Genomic analysis of Nigeria's only confirmed Ebola case shows the virus is closely related to the strain detected in Kenya's index case, Nigeria's health minister Muhammad Ali Pate said on Friday, offering the first genetic link between the outbreaks. reut.rs/3UORaKV reut.rs/3UORaKV

Kenya has recorded a second Ebola death, the health ministry said late on Friday, adding that the 65-year-old woman had developed symptoms during quarantine and was a close relative of a Kenyan man who died of Ebola earlier this month. reut.rs/4zTVXtB reut.rs/4zTVXtB

Genomic analysis of Nigeria's only confirmed Ebola case shows the virus is closely related to the strain detected in Kenya's index case, Nigeria's health minister Muhammad Ali Pate said on Friday, offering the first genetic link between the outbreaks. reut.rs/4eRv3Ky reut.rs/4eRv3Ky

Kenya has recorded a second Ebola death, the health ministry said late on Friday, adding that the 65-year-old woman had developed symptoms during quarantine and was a close relative of a Kenyan man who died of Ebola earlier this month. reut.rs/4yBRBWU reut.rs/4yBRBWU

China should offer more support to families to stabilise the number of new births, the cabinet said on Friday, as policymakers seek to address the country's population decline and record-low birth rate. reut.rs/48aImC5 reut.rs/48aImC5

Genomic analysis of Nigeria's only confirmed Ebola case shows the virus is closely related to the strain detected in Kenya's index case, Nigeria's health minister Muhammad Ali Pate said on Friday, offering the first genetic link between the outbreaks. reut.rs/4BsS2pe reut.rs/4BsS2pe

Indian drugmaker Torrent Pharmaceuticals reported a near 10% decline in second-quarter profit on Friday, as higher spending on research and development outpaced robust demand for chronic therapies in the country. reut.rs/3VQwwuh reut.rs/3VQwwuh

Novartis' breast cancer drug cuts risk of death by 19% after six years, data shows reut.rs/3VQvbUh reut.rs/3VQvbUh

Kenya has recorded a second Ebola death, the health ministry said late on Friday, adding that the 65-year-old woman had developed symptoms during quarantine and was a close relative of a Kenyan man who died of Ebola earlier this month. reut.rs/4za4poy reut.rs/4za4poy

China should offer more support to families to stabilise the number of new births, the cabinet said on Friday, as policymakers seek to address the country's population decline and record-low birth rate. reut.rs/3TSZHw7 reut.rs/3TSZHw7

Indian drugmaker Torrent Pharmaceuticals reported a near 10% decline in second-quarter profit on Friday, as higher spending on research and development outpaced robust demand for chronic therapies in the country. reut.rs/47xVcu7 reut.rs/47xVcu7

China should offer more support to families to stabilise the number of new births, the cabinet said, as policymakers seek to address the country's population decline and record-low birth rate. reut.rs/47wtwpr reut.rs/47wtwpr

Indian drugmaker Torrent Pharmaceuticals reported a near 10% decline in second-quarter profit on Friday, as higher spending on research and development outpaced robust demand for chronic therapies in the country. reut.rs/4iAixRT reut.rs/4iAixRT

Nigeria's health minister said on Thursday authorities had no evidence that the country's recently confirmed Ebola case had spread into the wider community, describing it as a single, contained infection. reut.rs/4ePgl6O reut.rs/4ePgl6O

France has reported the first known human case of Shamonda virus in a patient who died, raising questions about the risks posed by a livestock virus that has reached Europe this year decades after first being detected in Nigeria. reut.rs/4i9iKdr reut.rs/4i9iKdr

Nigeria's health minister said on Thursday authorities had no evidence that the country's recently confirmed Ebola case had spread into the wider community, describing it as a single, contained infection. reut.rs/4zMgv70 reut.rs/4zMgv70

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The Ebola patient in Nigeria, the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat based in Abuja, is believed to have contracted the disease while travelling in Uganda, a Swiss government statement to Reuters said on Thursday. reut.rs/4yyTJyo reut.rs/4yyTJyo

Nigeria's first Ebola patient in over a decade was not tested for the disease until 13 days after falling ill, officials said, a delay that raises questions about authorities' ability to contain an outbreak already spanning four African nations. reut.rs/4BglkXP reut.rs/4BglkXP

France has reported the first known human case of Shamonda virus in a patient who died, raising questions about the risks posed by a livestock virus that has reached Europe this year decades after first being detected in Nigeria. reut.rs/4zLREQK reut.rs/4zLREQK