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| US quarantines 'chilling' Ebola fight in West Africa: MSF NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mandatory quarantines ordered by some U.S. states for doctors and nurses returning from West Africa's Ebola outbreak are creating a "chilling effect" on aid work there, the humanitarian aid group Doctors Without Borders said on ... | |
| Ebola Resistance In Mice: Why Some People Survive Disease Researchers can now offer answers to this question thanks to a new disease model in mice, developed by virologists Angela Rasmussen and Michael Katze of the University of Washington. Dr Rasmussen says it will help reveal the genetic factors the allow ... | |
| Nurse defies Ebola quarantine with bike ride; negotiations fail 1 of 6. Kaci Hickox (L) and boyfriend Ted Wilbur go for a bike ride in Fort Kent, Maine October 30, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Ashley L. Conti/Bdn. Related Video. Video · Using food distribution to fend off Ebola spread in Liberia. 4:41pm EDT. Video · More aid ... | |
| Stanford doctor in Ebola quarantine in Bay Area Dr. Colin Bucks hasn't had close physical contact with another human being since Sept. 21 and he won't for another two weeks, when his quarantine period ends after his return from the Ebola front lines in Liberia. Bucks, a Stanford emergency medicine ... | |
| Life goes on for nurse in standoff over Ebola In between going on a bike ride and taking delivery of a pizza, nurse Kaci Hickox and her boyfriend did chores and watched a movie while state officials struggled to reach a compromise in a standoff that has become the nation's most closely watched clash ... | |
| Eczema Tied to Bone Fracture Risk in Study THURSDAY, Oct. 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- The skin condition eczema may increase slightly the risk of broken bones and injured joints, a new study reports. In a study of 34,500 adults, researchers found that among 7 percent of people who had an ... | |
| Why Blue Is The New Orange For Halloween 2014 As you go trick or treating this year, there is a new colored pumpkin that might catch your eye on porches—and it's not orange. It's a blue teal pumpkin—a symbol of a new nationwide campaign by FARE, Food Allergy Research and Education, a national ... | |
| Dignity Health to pay $37 million to settle overbilling claims Dignity Health, a three-state hospital chain based in San Francisco, has agreed to pay the government $37 million to settle claims that it overbilled Medicare and a military health care program for years. The Justice Department said Dignity, formerly known as ... | |
| Few Ebola Cases Caught by Airport Checks The federal government has cast a wide net looking for Ebola-infected passengers flying into U.S. airports from West Africa, but the stepped-up testing so far has turned up few suspected cases of the deadly virus. Of the 1,249 passengers who have undergone ... | |
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| Ebola victim's fiancée struggles to rebuild life DALLAS — The fiancée of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan is struggling to recover after losing her future husband along with most of her personal belongings, and she says she is effectively homeless due to the lingering stigma of the virus. Louise Troh has ... | |
| Life goes on for nurse in standoff over Ebola Photo: Robert F. Bukaty, AP Nurse Kaci Hickox, right, and her boyfriend, Ted Wilbur, take delivery of a pizza at their home in Fort Kent, Maine, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. State officials are going to court to keep Hickox in quarantine for the remainder of the ... | |
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| Building a better mouse to study Ebola Scientists wearing anti-pathogen "spacesuits" and working in a government biocontainment laboratory have shown that genetically diverse strains of mice can accurately model the devastating health effects of the Ebola virus, according to new research. | |
| The specter of Ebola arrives on the doorstep of rural Maine FORT KENT, Maine — Kaci Hickox went to Africa to treat people with Ebola. When she returned to the United States, she became a flashpoint for the fears of a nation. This week, she brought those fears here, to the farthest edge of northern Maine. | |
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| Ebola victim's fiancée struggles to rebuild life The fiancée of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan is struggling to recover after losing her future husband along with most of her personal belongings, and she says she is effectively homeless due to the lingering stigma of the virus. Louise Troh has been ... | |
| Lawsuit: Surgical Gowns Let Diseases Pass Through A $500 million lawsuit against Kimberly-Clark Corp. alleges the company falsely claimed its surgical gowns protected against Ebola and other infectious diseases. The suit, filed Wednesday in federal court, alleges that the multinational company knew for at ... | |
| Ebola outbreak: Doctors Without Borders decries quarantine The medical charity Doctors Without Borders has warned some mandatory US state Ebola quarantine measures are having a "chilling effect" on its work. The group has said it may shorten some assignments to West Africa as a result of recent state restrictions. | |
| Dallas nurse who survived Ebola to get dog back A Dallas nurse who recovered from Ebola will soon be reunited with her dog, which has been sequestered since his owner became ill. The King Charles Cavalier spaniel named Bentley is in quarantine at an abandoned Navy base in Dallas. His owner, Nina ... | |
| Lawsuit: Surgical gowns let diseases pass through A $500 million lawsuit against Kimberly-Clark Corp. alleges the company falsely claimed its surgical gowns protected against Ebola and other infectious diseases. By ROBERT JABLON. Associated Press ... | |
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| Kaiser nurses plan two-day strike over Ebola safety issues Registered nurses from Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics in the Bay Area are planning a two-day strike next month to demand tougher Ebola safety precautions, the union that represents the health care workers, said Thursday. The strike on Nov. | |
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| How an Antifreeze Ingredient Led to a Whiskey Recall in Europe The overseas recall of a batch of U.S. whiskey imported to three Scandinavian countries has focused new attention on an ingredient that has long been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in foods and beverage. The issue arose after ... | |
| Ebola outbreak: Abbott urged to send Australian health workers The Australian government is facing more criticism for not sending health workers to Africa to help fight Ebola. A 25-bed US field hospital that will treat international health workers who contract the virus is due to open soon. The Australian government now has ... | |
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| Liberia makes inroads on Ebola, but outlook grim in Sierra Leone FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Liberia is making some progress in containing the Ebola outbreak, while the crisis in Sierra Leone is going to get worse, the top anti-Ebola officials in the two countries said. International assistance is still desperately needed and ... | |
| Ebola health worker restrictions could deter others - US envoy BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Some countries are yet to shoulder their share of the Ebola response burden and some restrictions on aid workers returning home from West African nations hit hardest by the disease could deter thousands from helping, Samantha ... | |
| World Bank: $100M More to Fight Ebola in W. Africa THURSDAY, Oct. 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- The World Bank pledged Thursday an additional $100 million in the fight against the Ebola outbreak wreaking havoc in West Africa. The money, which brings the World Bank's total pledge to more than $500 ... | |
| Brittany Maynard may call off decision to die this weekend A terminally ill woman who had made plans to end her life this weekend appears to have had a change of heart, according to a new video released by the 29-year-old in which she says she still has enough "joy". Brittany Maynard, from Portland in the US, was ... | |
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| Experts urge caution over Ebola hopes MONROVIA - Health authorities called Thursday for renewed vigilance over the Ebola epidemic and caution over claims it is retreating as the World Bank announced a $100-million fund for more health workers. The warning follows an announcement by ... | |
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| Youthful detection no defence against breast cancer A volunteer (center) from an organization that provides advice for women with breast cancer talks with a patient after surgery in a Beijing hospital. Print. While women in China are likely to be diagnosed at an earlier age than those in other countries, the ... | |
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| The End of October But Not the End of Breast Cancer As October comes to an end, we can put away our pink clothes for another year and focus on the real challenge -- not awareness, but action! I doubt that there is anyone in the United States who does not connect pink with breast cancer and who is not aware ... | |
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| Secret of Ebola Resistance Lies In the Genes – Scientists Scientists have unlocked the secret to Ebola resistance and survival in a groundbreaking research released Thursday in the journal Science. Virologists Angela Rasmussen and Michael Katze of the University of Washington believe genes play a key role in ... | |
| Teal Pumpkin Project gives options to kids with allergies If you're a parent, your kids are probably excited to go trick-or-treating on Friday. But that annual tradition can pose a risk for the 6 million kids in the U.S. with food allergies. That's why you might see more pumpkins that are painted teal this year -- meant to ... | |
| Autism Study Shows 60 New Genes Responsible For Condition Researchers say, "A massive international study has begun to discover the "finer details" of why some people develop autism." Getty Images. "The smoking gun is genetics – but there are quite a lot of different bullets in the gun," said Prof Buxbaum. | |
| Scientists identify new genes linked to autism LONDON, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- More than 100 gene mutations which could cause autism were identified by scientists, which could help screening for the disorder in the future, according to a new study published in the latest issue of the scientific journal Nature. | |
| Crash test dummies get obese makeover in US The world's leading manufacturer of crash test dummies has developed an obese prototype it says more accurately portrays the modern average American driver. Humanetics currently uses a human stand-in during crash testing that weighs about 170 pounds ... | |
| Scientists Implicate More Than 100 Genes In Causing Autism The hunt to find genes that cause autism has been a long slog, one hampered by a lack of technology and families willing to be tested. But the effort is starting to pay off. On Tuesday, researchers at more than 50 laboratories said they had identified more than ... | |
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| Dignity Health pays $37 million to settle lawsuit SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A large hospital chain based in Northern California agreed Thursday to pay $37 million to settle allegations that it overcharged the federal Medicare program. San Francisco-based Dignity Health also agreed to hire an independent ... | |
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