Articles filed under Health Crises
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Liberia calls for Ebola 'Marshall Plan' to rebuild economiesMar 02, 2015 10:00 pm - BRUSSELS (AP) - Liberia's president on Tuesday called for an Ebola "Marshall Plan" to help rebuild economies in West African nations devastated by the virus. Ellen Johns...
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Cook County hosting free measles vaccination clinic at Palatine churchMar 02, 2015 12:00 am - The Cook County Department of Public Health announced Monday it will host a free measles vaccination clinic at a Palatine church on Friday and next Tuesday for residents...
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UN warns against complacency as Ebola fight enters new phaseMar 01, 2015 10:00 pm - BRUSSELS (AP) - The United Nations is urging donors, organizations and countries fighting Ebola in West Africa not to give in to complacency as the death toll from the v...
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Nurse who survived Ebola sues Dallas hospital systemMar 01, 2015 10:00 pm - DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas hospital that treated the first patient to be diagnosed in the U.S. with Ebola lied to Congress when it said its staff was trained to handle the...
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Sierra Leone's vice president in quarantine for EbolaFeb 28, 2015 10:00 pm - FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Sierra Leone's vice president has put himself in quarantine following the death from Ebola of one of his security guards. Vice President Sa...
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Newspaper: Nurse who survived Ebola says hospital failed herFeb 28, 2015 10:00 pm - DALLAS (AP) - A 26-year-old nurse said in a newspaper interview that a hospital where she had worked in Dallas and its parent company failed her when she contracted Ebol...
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Sierra Leone registers rise in new Ebola casesFeb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - President Ernest Bai Koroma reinstated restrictions in Sierra Leone in response to the rise in confirmed cases of Ebola. Sierra Leone recor...
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UN plans decision in August on mass Ebola vaccine programFeb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - The World Health Organization says a decision will be made in August whether to recommend a program of mass vaccination against Ebola in affected countries...
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US, Liberia start 1st formal test of ZMapp Ebola virus drugFeb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The U.S. and Liberian governments have just begun the first formal patient testing of an experimental Ebola virus treatment that's only been used on...
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S. Indiana HIV cases linked to needle-sharing up to 27Feb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana health officials say the number of people in five southern Indiana counties testing positive for HIV through needle-sharing among painkiller ...