Health

Ebola screening to begin at JFK airport

New York’s JFK airport has started to implement the Ebola screening measures on Saturday, October 11. The recent outbreak has…

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Type 1 diabetes breakthrough: Beta cells produced in lab

A giant step forward has been taken in the hunt for a cure for type 1 diabetes, researchers have announced.…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak death toll tops 4,000

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the number of people killed in the Ebola outbreak has risen above…

10 years ago

WHO official: Ebola outbreak bigger than expected

WHO Director of Strategy, Dr. Christopher Dye, has said in a recent interview that leading global health experts did not…

10 years ago

Thomas Frieden: Ebola outbreak biggest challenge since AIDS

CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden has said that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is unlike anything since the emergence…

10 years ago

Winter Health Problems to Watch Out for in the Elderly

It’s no secret that those in their elderly years are more prone to illness than younger people, and it’s also…

10 years ago

Bionic hand: Sense of touch restored for two patients

US scientists have restored a sense of touch to two bionic hand patients. The men can now delicately pluck the…

10 years ago

Teresa Romero: Spanish nurse may have touched her face after treating Ebola patient

Teresa Romero, the Spanish nurse infected with Ebola, remembers touching her face with her gloves after treating a dying priest,…

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Thomas Eric Duncan: Texas Ebola patient dies in Dallas hospital

Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola on the US soil, has died in Dallas, Texas…

10 years ago

WHO: More Ebola cases can be expected among medical staff

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that more Ebola cases can be expected among medical staff - even in…

10 years ago