DAKAR, Oct 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ebola survivors in Liberia are quickly becoming an important part of the fight against the deadly virus that...
(Time) – Nobody would mistake sugary soda for a health food, but a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health just found that a daily soda habit...
(AllAfrica.com) – A new study “On the Quarantine Period for Ebola Virus” published, last week, in the PLOS Currents: Outbreaks suggests that 21 days might...
(International Business Times) – The owners of nearly 5 million vehicles are being urged to take immediate action as a result of a massive recall to...
(BBC) – A paralyzed man has been able to walk again after a pioneering therapy that involved transplanting cells from his nasal cavity into his...
DALLAS (CBS News) — About 120 people are now being monitored for possible infection with Ebola because they may have had contact with one of the three people in...
William M. Welch, USA TODAY DALLAS (USA Today)—Dallas nurse Nina Pham, the first U.S. health care worker diagnosed with Ebola, is seen talking and sitting...
Tamara Lush, ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Step inside All Children’s Hospital and you’re greeted with three things: hand sanitizer, tissues and masks...
Anne Flaherty, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) â Last May, as Ebola crept across West Africa, America’s top infectious disease expert told a group of Harvard students in...
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For more than two months, health officials have been struggling to understand the size of a national...
By Dr. Elaine Batchlor CEO, The New Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly Every October, people lace up their sneakers...
LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Poison control workers say that as the e-cigarette industry has boomed, the number of children exposed to...
James Gallagher, BBC NEWS CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (BBC News)—The hunt for a cure for type 1 diabetes has recently taken a “tremendous step forward,” scientists have...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s authority to screen airline passengers for potential Ebola exposure and order them quarantined if necessary is far-reaching...
The Associated Press Here are some facts about how Ebola spreads: WHEN IS EBOLA CONTAGIOUS? Only when someone is showing symptoms, which can start with vague...
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama calls it a “belt and suspenders” approach — an extra level of screening at five...
NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press JOSH FUNK, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The death of the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States renewed questions about...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration unveiled a new version of HealthCare.gov on Wednesday, with some improvements as well as at least...
(Los Angeles Times) – President Obama talked up his administration’s response to Ebola and the procedures standing as a line of defense against the spread...
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are living longer than ever before, according to a new government report filled mostly with good...
NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died Wednesday morning in a Dallas hospital, according to a...
MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — How much coffee do you drink every day? One cup in the morning? Or do you gulp...
ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart is taking one-stop shopping to another area: health insurance. The world’s largest retailer plans to work...
By Mary L. Datcher Special to the NNPA from The Windy City Word CHICAGO (NNPA) – When you hear the name Twone Gabz, many of...
(Bloomberg Businessweek)—In the wake of the revelation that the Dallas man infected with Ebola flew on United Airlines flights from Liberia to Liberia, more than a...
