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| CDC Reviewing Procedures After New Case of Ebola in Dallas Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the C.D.C. is still investigating how a nurse became infected with Ebola. Video by Reuters on Publish Date October 13, 2014. Continue reading the main story. | |
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| 4000 Deaths And Counting: The Ebola Epidemic In 4 Charts The figures are frightening. As you can see from the above chart, the death toll for Ebola virus disease in West Africa has now passed 4000. The total number of cases exceeds 8000. To help explain why the current outbreak is so deadly, I've summarized the ... | |
| Logan flight doesn't merit health worries, officials say Five passengers experiencing flu-like symptoms aboard an Emirates flight originating in Dubai were escorted off the plane Monday afternoon by a team in full hazmat suits at Logan International Airport — prompting the second Ebola scare in Massachusetts ... | |
| US needs to rethink Ebola infection controls, says CDC chief DALLAS (Reuters) - Medical experts need to rethink how highly infectious diseases are handled in the United States, a U.S. health official said on Monday, after a Dallas nurse contracted Ebola despite wearing protective gear while caring for a dying Liberian ... | |
| WHO: Ebola Is Modern Era's Worst Health Emergency MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 10: An Ebola burial team dresses in protective clothing before collecting the body of a woman, 54, from her home in the New Kru Town suburb on October 10, 2014 of Monrovia, Liberia. The World Health Organization says ... | |
| Worst Ebola outbreak on record tests global response (Reuters) - Global health authorities are struggling to contain the world's worst Ebola epidemic since the disease was identified in 1976. The virus, which causes fever and bleeding, has killed more than 4,000 people. Here is a timeline of the outbreak:. | |
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| About 70 hospital staffers cared for Ebola patient Photo: Uncredited, AP FILE - This undated file image made available by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows the Ebola virus. A Texas health care worker who provided hospital care for Thomas Eric Duncan, who later died has tested positive for the ... | |
| Ebola outbreak: 1st human trials of Canadian vaccine start in US The first human clinical trials of a Canadian-developed Ebola vaccine, VSV-EBOV, begin in Maryland today to assess the vaccine's safety and determine the appropriate dosage to fight the virus that has killed more than 4,000 people, largely in West Africa, ... | |
| Ebola risk minimized, but fear high Fears about the deadly Ebola virus spread to Massachusetts this Columbus Day weekend, prompting holiday press conferences and reverse 911 calls to reassure a jittery public after two Ebola-related scares. On Sunday, when a man who had traveled to ... | |
| California bus driver quarantined after Ebola scare (Reuters) - A Los Angeles bus driver was quarantined for several hours on Monday after a passenger wearing a surgical mask claimed he had Ebola, a county transportation official said. The man, who was accompanied by a woman without any protective ... | |
| Should Boston Be Freaking Out About Ebola? On October 12, a Harvard Vanguard facility in Braintree was evacuated after a patient who had recently traveled to West Africa presented Ebola-like symptoms. Was this the beginning of the end? Were we about to be faced with a full-fledged Ebola outbreak ... | |
| Questions Rise on Preparations at Hospitals to Deal With Ebola Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, one of four hospitals in the nation with biocontainment units for diseases like Ebola. Credit David Goldman/Associated Press. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main ... | |
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| Two Ebola scares in Boston are put to rest A patient in Boston does not have Ebola after all, hospital officials said Monday, the day after a scare involving the patient triggered the evacuation of a medical clinic in a nearby suburb. On Sunday afternoon, the Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates clinic in ... | |
| GOP Congresswoman: Don't Let Anyone Into US From West Africa WASHINGTON -- Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) says the United States shouldn't allow anyone into the country who has been in the West African region facing an Ebola outbreak. "I do believe that we should cease to allow people who have been in the three ... | |
| Congress Rushes to Increase Funding to Combat Ebola Lawmakers are moving swiftly in the wake of reports that spending cuts prevented the creation of a vaccine. David Knowles t writerknowles. Roger Runningen. Kathleen Hunter. Hours after the head of the National Institutes of Health declared that the United ... | |
| Heathrow Ebola screening from Tuesday Ebola screening will begin at London's Heathrow Airport on Tuesday, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says. Passengers from at-risk countries will have their temperature taken, complete a risk questionnaire and have contact details recorded. Mr Hunt said ... | |
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| Broccoli Sprout Compound Could Help With Autism, Study Suggests A broccoli sprout compound may help with behavioral problems in some people with autism, a new study suggests. Though the short-term study was small and did not see improvements in a third of the participants, it was still “promising” according to the lead ... | |
| Five passengers taken from Logan flight to Boston hospitals Five passengers experiencing flu-like symptoms aboard a United Arab Emirates flight originating in Dubai were escorted off the plane Monday afternoon by a team in full hazmat suits at Logan International Airport — prompting the second Ebola scare in ... | |
| Heathrow to start screening for Ebola Heathrow airport is to start Ebola screening for passengers flying into the UK from at-risk countries. A "handful" of cases - thought to be fewer than 10 - are expected to reach the UK before Christmas. Screening will start at Terminal 1, before being extended to ... | |
| Broccoli Shows Promise for Autism Symptoms MONDAY, Oct. 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A compound extracted from broccoli sprouts may improve some social and behavioral problems that affect people with autism, a new study suggests. The study was short-term and small, including just over 40 ... | |
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| Funding Cuts Delayed Ebola Vaccine, US Official Says Researchers might have developed an Ebola vaccine in time to stem the current outbreak if it weren't for budget cuts, a top federal health official said in a new interview. Francis Collins, the head of the National Institutes of Health, said the agency has been ... | |
| Study: Calm family meals linked to healthier kids' weights Add comment. Study: Calm family meals linked to healthier kids' weights. October 13, 2014 7:36 PM. Travel deals. Positive, calm and friendly family meals might help a child avoid becoming overweight or obese, a study suggests. Children seem less likely to ... | |
| Why I don't breastfeed, if you must know The mothers in my “Baby & Me Yoga Fit,” class looked down from their tree poses, surprised as I poured some instant formula into a bottle. Feeding our babies whenever they were in need was one of the most nurturing parts of the class. But with my evil ... | |
| Coffee loves your liver, study finds In news that will have coffee lovers reaching for a cup, a new study has found that our beloved brew may help to protect our livers. The research, by the National Cancer Institute, found that those with higher coffee consumption had lower levels of abnormal ... | |
| Jeremy Hunt: Ebola crisis 'could match Aids epidemic' The Ebola crisis could reach the scale of the Aids epidemic, the Health Secretary warned as he announced that screening would begin at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday. Passengers arriving on major routes from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia will undergo ... | |
| Emirates Flight Met in Boston After Sick Passengers Report A plane arriving at Boston's Logan Airport from Dubai was met by a hazmat team today after five passengers reportedly displayed flu-like symptoms, according to an official from Massport, which runs the airport. Pictures on social media showed medical crews ... | |
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| Mice found to stay lighter on grapefruit juice diet Researchers gave some mice clarified, no-pulp grapefruit juice. Others drank artificially sweetened water. The grapefruit juice group gained 18 percent less weight than the water-drinking group and had better glucose, insulin and triacylglycerol levels than the ... | |
| Ebola outbreak: Obama urges more action to fight crisis U.S. President Barack Obama spoke to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday and agreed the international community had to step up its effort to "decisively address the Ebola crisis," the White House said. Obama also spoke to French President ... | |
| Obesity May Speed Aging of the Liver MONDAY, Oct. 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Extra pounds cause the liver to age faster, potentially explaining why obesity is linked to diseases like liver cancer and insulin resistance, new research suggests. It's not clear if this aging directly translates to ... | |
| Smoking-Related Illnesses in US Total 14 Million MONDAY, Oct. 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Cigarette smoking accounts for approximately 14 million major medical conditions that plague the lives of U.S. adults, according to a new government report. "For each annual death, there are 15 to 20 people ... | |
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| Everyone on high alert in Mass. due to Ebola CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – There was an Ebola scare at Logan International Airport in Boston on Monday when five passengers on an incoming flight showed signs of the virus. 22News spoke with McKenzie Ridings, who works for the Boston Public Health ... | |
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| Prosthetic Hands With a Sense of Touch Two adult male amputees who had under-the-skin wires and nerve electrodes implanted in their prosthetic arms to mimic a sense of touch were able to perform complex everyday tasks for more than a year, a new study says. By providing a degree of natural ... | |
| Sleeping on Sofas or Soft Surfaces Could be Deadly to Babies (Photo : Commons) Sleeping on a soft surface like a sofa could be fatal to babies. Soft surfaces can cause infants to suffocate during even the shortest of naps. Sleeping on a soft surface like a sofa could be fatal to babies. Soft surfaces can cause infants to ... | |
| Hooters Girls raise money for breast cancer awareness With the slogan “Support Our Hooters,†Houston’s Hooters Restaurants have launched a fund-raising pink campaign. The restaurant known for tight-T-shirt-clad females is taking part in Breast Cancer Awareness month. Hooters employs 17,000 ... | |
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| It's Columbus Day. Let's talk about geography (and Ebola). Today we commemorate Columbus Day, an American holiday observed in some states, perhaps for Christopher Columbus's perseverance and bravery rather than his geographical knowledge. In light of recent scares involving “potential Ebola cases” and air ... | |
| US officials launch review of Ebola procedures DALLAS (AP): The Texas nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for a dying Liberian man repeatedly visited his room from the day he was admitted to the intensive care unit until the day before he died, medical records show. Nurse Nina Pham and other ... | |
| Obama, Officials Confer on Tighter Infection Controls As an American nurse received treatment after contracting Ebola in Texas, President Obama conferred Monday with federal experts about how a virus that killed a Liberian man hospitalized in Dallas last week infected one of his caregivers, despite elaborate ... | |
| Monday marks Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day Three in 10 women diagnosed with early breast cancer will eventually progress to metastatic breast cancer. That is when the cancer spreads to other parts of the body and there is no cure. Monday marks Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day KVUE. | |
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