Around 60 to 75 percent of emerging infectious diseases are so-called "zoonotic events", where animal diseases jump into people

The West Africa's Ebola outbreak, which began in Guinea in late 2013 and killed more than 11,300 people in almost...

  The epidemic infected a reported 28,600 people across the three hardest-hit nations, half of which were recorded in Sierra...

He had fever, cough and breathing difficulty when he landed in HCMC early this month and was quarantined.

  The World Bank estimates the economic damage of the outbreak at $2.2 billion over 2014-15.

 

The West African nation of Sierra Leone is declared Ebola-free following 42 days with no new cases.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is conducting further tests to determine if the samples contained live, potentially infectious...

  Ebola infected 28,000 people and killed more than 11,300 of them and is only now coming under control.

 

  The results were described as "remarkable" and "game changing" by global health specialists.

Medecins Sans Frontieres says the Ebola epidemic could flare up again in West Africa

 Liberia vows to be vigilant to keep Ebola-free

 

  The outbreak has killed more than 9,200 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia since it began 14 months ago...