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| White House questions Ebola quarantines; nurse plans lawsuit NEW YORK (Reuters) - The White House has told states that have imposed mandatory quarantines for some travelers from Ebola-hit West Africa that the policy could impede the fight against the disease, while the first health worker isolated under the rules ... | |
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| Is the Affordable Care Act Working? After a year fully in place, the Affordable Care Act has largely succeeded in delivering on President Obama's main promises, an analysis by a team of reporters and data researchers shows. But it has also fallen short in some ways and given rise to a powerful ... | |
| To Improve a Memory, Consider Chocolate Science edged closer on Sunday to showing that an antioxidant in chocolate appears to improve some memory skills that people lose with age. In a small study in the journal Nature Neuroscience, healthy people, ages 50 to 69, who drank a mixture high in ... | |
| New York governor spells out new rules on Ebola quarantine NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday spelled out the specifics of a new policy to quarantine some people returning from Ebola-stricken West Africa, saying the state wanted to protect public safety while encouraging medical ... | |
| ICU Team Takes on Ebola Dr. Nathan Link, the chief medical officer at Bellevue Hospital, speaks on Sunday as the city health commissioner, Dr. Mary Bassett; Dr. Ram Raju, president of Health and Hospitals Corp.; Mayor Bill de Blasio; and first lady Chirlane McCray look on. Peter J. | |
| Questions about the care of Dallas Ebola patient Of the nine people who have been treated for Ebola in the United States, only one has died. Family members of Thomas Eric Duncan, who was diagnosed with the virus in Dallas after arriving from Liberia, say he did not get all the help they wanted before he ... | |
| CDC Moves Fast on NY Ebola Case as Soul-Searching Begins Even before official confirmation that a New York City doctor had contracted the Ebola virus, a team from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was on its way to Manhattan Oct. 23. The quick reaction is part of a painful period of self-examination and ... | |
| Teal pumpkins bring food allergy awareness to Halloween A teal-painted pumpkin sits on the front porch of Julia Lupo's house in Chesterfield Township. Christine Habib's home in Rochester has an assortment of teal gourds. Stephanie Kilyanek's Ypsilanti porch has a pumpkin, too. Teal pumpkins aren't all the rage ... | |
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| Dr. Craig Spencer, being treated for Ebola, in serious condition The New York doctor being treated for Ebola remained in serious condition at Bellevue Hospital Sunday, but “looks better,” a health official said. Dr. Craig Spencer, 33, had a good night of sleep after receiving plasma Saturday from Nancy Writebol, the ... | |
| News of the Day From Across the Globe, Oct. 27 1 Ukraine vote: Ukrainians overwhelmingly backed several pro-Western parties in a parliamentary election Sunday, another step in the former Soviet republic's drift away from Russia. Two exit polls released as voting closed indicated that President Petro ... | |
| US Envoy: 'Staggering' Need in Ebola Response The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is calling attention to the need for a greater response to the Ebola outbreak that has killed nearly 5,000 people in West Africa. Samantha Power posted on Twitter early Monday after spending a day in Guinea that the ... | |
| As Ebola Spreads, Asia Senses Vulnerability A woman at a factory in Anqiu, China, sewed protective suits last week for medical workers. Credit Johannes Eisele/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story ... | |
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| Could more have been done for Thomas Eric Duncan? DALLAS (AP) — When Thomas Eric Duncan became the first diagnosed case of Ebola in the United States, his relatives with roots in virus-ravaged Liberia knew what questions to ask. Would his treatment include experimental drugs? Was a blood transfusion ... | |
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| Experts: Quarantines may dissuade Ebola volunteers Stricter quarantines for dealing with potential Ebola cases in the U.S. could discourage health workers from volunteering in the impacted West African countries, thereby making the outbreak harder to contain, experts say. New York, New Jersey and Illinois ... | |
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| Ebola Mistakes in Dallas Provide Road Map to Avoid in NYC When a New York City doctor arrived at Bellevue Hospital Center on Oct. 23 with a fever and a history of travel in West Africa, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention didn't wait for his Ebola test to come back positive. A team of CDC experts ... | |
| Nurse's Lawyers Promise Legal Challenge to Ebola Quarantine Lawyers for a nurse quarantined in a New Jersey hospital say they'll sue to have her released in a constitutional challenge to state restrictions for health care workers returning to New Jersey after treating Ebola patients in West Africa. Civil liberties attorney ... | |
| US envoy in West Africa to see how world failing in Ebola fight CONAKRY, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Guinea plans to fight its deadly Ebola outbreak by drafting graduating medical students for national service and enlisting retired doctors and nurses, said Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, during a visit to ... | |
| Special October events for breast cancer awareness 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 12:45 p.m. Thursdays, FitnessOne, third floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine, Memorial University Medical Center. These weekly yoga classes are free for cancer survivors and those in treatment. The classes help improve ... | |
| 'Making Strides Against Breast Cancer' draws 15-thousand LAS VEGAS -- More than 15-thousand people from around the valley got up early Sunday morning to take “strides” for a good cause. Participants did this at the 15th annual Las Vegas “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" walk. There were two main goals ... | |
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| Breast cancer walk in Edison raises funds for the ACS American Cancer Society Making Strides of Edison, NJ walk started out from the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison,to honor breast cancer survivors, raise awareness about what we can do to reduce our breast cancer risk, and raise ... | |
| Breast Cancer month – awareness is key Jackie, Marcia, Karen, Debbie, Maggie, Mary, Tina (breast); Kevin, Sam (bone); Joe, Doug (prostate); Stacy, Joe (skin); Kyle, Gerry (lung); Grandpa Johnson (unknown origin); Mark (adrenal); Ardyss (colon) – these are just the people I can think of off the top of ... | |
| 1 in 6 hospitals struggles to stop infections While Ebola stokes public anxiety, more than one in six hospitals are having trouble stamping out less exotic but sometimes deadly infections, federal records show. Nationally, about 1 in 25 hospitalized patients gets an infection, and 75,000 people die each ... | |
| Walsh seeks treatment for kidney stone BOSTON (AP) — Mayor Martin J. Walsh has had a brief visit to a Boston hospital for treatment of a kidney stone. Walsh's spokeswoman Kate Norton tells WBZ-TV (http://cbsloc.al/ZSIVMh ) the mayor went to Massachusetts General Hospital Sunday "to address ... | |
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| Ebola: US condemns global response A health worker stands outside a hospital which is treating Ebola patients. Credit: AFP/Dominique Faget. The US ambassador to the United Nations criticised the level of international support for nations hit by Ebola as she began a tour on Sunday of west ... | |
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| Cocoa clue to reversing memory loss Bioactive ingredients found in cocoa sharply reversed age-related memory decline in a group of volunteers, scientists reported on Sunday. The compounds, called flavanols, were taken in a specially-prepared cocoa drink, according to an experiment ... | |
| Dominican agents detain woman with $70K in stomach Dominican Republic officials say they have arrested a woman who was carrying more than $70,000 in her stomach and $69,000 hidden inside her suitcase. The spokesman for the National Drug Control Agency says the money in the woman's stomach was ... | |
| Christmas has come early in this Utah town 2:36 A CITY of more than 103,000 agreed to celebrate Christmas early for a four-year-old boy who has been given just two weeks to live. Ethan Van Leuven, of West Jordan, Utah, has not responded to treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, which he was ... | |
| Obamacare information You'll want to know the following about Obamacare's effect on health care and Medicare. It came from conducting 70 town hall question and answer meetings about Obamacare. It is documented at www.acadigest.org. Advertisement. Obamacare is a ... | |
| Could more have been done for Thomas Eric Duncan? FILE - This 2011 file photo provided by Wilmot Chayee shows Thomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S., at a wedding in Ghana. Duncan, poor and uninsured, did not get all the help his family members said they wanted, and they now ... | |
| Is Chocolate The Next Superfood Discovery? Alzheimer's research has improved by leaps and bounds this year. Anyone who might be looking to fend off this painstakingly degenerative condition, however, might appreciate that a new study shows that prevention could be a piece of cake. As long as that ... | |
| Grand Canyon Trip for Brittany Maynard Diaz Fills her Bucket List Earlier this week, Brittany Maynard Diaz, the 29-year old terminal brain cancer patient ticked off one of her dreams listed in her bucket list. She was able to see the Grand Canyon that she wishes to visit long time with her loved ones. (Photo : YouTube). Brittany ... | |
| QUARANTINE CLASH WH, states at odds over measures to stem Ebola Three U.S. states imposing mandatory quarantines of health-care workers returning from Ebola-ravaged West Africa sparked a furious debate this weekend that included the country's top infectious-disease doctor saying he would not have recommended such ... | |
| Drugmakers bet on Ebola vaccines, treatments Drug makers are racing to develop vaccines and drugs to address the worst outbreak of Ebola in history. It's unclear who will pay for their products, but companies are betting that governments and aid groups will foot the bill. There are no proven drugs or ... | |
| New York Ebola Patient Has Gastrointestinal Symptoms Undated photo of Dr. Craig Spencer, who was diagnosed with Ebola after returning from West Africa. By. Heather Haddon,. Heather Haddon. The Wall Street Journal. CANCEL. BiographyHeather Haddon · heather.haddon@wsj.com · @heatherhaddon ... | |
| Prototype paper test can detect Ebola strains DNA-programmed blotting paper could soon be giving doctors a simple disease test that will reveal an infection in 30 minutes for just a few pence. Researchers have proved the technique works by developing a prototype Ebola test in just 12 hours, and using ... | |
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| Tested Negative for Ebola, Nurse Criticizes Her Quarantine A nurse who had worked with Ebola patients in West Africa was placed under quarantine at University Hospital shortly after she landed at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday. Credit Robert Stolarik for The New York Times. Continue reading the ... | |
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| Hospitals vary on Ebola rules for staff Massachusetts hospitals vary in their policies for staff members returning from relief work in West Africa, an inconsistency highlighted Friday by news that a New York emergency room physician tested positive for Ebola after treating patients in Guinea. | |
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