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EBOLA

WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 26, 2014
Ebola spread stabilizing in Guinea but still spreading elsewhere: WHO
The spread of Ebola seems to have stabilized in Guinea, one of three West African states worst-hit by the disease, but a lack of beds and resistance in affected communities means its advance continues elsewhere, the World Health Organization said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 26, 2014
U.S. hospitals unprepared to handle Ebola waste
U.S. hospitals may be unprepared to safely dispose of the infectious waste generated by any Ebola virus disease patient to arrive unannounced in the country, potentially putting the wider community at risk, biosafety experts said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 25, 2014
Doctor calls for blood donations to treat Liberian Ebola victims
The head of a treatment center in Liberia, the country worst-hit by West Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak, has urged survivors of the disease to donate their blood for use in treating infected patients.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 18, 2014
West African powerhouse Cote d'Ivoire battles to keep out Ebola
The billboard depicts a masked health worker in a biohazard suit looming over a bed-ridden patient. Above them, bright red letters warn commuters on a busy Abidjan street that "The Ebola risk is always there".
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 14, 2014
Liberian president appeals to U.S. for help to beat Ebola
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has appealed to U.S. President Barack Obama for urgent aid in tackling the worst recorded outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, saying that without it her country will lose the fight against the disease.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 12, 2014
Ebola highlights slow progress in war on tropical diseases
Some of the world's most gruesome diseases are finally getting a bit of attention.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 12, 2014
Microsoft co-founder Allen to give $9 million for Ebola fight
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen's charitable foundation on Thursday will announce it is donating $9 million to support U.S. efforts to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, a source said.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 7, 2014
The ethics of managing anti-Ebola treatments
As the Ebola virus grips an unprecedentedly wide swath of Africa, many are asking whether it is ethical to begin administering untested drugs and vaccines, and to decide who should receive them.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 5, 2014
Third U.S. Ebola patient identified as missionary doctor; deaths at 1,900
A 51-year-old doctor became the third U.S. missionary infected with Ebola as the death toll from the disease in West Africa exceeded all previous outbreaks combined.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 3, 2014
U.S. missionary doctor in Liberia tests positive for Ebola
An American doctor working in Liberia has tested positive for the Ebola virus after working with obstetrics patients at a missionary hospital in Monrovia, the Christian organization SIM USA said on Tuesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 2, 2014
Poor response to Ebola causing needless deaths, World Bank head says
The world's "disastrously inadequate response" to West Africa's Ebola outbreak means many people are dying who could easily be saved, the head of the World Bank said Monday, as Nigeria confirmed another case of the highly contagious virus.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 31, 2014
Health workers strike at major Ebola clinic in Sierra Leone
Health workers have gone on strike at a major state-run Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone, hospital staffers said on Saturday, a further blow to efforts to contain the deadly virus.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 29, 2014
Gene studies of Ebola in Sierra Leone show virus is mutating fast
Genetic studies of some of the earliest Ebola cases in Sierra Leone reveal more than 300 genetic changes in the virus as it leapt from person to person, changes that could blunt the effectiveness of diagnostic tests and experimental treatments now in development, researchers said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 29, 2014
West Africa Ebola outbreak could infect 20,000 people: WHO
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people, the U.N. health agency said Thursday, warning that an international effort costing almost half a billion dollars is needed to overcome the outbreak.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 28, 2014
Baby may have infected Briton with deadly Ebola virus
A British nurse infected with Ebola may have caught the deadly virus after playing with a 1-year-old boy whose mother died in a treatment center but who himself had initially tested negative for the disease, a medical colleague said.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2014
Ebola causing huge damage to West Africa economies: development bank
The worst-ever Ebola outbreak is causing enormous damage to West African economies as foreign businessmen quit the region, the African Development Bank said, while a leading medical charity branded the international response "entirely inadequate."
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 28, 2014
Glaxo's Ebola vaccine may begin safety tests in humans next week
U.S. scientists will begin enrolling patients as soon as next week in clinical safety trials of GlaxoSmithKline PLC's experimental Ebola vaccine as the death toll from the disease rises in West Africa.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 27, 2014
U.K. Ebola victim treated with experimental drug ZMapp
The first Briton to have contracted the deadly Ebola virus has been given the experimental drug ZMapp, the London hospital where he is being treated said on Tuesday, two days after he was brought back from West Africa.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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