MEDICINE & HEALTH

U.S. heightens Ebola screening for travelers from Mali

MEDICINE & HEALTH 11.17.2014 02:22 AM

A health worker sprays disinfectant at a mosque in Bamako November 14, 2014. The United States is adding Mali to the list of countries whose travelers get special Ebola screening after a number of cases in the West African nation, the government said on Sunday.

Liberia sets national target of no new Ebola cases by December 25

11.17.2014 02:18 AM

Medical vehicles are seen at a health facility near the Liberia-Sierra Leone border in western Liberia, November 5, 2014.

Obama's immigration plan offers some relief, risk for tech sector

11.17.2014 02:14 AM

U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he leaves Yangon Airport November 14, 2014. President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration is expected to include some modest changes to make it easier for technology companies to retain high-skilled workers frustrated by long and unpredictable waits for green cards.

U.S. hospital says Sierra Leone doctor with Ebola extremely critical

11.17.2014 01:58 AM

1 of 3. Dr. Martin Salia is placed on a stretcher upon his arrival at the Nebraska Medical Center Biocontainment Unit in Omaha, Nebraska, November 15, 2014.

Critically ill Sierra Leone doctor with Ebola now in U.S.

11.16.2014 03:54 AM

Critically ill Sierra Leone doctor with Ebola now in U.S. A surgeon from Sierra Leone, critically ill with Ebola, was flown to a Nebraska hospital for treatment on Saturday, and is sicker than previous patients treated in the United States, medical officials said.

Company denies rat poison in pills linked to India sterilization deaths

11.16.2014 03:47 AM

Company denies rat poison in pills linked to India sterilization deaths The company at the center of a probe into why more than a dozen women died after being sterilized in India has denied that the antibiotic tablets it manufactured were contaminated with a chemical compound commonly found in rat poison.

Obamacare enters new phase over the weekend with little fanfare

11.16.2014 03:43 AM

Obamacare enters new phase over the weekend with little fanfare President Barack Obama's plan to extend private health coverage to the uninsured entered a new uncertain phase on Saturday as U.

Brace Yourselves for Alzheimer's Boom by 2050

11.14.2014 20:19 PM

Brace yourselves for Alzheimer's incidence and expenses boom. Alzheimer's cases are expected to double by 2050.

After Testing Potential Ebola Drugs, WHO Finds No Effective Treatment Thus Far

11.14.2014 20:15 PM

After testing potential Ebola drugs, WHO found no effective treatment so far. The whole world was shaken by the Ebola epidemic, after the disease had killed one after the other with no known treatment or cure.

Premature Babies May Be Exposed to Hazardous Materials in the Hospital

11.13.2014 20:00 PM

Premature Babies exposed to high levels of toxic chemical, study reveals There's a common trust in the safety of a hospital. It's where lives are saved and where life enters the world.

Genetic Errors Seen as Beneficial to the Heart

11.13.2014 18:34 PM

Gene error 'reduces heart attack and cholesterol risk' Not every genetic aberration spells out disaster in the anatomy or general health of a person.

Virus Causes Stupidity In Infected Patients

11.13.2014 18:28 PM

Researchers found a certain virus that causes increased stupidity. Fever, fatigue and a weakened immune system that could lead to more diseases, and worse, death are common features of viral infections.

U.S. calls its Ebola response the right strategy at home, abroad

11.13.2014 10:35 AM

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Center for Disease Control Director Dr. Thomas Frieden and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the U.S. government response to the Ebola outbreak in Washington November 12, 2014.

Tainted drugs suspected in Indian sterilization surgery deaths

11.13.2014 10:27 AM

A woman, who underwent sterilization surgery at a government mass sterilisation 'camp', walks to sit in a hospital bed at a district hospital in Bilaspur, in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh, November 13, 2014.

Ebola death toll tops 5,000; Mali quarantines 90

11.13.2014 10:22 AM

Ebola death toll tops 5,000; Mali quarantines 90 (Reuters) - The death of a nurse in Mali from Ebola prompted on Wednesday the quarantine of more than 90 people in the West African country's capital, as the World Health Organization said the disease had now claimed at least 5,160 lives.