Articles filed under Health Crises
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10 US charity staff to leave Sierra Leone amid Ebola scareMar 14, 2015 11:00 pm - FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Ten health care workers with a Boston-based nonprofit organization responding to Sierra Leone's Ebola outbreak are to be evacuated to the U...
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Americans returning from Africa for Ebola monitoringMar 13, 2015 11:00 pm - ATLANTA (AP) - Public health officials said Saturday that a number of Americans will return from west Africa to be monitored after possibly being exposed to Ebola. The C...
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Cook County measles outbreak has cost health departments $150,000Mar 13, 2015 1:00 am - The recent Cook County measles outbreak has cost the state and suburban health departments at least $150,000, officials said. Illinois hasn't seen a new measles case sin...
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German court orders vaccination cynic to pay for virus proofMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - A German court has ruled that a prominent anti-vaccination advocate must pay a doctor 100,000 euros ($105,720) in prize money he had promised to anyone who...
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American who contracted Ebola arrives at Maryland hospitalMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - An American health care worker who contracted Ebola while volunteering in a Sierra Leone treatment unit is in serious condition after arriving at th...
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NBC News medical editor Nancy Snyderman resignsMar 11, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Dr. Nancy Snyderman said Thursday that she's leaving her job as chief medical editor for NBC News, six months after unleashing public anger for failing t...
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Sierra Leone sees worrying spike in Ebola cases over weekMar 11, 2015 11:00 pm - FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Sierra Leone has seen a worrying spike in confirmed Ebola cases over the past week in four districts, the head of the national Ebola respon...
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World Health Organization says deaths in current Ebola outbreak have topped 10,000Mar 11, 2015 11:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - World Health Organization says deaths in current Ebola outbreak have topped 10,000. ...
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UN tally of Ebola deaths passes 10,000, most in West AfricaMar 11, 2015 11:00 pm - GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization marked a grim milestone Thursday in the biggest-ever Ebola outbreak, estimating that the virus had killed over 10,000 people,...
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National Institutes of Health to treat US volunteer working in Sierra Leone who has EbolaMar 11, 2015 11:00 pm - BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - National Institutes of Health to treat US volunteer working in Sierra Leone who has Ebola. ...