Articles filed under Health
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Traditional healer returns to first Ebola-affected villageFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - MELIANDOU, Guinea (AP) - Here at ground zero of West Africa's Ebola outbreak, a local traditional healer returned to complete the removal of a curse residents believe co...
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UN health agency urges Europe to step up measles vaccinationFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - The World Health Organization is urging Europe to step up measles vaccination efforts as countries report thousands of cases of the disease. WHO's regional...
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3 men 1st to get reconstructed bionic hands after amputationFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - Three Austrians have replaced injured hands with bionic ones that they can control using nerves and muscles transplanted into their arms from their legs. T...
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Treasury issues reprieve for health law tax errorsFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Taxpayers who've filed their 2014 returns only to learn that the government provided them with erroneous information on health care subsidies won't be ...
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Toddler dies of measles in Berlin, first death in outbreakFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - An 18-month-old boy has died of measles in Berlin, the first known death in an outbreak of the disease that has seen more than 570 cases in the German capi...
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Administration: No quick fix if court kills health subsidiesFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's health secretary told Congress Tuesday that she has no administrative actions available to fix the "massive damage to our heal...
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New flight paths angering residents in Phoenix, other citiesFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - PHOENIX (AP) - Steve Dreiseszun says he cannot sit in his backyard or read a story to his son without a sense of dread. For the past several months, he and other residen...
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Fewer homes for sale pushes up US house prices in DecemberFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. home prices rose in December at a faster pace than the previous month, likely because of a much smaller number of homes for sale. The Standard & P...
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Asia may have seeded European plague outbreaks, study saysFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists say they may have solved a centuries-old whodunit: Why did Europe experience outbreaks of bubonic plague over hundreds of years, starting with...
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Pills before and after sex can help prevent HIV, study findsFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - SEATTLE (AP) - For the first time, a study shows that a drug used to treat HIV infection also can help prevent it when taken before and after risky sex by gay men. The r...