Month: January 2015

By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – Tests confirm that a U.S. Army soldier who just returned from West Africa and was found dead near his Texas base where he was posted was not infected with Ebola, Fort Hood officials said late Tuesday.  Army officials had been awaiting those results from more conclusive tests after an initial screening showed the soldier, who was self-monitoring for symptoms, had not been infected with the virus. …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – A 65-year-old Egyptian woman has died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the health ministry said on Wednesday, the second victim of the virus this month. The World Health Organization (WHO) says there has been a recent jump in the number of H5N1 infections in people in Egypt, but says there does not appear to have been any major genetic change in the flu strain to explain the rise in human cases. The latest victim came from the central province of Assiut, the health ministry said in a statement. …
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By Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Tanzania has banned witch doctors in a bid to curb a rising wave of attacks and murders of albinos whose body parts are prized for witchcraft after a four-year-old albino girl was kidnapped from her home by an armed gang. More than 70 albinos, who lack pigment in their skin, hair and eyes, have been murdered in the east African nation in the past decade for black magic purposes, according to United Nations figures, many hacked to death and body parts removed. …

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MALABO (Reuters) – All teams arriving in Equatorial Guinea for the African Nations Cup must travel through the capital Malabo and have tests for the Ebola virus, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said on Wednesday. Those who show any signs of the contagious virus, or who refused to be examined, could be quarantined for up to 21 days. “Everyone arriving at the Nations Cup must respect the medical rules and regulations,” CAF said in a statement. …

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