is not easily transmissible A woman in the UK has been diagnosed with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCFH), an Ebola-like disease which is usually passed on through livestock or ticks. The unnamed woman is believed to have contracted the virus in a recent trip to Central Asia and after diagnosis from Cambridge University Hospitals […]

4 years ago

It’s very easy to lose sight of how lucky we are in this country. We spend our days complaining about traffic, our jobs and how crap the weather is, but every now then you see something that makes you step back and realise things aren’t so bad. Stories like this one are always good for serving up […]

11 years ago