Health

Ebola nurse Kaci Hickox defies quarantine order by leaving her house in Maine

Nurse Kaci Hickox has defied the Ebola quarantine order, leaving her house in Maine for a brief bike ride. She…

10 years ago

Trumenba: Meningitis vaccine approved in US

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a vaccine for the first time for the deadly type of meningitis that…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Liberia sees decline in spread of infections

Liberia, the country hardest hit in the Ebola outbreak, is seeing a decline in the spread of infections, the World…

10 years ago

Google X working on nanoparticles project to detect cancer and other diseases

Google is working on a technology to detect cancer and heart attack. The technology combines disease-detecting nanoparticles, which would enter…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: World Bank appeals for 5,000 health workers to volunteer in West Africa

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has made an emotional appeal for thousands of medical workers to volunteer and help…

10 years ago

Ebola in US: CDC issues new guidelines for quarantines

Medical staff returning from treating Ebola patients in West Africa will be actively monitored but not placed in quarantine under…

10 years ago

Kaci Hickox: Ebola nurse to be discharged from quarantine after threatening legal action

Nurse Kaci Hickox, who was quarantined in New Jersey after treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, will be discharged after…

10 years ago

Is Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody having healing powers?

A poll suggests that Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody is a good song for people to listen to if they feel unwell…

10 years ago

Nurse Kaci Hickox criticizes Ebola quarantine rules in New Jersey

Nurse Kaci Hickox, who was quarantined on her return to the US from treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, has…

10 years ago

First successful dead heart transplant performed in Australia

Australian surgeons at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney have performed the first heart transplant using a "dead heart". Donor hearts…

10 years ago