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A man who is said to be a  specialist in natural gas and peer markets,  known as Peter Hubbard injected him self with ebola virus and  said he hopes the risk he is taking could help create a vaccine to prevent further outbreaks of the deadly Eboa virus disease  which has claimed thousands of lives in west Africa.

despite the fact that we are Ebola free country universities in United state are rejecting Nigerian student see more below

UN fatal disease experts Brit Dr David Nabarro, the UN’s special envoy on the fatal disease spoke out despite fears that there could be 20,000 confirmed cases by November. He reckons new health systems put in place in west Africa – with help from countries including Britain – could help turn the tide against the deadly bug.

United State of America has to day withnes and diagonised its own first case of the deadly eboala  virus at   the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed. The patient is a man who became infected in Liberia and travelled to Texas, where he was hospitalised with symptoms confirmed to be caused by the deadly virus. More follows...

World Health Organization   (WHO) said  death toll for the current  Ebola  outbreak, the deadliest yet, has now passed 3000.

Liberia’s head of  Medical Officers, with name Bernice Dahn  has been quarantine after one of her assistants died from ebola virus .

 A nurse who was working in  Sierra Leone  to aid efforts and fight  against  Ebola  has been bitten by one of the patient. Source AP reported that the unidentified health worker with an international organization was bitten by a child who was infected

On Tuesday the16th September. 2014 8 Ebola awareness workers including 3 journalists & 5 health workers were killed by angry villagers in Wome village, this is the village where the Ebola virus broke out early this year.

lot of volunteers at the Infectious Disease Hospital, IDH, of Yaba Mainland Hospital, Lagos former capital of Nigeria, where patients with Ebola Virus Disease, are receiving medication have threatened to stop

World health organization has said that the blood of Ebola virus survivors can be used to treat people who are still suffering from the disease.

A man called Dennis Akagha is one of the lucky survivors of Ebola virus.He was the fiancee of Late Justina Ejelonu who came in contact with Liberian,Patrick Sawyer on her

in port harcourt there are about 400 people are under watch after coming in contact with Late doctor who hide the fact he had been exposed to the deadly ebola virus

The Health Minister of health has confirmed the death of a woman who was infected by late infected doctor, named Dr.Iyke Enemuo Ebola has now claimed another life in Port Harcourt capital city of Rivers state, the Health Minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu has confirmed this. Also the Minister’s spokesperson, Dan Nwomeh confirmed it also via Twitter yesterday saying: “The 7th and latest Ebola death in Nigeria is the female patient on admission in the same hospital where the late doctor was admitted” A source Vanguard reported that the infected person is an elderly woman who shared a hospital room with late doctor, Iyke Enemuo. Prof. Chukwu this clear that: “Total number of deaths from the deadly Virus in Nigeria has now rise to seven. 1st is the index (first) Patrick Sawyer's case, which occurred in a private hospital in Lagos; 4 in the Lagos isolation ward, onin the Port Harcourt isolation ward, the female patient who was admitted in the same hospital where the late Port Harcourt d...

The Ministry of Health said that all the rumors of suspected Ebola patients in Abuja have tested negative The Federal Ministry of Health made it cleat that all the patients suspected of having Ebola in Abuja have tested negative. This was revealed to Premium Times by Dan Nwomeh , the spokesman for the Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu. Onyebuchi Chukwu. “All suspected Abuja cases have so far tested negative

fedral ministry of health comfirmed that the news of suspected Ebola patient in Kaduna are lies that no any patient with the virus

A suspected case of Ebola Virus has been reported in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital. The patient was admitted into the University of Uyo Teacher Hospital (UUTH) with Ebola like symptoms. A doctor with the hospital who spoke with The Trent said the patient has been quarantined in his home as the Ebola Isolation Unit is yet to be completed. The commissioner for health, Dr. Emem Bassey, confirming the incident said the patient came into the state from Lagos with rashes and was vomiting. he was suspected to have Ebola and was quickly quarantined. The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has claimed six lives since it was brought into Nigeria by Liberian man, Patrick Sawyer. So far, the Ebola Virus has been confirmed in Lagos and River states.

According to a report from Premium Times, a 19 year old student from the faculty of Law at Ahmadu Bello University has been diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus in Kaduna. Premium timed reports that the PRO of the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, ABUTH, Bilyaminu Umar, confirmed the case yesterday Monday September 1st when contacted via phone; saying that the student was diagnosed at ABUTH, Shika, Zaria. "Yes, there was a case of a suspected Ebola patient. He is with the Faculty of Law, ABU, Zaria and will be placed on isolation. I am out of town, but will confirm details on my return from a trip

A patient suspected to have been infected with the deadly Ebola virus has died at the Asokoro Hospital Abuja. The suspected patient, who exhibited symptoms similar to those of persons infected with the virus died at the hospital last Friday. Following the death of the patient, the Accident and Emergency Unit of the hospital where the patient was being treated has been cordoned off and the accident and emergency unit has been temporarily relocated to the General outpatient unit (GOPD). Similarly, a list of all medical staff who had come in contact with the patient has been compiled and they are all under surveillance. According to a statement by the FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat, on Thursday August 28, 2014 when the symptoms were observed, blood samples of the patient were taken for examination at the designated FCT Ebola testing laboratory which happens to be within the Hospital premises and the epidemiology unit of the Public Health Department of the secretariat was no...

Nurses at Liberia’s largest hospital went on strike on Monday, demanding better pay and equipment to protect them against a deadly Ebola epidemic which has killed hundreds in the West African nation. Spokesman for the strikers at Monrovia’s John F Kennedy hospital, John Tugbeh, said the nurses would not return to work until they are supplied with “personal protective equipment”, the hazmat-style suits which guard against infectious diseases. “From the beginning of the Ebola outbreak we have not had any protective equipment to work with. As a result, so many doctors got infected by the virus. We have to stay home until we get the PPEs,” he said. The Ebola virus, transmitted through contact with infected bodily fluids, has killed more than 1,500 people in four countries since the start of the year – almost 700 of them in Liberia. A high proportion of the deaths – almost a tenth – have been among health workers and the World Health Organisation has warned that the outbreak is set t...

The Nigerian diplomat attached to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Olubukun Koye who escaped from quarantine in Lagos after testing positive to Ebola virus and travelled to Port Harcourt for treatment, an action that resulted in the death of the doctor who treated him (Iyke Enemuo) may face manslaughter charges. This is coming on the heels of report that the number of persons under surveillance in the state for Ebola Virus Disease has increased from 100 to 160. According to Thisday,Sources said that the issue of Koye (a primary contact of the index case, late Liberian Partick Sawyer) who defied instruction not to leave Lagos after being placed in the isolation unit, was discussed at the Federal Executive Committee meeting on Wednesday and that the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation Mohammed Adoki was directed to look into the Nigerian laws and see how he could be sanctioned for his action that resulted in the death of Enemuo.