visionary Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 Some good news http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/19/world/africa/ebola-outbreak/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 Glimmer of hope seen in Ebola outbreak Three health care workers who were given the experimental Ebola drug ZMapp in Liberia have shown "very positive signs of recovery," the Liberian Ministry of Health said Tuesday. Medical professionals treating the workers have called their progress "remarkable." The good news comes as the number of deaths from the outbreak in West Africa climbed to 1,229, according to the World Health Organization. The Liberian government also reported that all 17 patients who fled a local clinic after it was attacked earlier this week have been accounted for. Those who tested positive for Ebola are now being treated at another medical center. The government met with local community leaders and concluded the attack stemmed from a misunderstanding; locals thought the clinic was "importing Ebola victims from the rest of the country," according to health officials. Looters who took a generator, mattresses and critical medical supplies have promised to return the items. There are other small signs of hope amid the largest Ebola outbreak in recorded history. WHO has seen "encouraging signs" from Nigeria and Guinea that positive action can rein in the deadly disease. The current outbreak began in December. The situation in Lagos, Nigeria, where the country's first case was detected in July, "looks reassuring," WHO said Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Dr. Brantly doing very well these days as well. Could be released soon. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/08/kent-brantly-ebola-statement_n_5662836.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundyrush Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 you slippin visionary talking about "good news" Patient in CA hospital being tested for Ebola SACRAMENTO, CA (RNN) – A patient in a California hospital is being tested for a possible Ebola infection, according to a hospital official's statement. The patient was admitted to Kaiser Permanente South Medical Center in Sacramento, CA on Tuesday, and is being kept in an “isolation negative room” as physicians work to eliminate an Ebola infection. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the current outbreak is being called one of the biggest in history. The death toll is up to 1,229 worldwide, the World Health Organization said. Hospital officials told CBS13 in Sacramento that tests are being conducted and all samples have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. http://www.cbs46.com/story/26321976/patient-in-ca-hospital-being-tested-for-ebola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Dr. Brantly doing very well these days as well. Could be released soon. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/08/kent-brantly-ebola-statement_n_5662836.html Released into the general public? NOOOOOO!!!! His antibodies will start a pandemic!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 you slippin visionary talking about "good news" Patient in CA hospital being tested for Ebola SACRAMENTO, CA (RNN) – A patient in a California hospital is being tested for a possible Ebola infection, according to a hospital official's statement. The patient was admitted to Kaiser Permanente South Medical Center in Sacramento, CA on Tuesday, and is being kept in an “isolation negative room” as physicians work to eliminate an Ebola infection. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the current outbreak is being called one of the biggest in history. The death toll is up to 1,229 worldwide, the World Health Organization said. Hospital officials told CBS13 in Sacramento that tests are being conducted and all samples have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. http://www.cbs46.com/story/26321976/patient-in-ca-hospital-being-tested-for-ebola Per news release from the California Dept. of Public Health that just came out today, there are no confirmed cases of Ebola in CA and this patient being tested in Sac is out of an abundance of caution. The patient is considered "low risk" for Ebola by CDC standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/08/liberian-police-open-fire-ebola-protesters-201482122534901105.html Liberian police open fire on Ebola protesters Police in the Liberian capital have fired live rounds and tear gas to disperse a stone-throwing crowd trying to break an Ebola quarantine imposed on their neighbourhood, as the death toll from the epidemic in West Africa hit 1,350. In the sprawling oceanfront West Point neighbourhood of Monrovia, at least four people were injured in clashes with security forces, witnesses said. It was unclear whether anyone was wounded by the gunfire, though a Reuters news agency photographer saw a young boy with his leg largely severed just above the ankle on Wednesday. Liberian authorities introduced a nationwide curfew on Tuesday and put the West Point neighbourhood under quarantine to curb the spread of the disease. "The soldiers are using live rounds," said army spokesman Dessaline Allison, adding: "The soldiers applied the rules of engagement. They did not fire on peaceful citizens. There will be medical reports if (an injury) was from bullet wounds." Witnesses said the clashes in West Point started after security forces early on Wednesday blocked roads to the neighbourhood with tables, chairs and barbed wire. Residents said they were not warned. Security forces also came in to escort the local commissioner out of the neighbourhood, they said. Attempts to isolate the worst affected areas of the country and neighbouring Sierra Leone have raised fears of unrest in one of the world's poorest regions should communities start to run low on food and medical supplies. "I don't have any food and we're scared," said Alpha Barry, a resident of West Point who said he came from Guinea and has four children under age 13. In an effort to calm tensions, authorities on Wednesday started delivering tonnes of rice, oil and essential foodstuffs to West Point, residents and a government official said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 MSNBC reporting that Kent Brantley will be released from Emory today. Sorry I have no link, it was just on TV, presser at 11 a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 MSNBC live: U.S. Doctor who survived ebola to speak any minute now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 https://news.yahoo.com/clashes-erupt-sealed-off-ebola-area-liberia-capital-150947266.html UN Ebola czar visits west Africa after violent clashes The UN's new pointman on Ebola was due to arrive in west Africa on Thursday for a visit aimed at shoring up health services in the region where at least 1,350 lives have been lost to the virus. David Nabarro, a British physician appointed last week by UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon, said he would focus on "revitalising the health sectors" in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. "One of the major issues is that health sectors and health services in countries affected by Ebola have really suffered," Nabarro told reporters in New York ahead of his trip. Nabarro will travel to Monrovia, Freetown, Conakry and Abuja as part of his overall mission to coordinate the global response to the worst-ever outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever. His visit comes at a time when affected countries are scrambling to contain the spread of the killer disease. Guinea, where the outbreak first appeared earlier this year, sent more than 100 doctors and volunteers to its borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia on Thursday to monitor people entering the country for signs of Ebola. https://twitter.com/BreakingNews Cleared Ebola patient Kent Brantly: 'Today is a miraculous day. I am thrilled to be alive' - live video 11:17 AM https://twitter.com/CharlieKayeCBS BREAKING. Emory official: Dr. Kent Brantly has recovered from Ebola and can return to his family and life without public health concerns. 11:12 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 This is going to create problems. People in Africa are going to be told that the US can cure Ebola. Heck, people in the US are going to be told that we can cure Ebola. Not saying we should have let him die. But there will be Unintended Consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I thought they already explained that ZMapp is not a cure and it didn't work in another who died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 https://twitter.com/mpoppel Bad news: With anecdotal evidence that ZMapp is effective to treat Ebola, manufacturer says supplies are now exhausted 12:24 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 So happy for these two Americans and their families. Also really happy about the scientific strides being made to fight this disease. I thought they already explained that ZMapp is not a cure and it didn't work in another who died. You're right, they have explained that ZMapp bolsters the body's immune system and ability to fight Ebola through the antibodies in the serum. However, I agree with Larry in that there are going to be a lot of people who think the US has the cure to Ebola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Sigh. And therein lies a big problem. People tend to confuse treatment and cure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dont Taze Me Bro Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 So happy for these two Americans and their families. Also really happy about the scientific strides being made to fight this disease. You're right, they have explained that ZMapp bolsters the body's immune system and ability to fight Ebola through the antibodies in the serum. However, I agree with Larry in that there are going to be a lot of people who think the US has the cure to Ebola. We talking about the Spanish priest that died? Last I read they said they went to Spain to administer the ZMapp but it was unclear if he actually got the treatment or not before he died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Pretty awesome ending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Now in the Congo http://news.yahoo.com/congo-says-two-samples-test-positive-ebola-northern-173006999.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/25/world/africa/ebola-outbreak/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Ebola cases appear in DR Congo; doctor given promising drug dies in Liberia A Liberian doctor who contracted the Ebola virus and received a promising experimental treatment has died, the manager of the Elwa Ebola Facility in Monrovia, Liberia, told CNN on Monday. Dr. Abrahim Borbor died Sunday evening after contracting Ebola at JFK Hospital in Monrovia. Borbor was given ZMapp, the same drug that was given to two Americans who had Ebola. The Democratic Republic of Congo is also reporting new Ebola cases in a northern town, sparking fears that the deadly virus is expanding far beyond West Africa. Two people in Gera tested positive for Ebola, a government spokesman said Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/08/ebola-hit-states-slip-further-isolation-201482825347873951.html Ebola-hit states slip further into isolation Airlines ended more services to African countries hit by the Ebola outbreak that has left more than 1,400 people dead as health ministers prepared for a summit to deal with crisis. Air France agreed to a government request on Wednesday for a "temporary suspension" of services to Sierra Leone, leaving its capital Freetown and Monrovia in neighbouring Liberia with just one regular service, from Royal Air Morocco. The decision came a day after British Airways said it was suspending flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone until next year due to Ebola concerns. Health ministers from west African nations hit by Ebola will gather in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, on Thursday to discuss responses to the epidemic. Authorities in the worst-hit nations are scrambling to contain the most serious outbreak of the lethal tropical virus in history. The UN's envoy on Ebola, David Nabarro, earlier this week took a swipe at airlines who have scrapped flights to Ebola-hit countries, saying the growing isolation "makes it difficult for the UN to do its work". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Excuses Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Ebola has now reached Senegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/29/health/ebola-outbreak-senegal/index.html Senegal confirms first Ebola case The West African country of Senegal has confirmed its first Ebola case one week after closing its border with Guinea over fears that the deadly outbreak could spread, the Senegalese Press Agency reported Friday. Senegal is the fifth country in the region where the virus has spread. Senegal's health minister, Awa Marie Coll Seck, confirmed that a 21-year-old university student from Guinea was infected with the Ebola virus and placed in quarantine in the Fann Hospital in Dakar, the news agency reported. Officials in Guinea alerted Senegal on Wednesday after losing track of the young man, the agency reported. The man, who doesn't have any signs of bleeding, went to the hospital for a checkup, the agency said. His condition is stable. On August 21, Senegal closed its border with Guinea over fears of the Ebola outbreak, the deadliest ever. The closure includes any aircraft and ships traveling to Senegal from Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia. The Ebola outbreak "continues to accelerate" in West Africa and has killed 1,552 people, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The total number of cases stands at 3,069, with 40% occurring in the past three weeks. "However, most cases are concentrated in only a few localities," the WHO said. The outbreak has been centered in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, with a handful of cases in Nigeria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 The Ebola virus sweeping through West Africa has mutated repeatedly during the current outbreak, a fact that could hinder diagnosis and treatment of the devastating disease, according to scientists who have genetically sequenced the virus in scores of victims. The findings, published Thursday in the journal Science, also offer new insights into the origins of the largest and most deadly Ebola outbreak in history, which has killed more than 1,500 people in four countries and shows few signs of slowing. It also provided another reminder of the deep toll the outbreak has taken on health workers and others in the affected areas, as five of the paper’s more than 50 co-authors died from Ebola before publication. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ebola-virus-has-mutated-during-course-of-outbreak/2014/08/28/98235aaa-2ecb-11e4-bb9b-997ae96fad33_story.html In a collaboration led by scientists at Harvard University and aided by officials at Sierra Leone’s health ministry, researchers sequenced Ebola virus genomes from 78 patients beginning in the early days of the outbreak this spring. Those 99 samples — some patients were tested more than once — suggested that the outbreak began with a single human infection before spreading rapidly, like a spark that grows into a wildfire. ' ' ' “We’re left with a situation where if, in fact, this thing smolders on and on, we know mutations will accumulate,” he said. “And that has its own set of problems. We’ve really got to get this thing shut off.” Sabeti said she that since she and her colleagues published the sequencing data, they have heard from companies working on vaccines and treatments, as well as by researchers developing new diagnostic tests, who want to understand how the mutations could affect those efforts. Only through such collaboration, she said, can scientists tackle the current outbreak with the speed it deserves. “There’s nothing you should crowdsource more than an epidemic. It has this urgency where we need every person working on it,” Sabeti said. “It took a village to make this paper happen. It will take a planet to help get this virus under control.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 Worrisome. I wonder what the normal mutation rate is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Worrisome. I wonder what the normal mutation rate is. there is no real normal with our limited data, this one is somewhat special so far though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 not getting better http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/it-was-already-the-worst-ebola-outbreak-in-history-now-its-moving-into-africas-cities/2014/08/30/31816ff2-2ed6-11e4-bb9b-997ae96fad33_story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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