A Doctors without Borders official said the fatality rate in Ebola treatment centers is still an appalling 50%.
The Saudi government reports 15 MERS cases and 6 deaths over 3 days and promises weekly reports.
The ongoing string of MERS-CoV cases in Saudi Arabia continued with a report of three more late yesterday, along with three more deaths, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH).
Today the MOH reported no new cases but noted two more deaths in previous cases. The latest reports raise the total cases this month to 71, with 30 deaths.
Steeply dropping cases, though, may cause the NIAID to vary from the original trial design.
Presidential panel finds "a failure to prepare and a failure to follow good science."
Officials reported fewer new cases overall last week than the week befeore, but progress stalled in Sierra Leone.
About 20% of Liberians who were unemployed during the Ebola outbreak have returned to the workforce.
UN funding is needed to cover its response activities in the region through 2015, with an urgent need to ramp up before the rainy season.
The new antigen test gives results in 15 minutes instead of the 12 to 24 hours needed for nucleic acid tests, and a report discusses a winning strategy in Liberia.
An international team of experts says, in effect, "Don't be so sure" about Ebola not spreading by air.
