MEDICINE

An Oxford University professor says pharmaceutical companies could have done more before the virus broke out.

Doctors Without Borders warned that Sierra Leone's plans for a three-day house arrest could exacerbate the spread of the Ebola virus disease.

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More than 21,000 people have been hired to implement the lockdown in Sierra Leone, one of the countries worst-hit by the Ebola virus.

Rick Sacra returned from Liberia Thursday and was communicating with doctors treating him for Ebola within 24 hours.

Updated map of the Ebola virus disease outbreak.

“It is possible that she is suffering from another viral complaint," an Israeli hospital spokeswoman said.

ZMapp, an experimental drug, has been administered to nearly 10 health workers, but WHO is working to disseminate other treatment options.

A fourth American patient to be infected by Ebola is expected to reach Nebraska on Friday and will receive the experimental drug ZMapp.

At least three states reported a rise in West Nile mosquitoes or a West Nile related death on Thursday.

The FDA-approved Keytruda is the first in a new range of drugs that could revolutionize the treatment of some cancers.

New figures from the CDC show that obesity rates in the U.S. have more than doubled in the past 30 years.

The Boston area man is the third American mission worker to have contracted the deadly virus while working with patients in West Africa.

More than 1,900 people have died during the current outbreak, according to the World Health Organization.

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The Ebola outbreak has killed some 1,550 people in West Africa, and experts fear the virus is still spreading fast.

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The Ebola crisis is only going to get worse, a spokesperson for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

The health aid volunteer had contracted the virus while helping victims in a Sierra Leone clinic and was flown to Britain 10 days ago.

Amid the West African Ebola outbreak, analysts are worried about the long-term effects on already fragile economies.