Brave Nigerian Health Volunteers Battling Ebola Virus In Liberia [Photos]

Nigerian Volunteers from different health professions numbering up to 250 offered themselves to join the international force in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea to assist in the containment of Ebola Virus disease in these countries.

While Nigerians are happy and rejoicing following the victory against the deadly Ebola Virus which was totally cleansed from the country, our brave and selfless 'soldiers' are in Monrovia town in Liberia facing a different kind of battle. More power to their elbows.

Idris Elba Is A Football Coach Out to Beat Ebola For Africa United PSA

Actor Idris Elba plays a soccer coach in a new public health campaign, with his team is about to go out and play against Ebola. He gives them the required pep talk as he paces in the locker room..

"This is not an ordinary game. This is life or death. Ebola has defeated thousands in West Africa. Its key strength is passing."

His pep talk is part of sending the right message about Ebola to the right people at the right time. West Africans love football a lot, and hopefully, this ad will catch on.

#StopEbola - Omotola, Genevieve, Asa Join Campaign To Raise Funds For Ebola

Africa’s leading creative icons - Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and Asa have been announced by The Future Awards Africa as the leading influencers for its global #StopEbola campaign to pool 1 million young Africans to act against Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

Facebook Provides Ebola Donate Button For Users To Give Directly To Charities

Last month, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, announced that he and his wife were donating $25 million to help fight Ebola, through the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to empower all those fighting the deadly virus around the world.

Today, Facebook has added an Ebola button so that individual users who want to donate to charities fighting the disease can do that directly from their profile pages.

Nurse Kaci Hickox Disregards Ebola Quarantine, Goes On Bicycle Ride With Boyfriend

Kaci Hickox, 33, returned from working in hospitals treating Ebola in Sierra Leone last week and has since challenged the mandatory 21 days quarantine imposed on exposed health workers.

Three days ago, she left hospital where she had been put under surveillance to return to her home, and today, a new video shows her going on a bike ride with her boyfriend.

School Boys From Senegal Called “Ebola” And Beaten Up In New York School

Two brothers, 11 and 13 years old, have been beaten up by their fellow school mates in the playground after being bullied with calls of “Ebola.” Though they were born here, the boys emigrated to the United States from Senegal about a month ago, and were in the sixth and eight grade respectively.

President Obama Hugs Nurse Nina Pham Who Is Now Ebola Free

Nurse Nina Pham is now Ebola free after being successfully treated at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland. She met with president Obama at The White yesterday where to her delight, he asked for a hug. She happily obliged :)

#EbolaInNYC - Piers Morgan Slams Doctor Who Used Public Transport While Self-Monitoring

Yesterday evening, Dr. Craig Spencer was announced to have tested positive to Ebola after he was taken into a New York hospital the same morning of high fever.

A volunteer with Doctors Without Borders, Dr. Spencer had shared the above photo of himself dressed in protective hazmat gear while treating Ebola patients in Guinea causing many to call him a hero.

Meet The Medical Team That Kept Ebola Away From Nigerians

Meet some of the medical team that treated the index #Ebola case in Nigeria. In total, nine of them got infected with the virus; four of their colleagues passed away. Photo: WHO/A. Esiebo

Nigeria remains one of the best practice countries with regards to how Ebola can be contained and stopped from exploding into the community. And most of that work boils down to the work of these doctors and nurses of First Consultant Hospital Lagos.

LOTR Actor Apologizes For Poor Reaction To News That Nigeria Is Now Ebola Free

Hollywood actor, Sean Astin, who is best known for his role as Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, could not believe the news that Nigeria is now Ebola Free. The radio host reacted with shock and doubt to the recent W.H.O declaration on Twitter, demanding proof, and saying the news reeked of manipulation.

After his followers, including some Nigerians, called him out, he educated himself and took back his words, saying it was "great news" and "amazingly wonderful". See the series of tweets below...

Man Jailed After Sick Joke That Ex-Wife Had Ebola

60-year-old Emanuel Smith was arrested on Wednesday and charged with inducing panic in a public place after he told a dealer at the Horseshoe Casino in Cleveland that his wife has contracted the deadly virus.

The gambler had gone into further details to the dealer, claiming that his ex-wife traveled to Cleveland from the Ebola-stricken region of West Africa, and that he was gambling to avoid seeing her, the Ohio Casino Commission said.

Pentagon And Arik Air Ebola Scares - How Long Does It Take To Rule Out Ebola?

The Pentagon has been declared Ebola free after a woman who fell sick in their parking lot has been ruled not to have Ebola.

Earlier today, the Pentagon police shut down one of the massive building's entrances and a portion of the South Parking lot after a woman who had fallen sick told emergency personnel that she recently visited West Africa, officials said.

Ebola - Nina Pham Speaks From Hospital Bed As Obama Appoints Ron Klain #EbolaCzar

Nina Pham, the first nurse who contracted Ebola from Thomas Eric Duncan at a Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital said a tearful goodbye to her doctors from her hospital bed, before she was flown from the Texas Hospital to an NIH hospital in Maryland for further treatment, NBC reports

Second Nurse With Ebola Was Planning Her Wedding, Visited Bridal Shop With Friends

Amber Vinson, 29,  was confirmed yesterday as having contracted Ebola after treating Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan at a Texas hospital. It was also revealed that Amber had visited her hometown in Ohio last weekend while being monitored for Ebola, and had taken a commercial flight from Cleveland to Dallas just a day before she was hospitalized.

Now, reports say that Amber Vinson travelled to Ohio because she was planning her wedding. Also, though Amber stayed close to home during the monitoring, she had visited an East Tallmadge Ave. bridal shop with five friends to shop for her wedding gown.

The Fear of Ebola - Waiting Passenger At Washington DC Airport Is Fully Prepared!

A passenger at Washington, DC's Dulles Airport was seen wearing a partial-Hazmat suit while waiting for a flight, coming a day after the second health worker tested positive in Texas was said to have travelled by commercial airline a day before her hospitalization.

Second Nurse Infected With Ebola Identified - Contact Tracing Starts In Cleveland

The second nurse to contract Ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has been identified as Amber Jay Vinson, 29, from Akron, Ohio. The nurse will be transferred to the CDC monitored  Emory University Hospital in Atlanta later today.

Second Nurse Contracts Ebola At Dallas Hospital Where Thomas Duncan Died

A second health worker, a female nurse, has tested positive for Ebola virus disease. She was among the team who treated Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian who died of Ebola at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, in Dallas, Texas.

Just yesterday, 26-year-old Vietnamese-American, Nina Pham, was identified as the first health worker to contract the disease from Thomas Eric Duncan.

Mark Zuckerberg And Wife Donate $25million To Help Fight Ebola

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, has just announced on his Facebook page that he and his wife are donating $25 million to help fight Ebola. He says the money will be going to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation which will empower all those fighting the deadly virus around the world. He shared the following statement publicly to his over 22 million fans;

#PrayForLiberia - New Heartbreaking Photos From Liberia As Ebola Death Toll Crosses 4,000

Ebola continues to spread with the recent infections in Spain and the United States, but we really need to #PrayForLiberia which has recorded the worst casualties. According to WHO, the death toll from the Ebola Virus outbreak has risen to 4,033. Following this news, these heartbreaking photos have surfaced online showing the pain and grief of Ebola victims in Liberia.

Above is the body of a young lady, Nama Fambule in a photo taken by photographer John Moore for Getty Images as he covered the heartbreaking circumstances of her corpse being taken away for disposal by health workers after she died on suspicion of Ebola.

Chris Brown Slammed For Calling Ebola 'A Form Of Population Control'

@ChrisBrown has been getting a lot of heat from fans for calling Ebola and "epidemic" and a "form of population control" via a tweet posted early today. But the 25 year old singer didn't appear fazed. Though he said he would shut up after people called him out, he did not remove the original comment. See his tweets below...