At least 58 people entering New Zealand since August have been screened for the Ebola virus - but none of them has given health authorities cause for concern.

Some joke. A man on a flight from Philadelphia to the Dominican Republic apparently spoiled his own holiday by declaring aloud before the plane landed that he was sick with Ebola.

Latest updates on the Ebola outbreak: New Zealand is "not immune" to the arrival of the deadly Ebola disease, Prime Minister John Key says.

A Cairns nurse who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone has tested negative.

A Spanish nurse sick with Ebola repeatedly reported her symptoms to health authorities but was fobbed off with paracetamol before a final diagnosis.

The leaders of three Ebola-stricken West African nations are meeting heads of the UN, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to discuss the outbreak.

A 57-year-old Cairns woman is being tested for the deadly Ebola virus, Queensland health authorities have confirmed.

Like every other volunteer who serves with Medecins Sans Frontieres, Stefan Liljegren joined to help the sick and destitute.

A one-year-old who'd recently returned to Victoria from West Africa was isolated after showing symptoms similar to those of Ebola.

What makes the Ebola virus so terrifying is not its kill rate or its exponential growth. It's the fact that it threatens humanity by preying on humanity.

After the double blow that two of their children had been diagnosed with the same cancer, a courageous Rotorua family hopes they have now beaten the disease.

The leading scientists have launched an attack on "Big Pharma", accusing drugs giants of failing to manufacture a vaccine, because there was "no business case".

Sierra Leone's proposed countrywide 'lockdown' will not help control an Ebola outbreak and could lead to the disease spreading further as cases are concealed, medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) claimed today.

Disturbing video footage shows an Ebola victim who'd escaped from hospital walking through a Monrovia market, sending hundreds fleeing in fear.

Former cop and convicted rapist Brad Shipton has a rare and aggressive form of dementia.

Three-year-old Denon Andrew is losing his sight.

ASpanish priest became the first European to die of the Ebola virus yesterday, as the World Health Organisation authorised the use of experimental drugs to fight it.

New Zealand border officials intend screening anyone arriving from West African countries afflicted by the deadly Ebola virus, which has claimed almost 1000 lives since March.

The guys who hang off Madison Ave in East Harlem are not what most people would describe as news-and-current affairs junkies.

Tobin Chisnall has opened his eyes and tried to pull out his feeding tube, the first sign of improvement from the little boy in almost a week.

An experimental serum treatment on two US missionaries has raised hopes of an effective treatment for the disease after doctors reported a "miraculous" improvement in the health of one of those who contracted the disease.

In an era when the next pandemic can seem just a pathogen away, Ebola still retains a grisly fascination.

Fears that the west African Ebola outbreak could spread to other continents have grown. European and Asian countries are on alert and a leading medical charity says the epidemic is out of control.

New Zealand health experts are making contingency plans to manage the ebola virus in case the deadly disease arrives from West Africa.

Health officials will not start screening for deadly ebola infection among passengers arriving in NZ, despite the seriousness of the outbreak of the disease in West Africa.