First Ebola Vaccine Trial Starts in Africa

The Ebola drug trial in Africa has started for the first time, with three healthcare workers in Mali receiving an experimental vaccine.
The trial started on October 8, with the first health worker receiving the drug, followed by two colleagues. Over the course of trial,37 more healthcare workers will be given the vaccine.
It is the latest vaccine to be Ruches into clinical trials as worst-ever Ebola outbreak grips West Africa. The WHO said disease has so far claimed the lives of more than 3800 people, infecting at least 8000 people in West Africa.

Oscar Pistorius finally sentenced & fined

According to AFP, Pistorius was found guilty last month of negligently killing his girlfriend in the early hours of Valentine's Day 2013.
The 27-year-old double amputee was cleared of the more serious charge of murder, a verdict that shocked the country and fuelled criticism of South Africa's legal system.
The "Blade Runner" could face up to 15 years in prison or could dodge a jail term altogether with a noncustodial sentence.

Angry mob castrate man with a knife after he was caught raping a teenage girl in India

An India man is said to be in a critical condition after some mobs cut off his private part for trying to rape a teenage girl in India. According to reports, some group of men in India’s northwestern Rajasthan state heard screams for help in an isolated path and ran to help only to find a 40-year-old Suresh Kumar pinning a little girl on the wall while trying to forcefully rape.

The angry mob lynched and dragged him to a butchers shop where he was beaten for hours before castrating him then dumped him on the road.

Suresh Kumar who was bleeding tried getting help but no one wanted to help him because everyone knew what his offense….Police are now looking for those responsible for chopping off his private part…

Facebook Owner Mark Zuckerberg & His Wife Donate $25 Million to CDC to help Fight Ebola

Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla, are donating $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to help in the fight against Ebola.He made the announcement today via his facebook page:

We need to get Ebola under control in the near term so that it doesn’t spread further and become a long term global health crisis that we end up fighting for decades at large scale, like HIV or polio.

We believe our grant is the quickest way to empower the CDC and the experts in this field to prevent this outcome.

Grants like this directly help the frontline responders in their heroic work. These people are on the ground setting up care centers, training local staff, identifying Ebola cases and much more.

We are hopeful this will help save lives and get this outbreak under control.

Alicia Keys leads #BringBackOurGirls rally in NYC

John Schultz Takes Advantage Of Ebola Tragedy? – Entrepreneur Wants Sell Ebola.com Domain For $150,000

The man, Jon Schultz, specializes in buying disease domains and selling them for large amounts of money.

In addition to the Ebola.com domain, Daily Mail reports that Schultz also owns:H1N1.com, birdflu.com, terror.com, PotassiumIodide.com, fukushima.com, and others.

He bought the Ebola domain 4 years ago for $13,500 and has been waiting for the right opportunity to sell it, and according to him, that time is now – in the midst of the current Ebola epidemic.

“Ebola.com would be a great domain for a pharmaceutical company working on a vaccine or cure, a company selling pandemic or disaster-preparedness supplies, or a medical company wishing to provide information and advertise services” Schultz said. 

Some have accused him of taking advantage of a tragedy, but he has denied the allegations, saying that doctors do the same.

“You could say the same thing about doctors.  They can become very well-off treating very sick patients. 

Besides we have sacrificed a couple of thousands in parking page income to put up links about Ebola on the site. And people can also donate to Doctors Without Borders at the site,” he said.

Big Brother Hotshots rep, Tayo Faniran welcomes son with girlfriend

Before he went into the Big Brother Africa House, Nigerian rep Tayo Faniran and his girlfriend were expecting their first child together. Tayo received the joyous news on the show yesterday during his diary session that his girlfriend had given birth to a baby boy (pictured below) The little bundle of joy has since been named Akintoye. Congrats to them.