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US government probes medical devices for possible cyber flaws BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is investigating about two dozen cases of suspected cybersecurity flaws in medical devices and hospital equipment that officials fear could be exploited by hackers, a senior official at the agency ...
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US to funnel travelers from Ebola-hit region through five airports NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States ratcheted up its safeguards against Ebola on Tuesday, requiring travelers from three countries at the center of an epidemic in West Africa to fly into one of five major airports conducting enhanced screening for the ...
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Journalist Who Contracted Ebola Now Disease-Free The freelance cameraman who contracted Ebola while working with NBC in Liberia is now disease free, he tweeted today. Ashoka Mukpo was transported from Liberia to the Nebraska Medical Center's biocontainment center on Oct. 6. The medical center ...
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Caution and Calm Urged at Ebola Training Session Health care workers learned how to recognize Ebola and prevent it from spreading. Credit Ángel Franco/The New York Times. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story Share This Page. Continue ...
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Supplements safe after FDA recall? Don't count on it When the Food & Drug Administration recalls your "all natural" dietary supplement for containing prescription pharmaceuticals, you may think that ensures a rapid restoration of the misbranded product to its wholesome natural state, right? Wrong, says a new ...
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Binge Drinking May Boost BP in Young Men TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Binge drinking among young adult men may lead to increased blood pressure, according to a new study. But binge drinking didn't cause a similar rise in blood pressure for young adult women or for teenagers, ...
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US|5 US Airports Set for Travelers From 3 African Nations Screeners at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago earlier this month checked the temperature of a passenger who had just arrived from Sierra Leone. Credit Melissa Maraj/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, via Associated Press. Continue reading the ...
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Giving pricey hepatitis drug to prisoners may be financially wise NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using expensive new antivirals to treat hepatitis C in prisoners makes fiscal sense, a new paper says. Based on computer models, new pricey drug combinations were more cost-effective than older drug combinations and no ...
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Ebola patient Ashoka Mukpo is now virus-free; Nina Pham improving American journalist Ashoka Mukpo no longer has Ebola, health officials announced Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Texas nurse and Ebola patient Nina Pham's condition was upgraded to "good" from "fair," and Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced the opening of a ...
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WHO: Ebola Vaccine Could Be in Use by January The World Health Organization said an experimental Ebola vaccine could be in use by January. WHO assistant director Dr. Marie Paule Kieny said Tuesday that clinical trials of Ebola vaccines were underway or planned in Europe, the United States and Africa ...
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Freelance cameraman free of Ebola, can leave Nebraska hospital Your video will begin momentarily. STORY HIGHLIGHTS. NEW: "I fought and won, with lots of help," tweets Ashoka Mukpo; Condition of Texas nurse Nina Pham upgraded from fair to good, NIH says; Texas to start facility to handle issues like infectious ...
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Testing for Ebola Vaccines to Start Soon, WHO Says A vial containing a vaccine for Ebola. Plans to test several new ones suggest a response to the outbreak is gathering steam. Credit Pool photo by Steve Parsons. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main ...
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3 Lessons From America's First Outbreak of Ebola It's difficult to see how a relatively small number of Ebola cases (officially 3) can be classified as a disease “outbreak,” but that's technically how the World Health Organization (WHO) defines it. A disease outbreak is the occurrence of cases of disease in ...
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US Cameraman Treated for Ebola 'Free' of the Virus TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- The freelance cameraman who was diagnosed with Ebola while working for NBC News in Liberia has cleared the virus from his system and can leave the special isolation unit at Nebraska Medical Center in ...
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Perry taps centers in Richardson, Galveston for future Ebola care Gov. Rick Perry, with Dr. David Lakey (left), commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, and Parkland Memorial Hospital's Dr. Fred Cerise, hailed the role UT Southwestern will play at a Richardson site designated as a treatment center for ...
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Ebola vaccine trials in West Africa likely in January: WHO GENEVA: With Ebola raging in West Africa, the World Health Organization is pressing the search for a vaccine and hopes to test two experimental versions as early as January on 20,000 front-line health care workers and others in the hot zone — a bigger ...
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Ebola outbreak: New restrictions coming for West Africa travellers to US CBC News is dedicating a special day of coverage to the Ebola crisis. On radio, television and online, we'll explore the facts behind Ebola and answer questions. Be part of the conversation today (Tuesday) by using #ebolafacts on social media or by joining ...
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2 from Liberia screened for Ebola after falling ill on flights to Chicago Two people who arrived at O'Hare International Airport on Tuesday from Liberia were under observation at Chicago hospitals as part of the city's infectious disease protocols after they experienced nausea and other illnesses during their flights, city officials ...
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| Ebola Today: Cameraman Tweets Story From Isolation; US Travel Restrictions ... Want Bill Murray In Your Movie? The Director of 'St. Vincent' Knows How to Get Him. Must Reads. You Don't Win Friends with Salad—Not on 'Top Chef' Boston · Watch Gisele in a New Short Film from Chanel · Renee Zellweger Apparently Didn't Like Herself ...
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US expands Ebola checks; Rwanda to check Americans Photo: Charles Rex Arbogast, AP FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2014, file photo, Registered nurse Keene Roadman, stands fully dressed in personal protective equipment during a training class at the Rush University Medical Center, in Chicago. The Centers for ...
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Procedure on Paralyzed Man Stirs Hope and Caution Darek Fidyka using leg braces and a walker. A stabbing had paralyzed him from the chest down. Credit BBC, via European Pressphoto Agency. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story Share This ...
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Texas names 2 units to treat future Ebola patients Photo: LM Otero, AP Texas Governor Rick Perry, center, asks Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, right, to speak during a news conference at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. Perry announced a North Texas Ebola.
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Johnson & Johnson Announces Major Commitment to Speed Ebola Vaccine ... NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Oct. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson JNJ, +1.17% today announced that it has made a commitment of up to $200 million to accelerate and significantly expand the production of an Ebola vaccine program in ...
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Paralysed man walks again - and the answer was under his nose Science often turns on serendipity. Breakthroughs have emerged from a whimsical fascination with folklore (Edward Jenner heard that cowpox-infected milkmaids could not catch smallpox, and so pioneered vaccination); from the accidental contamination of ...
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Texas establishes Ebola treatment facility Three major healthcare providers in North Texas will contribute to a designated facility for Ebola and infectious disease patients in the region, Gov. Rick Perry's office said Tuesday. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Methodist Health System ...
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UPDATE 8-US to funnel travelers from Ebola-hit region through 5 airports (Limited manufacturing begun on new Ebola drug, paragraphs 11-15). By Jeffrey Dastin. NEW YORK Oct 21 (Reuters) - The United States ratcheted up its safeguards against Ebola on Tuesday, requiring travelers from three countries at the center of an ...
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New restrictions on US arrivals as Ebola nurse's condition improves Dallas: Texas nurse and Ebola patient Nina Pham's condition was upgraded to "good" from "fair" on Tuesday afternoon, hours after Texas governor Rick Perry announced the opening of a new Ebola health care facility near Dallas. Ms Pham was diagnosed ...
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US journalist to head home after Ebola recovery OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An American video journalist who has recovered from Ebola will be released soon from an Omaha hospital. The Nebraska Medical Center says Ashoka Mukpo is scheduled to be discharged Wednesday morning from the hospital's ...
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Switch From Moderate To Problem Drinking May Be Due To Genetics Those who make the transition from moderate drinkers to problem drinkers may have their DNA to thank, according to research conducted at the University of California-San Francisco. The animal study, published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, isolated a ...
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US Journalist to Head Home After Ebola Recovery An American video journalist who has recovered from Ebola will be released soon from an Omaha hospital. The Nebraska Medical Center says Ashoka Mukpo is scheduled to be discharged Wednesday morning from the hospital's biocontainment unit.
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Hospital: Ebola nurse Nina Pham feeling better Dallas nurse Nina Pham, who was diagnosed with the Ebola virus on October 11, 2014. (Photo: Courtesy). CONNECT 1 TWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Institutes of Health says the condition of the first nurse to ...
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Dietary Supplements Contained Banned Drugs After FDA Recalls A new study finds that a high percentage of dietary supplements still contained banned drugs at least six months after being recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Approximately half of all FDA class-I drug recalls since 2004 have involved ...
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Texas names 2 units to treat future Ebola patients State Health Services Commissioner Dr. David Lakey (foreground) and Gov. Rick Perry were both on hand last week when the initial announcement was made. Associated Press. October 21, 2014. DALLAS — Texas, which saw the first case of Ebola ...
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RI man declared free of Ebola The Rhode Island man infected with Ebola while working in Liberia has been declared free of the disease and is expected to leave Nebraska Medical Center on Wednesday, according to the hospital. Ashoka Mukpo, 33, who grew up in Providence, is the ...
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Updated Ebola guidelines in effect in Pittsburgh-region Barbara Smith, a registered nurse with Mount Sinai Health Systems, demonstrates the proper technique for donning protective gear during an Ebola educational session for health care workers Tuesday at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City.
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Report: Soft drinks speed up aging process at the same rate as cigarettes Drinking soft drinks and smoking cigarettes both speed up your body's aging process, at about the same time, according to a recent study from the American Journal of Public Health. As you get older, your telomeres, which are caps on the end of your ...
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MEDICINE & HEALTH Drinking Soda Linked to Premature Aging As a common beverage in households, cafeterias, fast food joints, and practically every public place the world over, sodas are amongst the most popular drinks in the nation. But new research reveals that they may just be the thing causing those pre-mature ...
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Everett Silvertips To Turn Xfinity Arena Pink Saturday Night Pink the Rink returns Saturday night as the Everett Silvertips take on the Seattle Thunderbirds. It's become an annual tradition as the Everett Silvertips team up with community partners to raise funds for the battle against breast cancer. Here's everything you ...
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Odds improving for breast cancer victims Every pink ribbon tied to a lamp post or pinned to a shirt reminds Caroline Merino of her journal entries and the two photos. In the first picture, taken about three years ago, her wavy blonde hair runs down below her shoulders. The next shows a nearly bald ...
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Love sodas? The sweet drink may age you as fast as smoking SAN FRANCISCO — Drinking sugar-sweetened beverages may make certain cells in your body age faster, a new study suggests. The study, published this week in the American Journal of Public Health, concludes that sugar-sweetened soda consumption ...
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Parish employees indicted in St. John the Baptist Parish amoeba investigation ... The two parish employees that were indicted in the investigation of brain-eating amoebas in the parish water supply post bond. Tweet · Pin It. Show Transcript Hide Transcript. Advertising. Video Transcript. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH. A GRAND JURY ...
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Exposure to Air Pollution During Pregnancy May Raise Lung Damage Risk in ... The harmful effects of exposure to toxic pollutants in the air are many, and they are not merely limited to just you- it turns out, it could affect your baby too! A team of researchers have, in their new study, found how maternal exposure to high levels of traffic air ...
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Paralyzed man can walk again after cell transplant in spinal cord A medical team has for the first time given a man the ability to walk again after transplanting cells from his brain onto his severed spinal cord. on.aol.com. A fantastic surgery first has been achieved and because of it, a previously paralyzed man can walk again.
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Dietary supplements may contain risky ingredients, even after safety recalls: study CHICAGO -- Dietary supplements containing potentially dangerous prescription drug ingredients may still be for sale even years after safety recalls, a study found. In supplements bought online, researchers detected hidden steroids, similar ingredients to ...
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Recent blunders don't encourage trust ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As I write this column, two health care workers in Dallas have come down with Ebola after treating Thomas Eric Duncan, who traveled from West Africa and died from the disease. Still, there's no need for panic. I repeat; there's no ...
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Curfew in Sierra Leone town after rioting, shooting over Ebola case FREETOWN (Reuters) - Authorities in Sierra Leone imposed a curfew in the eastern town of Koidu on Tuesday after a dispute between youth and police over a suspected case of Ebola degenerated into gunfire and rioting, officials said. A local civil society ...
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Ebola outbreak: Get up to speed with the latest developments Your video will begin momentarily. (CNN) -- Texas Health Presbyterian admits fault. A hospitalized cameraman is Ebola-free. And the U.S. Ebola czar starts his new job. With multiple developments under way, here's the latest on the Ebola outbreak: Watch this ...
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Johnson & Johnson to Begin Testing Ebola Vaccine in January Marie-Paule Kieny, the World Health Organization's assistant director-general for health systems and innovation, spoke about work on Ebola vaccines in Geneva on Tuesday. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images. By. Jonathan D. Rockoff And. Jonathan D.
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Why This Doctor Believes That Ebola Will Not Be an American Catastrophe These days, folks who know me as an infectious-diseases specialist kickstart conversations with a similar question and then ask, "Should I buy a gas mask and a space suit?" Calm down, people! Yes, Ebola is devastating, and it may continue to gnaw at Africa ...
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Ebola serum for Africa patients within weeks, says WHO Serum made from the blood of recovered Ebola patients could be available within weeks in Liberia, one of the countries worst hit by the virus, says the World Health Organization. Speaking in Geneva, Dr Marie Paule Kieny said work was also advancing ...
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