Articles filed under Health
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Hospitals grapple with possibility of EbolaOct 17, 2014 1:01 am - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Step inside All Children's Hospital and you're greeted with three things: hand sanitizer, tissues and masks decorated with little cartoon Band-Aid...
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Chimerix gets FDA OK to test drug for EbolaOct 17, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - A North Carolina drugmaker plans to test its experimental antiviral drug in patients who have Ebola, after getting authorization from regulators at the Food...
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Ohio bridesmaids of nurse with Ebola quarantined, shop closesOct 17, 2014 1:01 am - AKRON, Ohio - Health officials say five bridesmaids of a Texas nurse with Ebola are among at least nine people voluntarily quarantined in northeast Ohio. The Akron Beaco...
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Obama names Ebola 'czar' as precautions expandOct 17, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Friday turned to a trusted adviser to lead the nation's Ebola response as efforts to clamp down on any possible route of infection...
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SPIN METER: Shaky claims on Ebola budgetsOct 17, 2014 1:01 am - EDITOR'S NOTE - An occasional look behind political rhetoric WASHINGTON - Less than three weeks before the midterm elections, Washington's Ebola blame game has spread to...
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WHO: We botched response to the Ebola outbreakOct 17, 2014 1:01 am - LONDON - The World Health Organization has admitted that it botched attempts to stop the now-spiraling Ebola outbreak in West Africa, blaming factors including incompete...
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4 suspected Ebola cases in Spain test negativeOct 17, 2014 1:01 am - MADRID - Four people suspected of having Ebola in Spain have tested negative in a first round of tests, the government said Friday. Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz Sa...
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Mexico denies dock to ship with quarantined passengerOct 17, 2014 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — A cruise ship with a Dallas health care worker aboard who is being monitored for signs of Ebola did not receive clearance to dock in Cozumel, Mexico, a day ...
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Constable: Suburban hospitals prepare for Ebola, worry about fluOct 16, 2014 5:30 am - A second health care worker in Texas contracts Ebola, and we grow scared it will show up in the suburbs. Fear, especially in our post-Sept. 11 world, makes things happen...
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Rising call for ban on travel from W. AfricaOct 16, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Warning that Americans are losing faith in their government's ability to stop Ebola, Republican lawmakers on Thursday pressed for a ban on travel to the U.S...