Articles filed under Health Crises
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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 ...
-
Experts blame anti-vaccine lobby for Bosnia measles outbreakFeb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - Medical experts warned Friday the anti-vaccination lobby is growing in Bosnia, using scientifically discredited arguments to stoke pa...
-
Lake County health authorities issue alert of potential measles exposureFeb 26, 2015 12:00 am - Lake County health officials Thursday cautioned that anyone who visited or worked at a Menards store in Long Grove during about a seven-hour period on Feb. 15 may have b...