Monkey Meat and the Ebola Outbreak in Liberia
Published on Jun 26, 2014VICE News Exclusive: Part 1 of "The Fight Against Ebola”.
West Africa is being plagued by a new outbreak of Ebola — a terrifying disease that causes its victims to bleed to death from the inside out. Ebola has no cure, and the latest epidemic is spreading fast.
VICE News visited Liberia, where many feel the new outbreak began, borne from the bushmeat markets of Lofa. Western scientists feel that the consumption and preparation of meat from monkeys, fruit bats, and other forest animals is behind the transmission of Ebola, and possibly a new supervirus, which if left uncontrolled could kill a third of the world's population.
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The Fight Against Ebola (Part 1/3)
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The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa began in Guinea in December 2013. From there, it quickly spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. Cases also appeared in Senegal and Nigeria, and a separate outbreak appeared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Today, Liberia lies is at the center of the epidemic, with more than 3,000 cases of infection. About half of them have been fatal.
As President Barack Obama announced that he would be sending American military personnel to West Africa to help combat the epidemic, VICE News traveled to the Liberian capital of Monrovia to spend time with those on the front lines of the outbreak.
In Part 1, we meet confused and distressed people trying to receive treatment in the increasingly chaotic city, and speak to an ambulance driver doing his best to aid the sick.
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The Fight Against Ebola (Part 2/3)
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The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa began in Guinea in December 2013. From there, it quickly spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. Cases also appeared in Senegal and Nigeria, and a separate outbreak appeared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Today, Liberia lies is at the center of the epidemic, with more than 3,000 cases of infection — about half of which have been fatal. Just as President Obama announced that he would be sending American troops to help combat the epidemic, VICE News traveled to Monrovia, Liberia's capital, to spend time with those on the front lines of the outbreak.
In Part 2, through the lens of an Ebola awareness team leader named Archie, we learn one of the main issues that is perpetuating the outbreak — confusion about the virus itself.
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The Fight Against Ebola (Part 3/3)
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In Part 3 of The Fight Against Ebola, we return to Redemption Hospital in Monrovia and speak with Mohammed Sankoh, the director of the facility, which started as a holding center for patients but has since turned into a de facto treatment center. We also visit a nearby Doctors Without Borders (MSF) facility and learn about the challenges foreign healthcare workers face as they help manage the crisis.
The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa began in Guinea in December 2013. From there, it quickly spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. Cases also appeared in Senegal and Nigeria, and there was another outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Today, Liberia is at the center of the epidemic, with more than 3,000 cases of infection. About half of them have been fatal.
As President Barack Obama announced that he would be sending American military personnel to West Africa to help combat the epidemic, VICE News traveled to the Liberian capital of Monrovia to spend time with those on the front lines of the outbreak.
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President Obama's Message on the Ebola Virus
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CDC: First American Patient Contracts Ebola
Published on Sep 30, 2014The CDC will be holding a press conference at 5:30 p.m. EDT
The Centers for Disease Control confirmed the first diagnosed case of the Ebola virus in the United States Tuesday, the Associated Press is reporting.
On Monday, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas reported it had admitted a patient exhibiting possible Ebola symptoms for monitoring. The hospital said in a statement the patient was being held in “strict isolation” and they are “following all federal Centers for Disease Control and Texas Department of Health recommendations to ensure the safety of patients, hospital staff, volunteers, physicians and visitors.”
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Ebola Virus in Texas US!
Published on Sep 30, 2014Ebola in US Ebola Virus in Texas US! - A Texas man just back from West Africa has been confirmed as having the first case of Ebola to be diagnosed in the U.S.
Authorities with the Centers for Disease Control revealed the finding Tuesday, a day after the unidentified patient arrived at a Dallas hospital with suspicious symptoms.
Officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas put the man into “strict isolation” and sent a specimen to the CDC in Atlanta for testing.
The CDC said preliminary results show the man has the deadly disease which has been linked to more than 3,000 recent deaths in Africa. According to the World Health Organization, there have been more than 6,500 cases confirmed in Africa, with Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone among the hardest hit.
Dr. Christopher Perkins with the Dallas County health department told reporters that the Texas man didn’t start showing symptoms until he arrived home.
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NBC News Freelancer Cameraman in Africa Diagnosed With Ebola
Published on Oct 2, 2014NBC News freelancer cameraman in Africa diagnosed with Ebola - The infected freelancer was hired Tuesday to be a second cameraman for NBC News Chief Medical Editor and Correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman. Snyderman is with three other NBC News employees on assignment in Monrovia, reporting on the Ebola outbreak.
The freelancer came down with symptoms on Wednesday, feeling tired and achy. As part of a routine temperature check, he discovered he was running a slight fever. He immediately quarantined himself and sought medical advice. On Thursday morning, the 33 year-old American went to a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) treatment center to be tested for the virus. The positive result came back just under 12 hours later.
“The good news is this young man, our colleague, was admitted very, very early,” Snyderman told Rachel Maddow Thursday evening. “He’s in good spirits.”
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First Ebola Infection in Europe Confirmed in Spain
Published on Oct 7, 2014A nurse being treated for the deadly Ebola virus in Spain has been transferred from one Madrid hospital to another. Spain's health minister announced that the case was the first known transmission of the current outbreak of Ebola outside West Africa. The female nurse had helped treat two Spanish priests repatriated to Madrid after contracting Ebola in West Africa.
The nurse is believed to have contracted the virus from one of the priests.
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Spanish Nurse Contracts Ebola Outside West Africa
Published on Oct 7, 2014A nurse in Spain has been confirmed by health officials... as the first person to contract the deadly Ebola virus outside of West Africa.
With more, we turn to Paul Yi at the News Center. Paul, the Ebola scare has now hit Europe... with a fresh case striking the continent for the first time. What were the circumstances behind this infection?
Well, health authorities in Madrid say they′re still investigating exactly how this 45-year-old nurse came down with the disease,... despite taking every precaution while working at a hospital. The development has the European Commission demanding answers. And it′s also prompted the World Health Organization to raise awareness on the growing health crisis.
Our Shin Se-min reports. A Spanish nurse has become the FIRST person to contract the Ebola virus outside West Africa in the current outbreak. Spain′s health minister confirmed Monday that the woman, described as a "sanitary technician" had treated two Ebola patients in Madrid who later died. She has been transferred to a hospital in Madrid for treatment and 30 healthcare workers who came into contact with her will remain under observation for three weeks.
In the United States,... the Obama administration is working on bolstering its defenses against Ebola. "We are also going to be working on protocols to do additional passenger screening both at the source and here in the United States. All of these things make me confident that here in the United States at least the chances of an outbreak, of an epidemic here, are extraordinarily low," Six people have so far been treated for Ebola in the United States. One American man developed symptoms a week or so after coming into contact with an infected person in Liberia. The administration says a travel ban from West Africa is not an option at the moment.
Looking to raise global awareness, the World Health Organization announced Monday that, although Ebola is not an airborne virus like flu, it can be passed through breast milk and urine. The WHO stressed in particular that the virus can persist in semen for at least 70 days. Ebola can also be transmitted through DIRECT contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, including blood, sweat and saliva.
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Ebola: The World's Most Dangerous Virus (Full Documentary)
Published on May 30, 2013SSTattler: It is approx 50 minutes -- It is a year and a half old and very good video. They talk a little about Ebola but they do talk a lot about Marburg virus - it symptoms are very similar to Ebola. Lots of technology improvement to really "see" the virus...
Viruses are supposed to be the biological weapons of the future.They are everywhere. Millions of viruses around us, interact, invade. Virus able to evolve, change your environment, jump from one species to another. Scientists continue its track. Looking hiding in nature, in animals that viruses use to travel from one place to another planet ... but not always find them.
In recent decades there have been many diseases that so far only affected animals. These diseases, caused by very aggressive virus, appear with high frequency in Africa, and requires a high financial contribution in order to eradicate them. Marburg virus, influenza, dengue, yellow fever, Ebola virus, human immunodeficiency virus, Epstein-Barr...
To find answers we enter for the first time in the High Security Center Biological where the most dangerous viruses in history and the emerging service. And the World Health Organization explains how he manages to monitor the emergence of new viruses and diseases in any country.
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