Health

Early HIV treatment is not a cure

Doctors treating a HIV-infected baby in Milan, Italy, say that giving drugs within hours of infection is not a cure.…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: NBC cameraman tests positive for virus in Liberia

An American cameraman working in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola. The 33-year-old freelancer is to be flown home to…

10 years ago

Thomas Eric Duncan: Dallas Ebola patient to be prosecuted in Liberia

Liberia will prosecute Thomas Eric Duncan, the first man diagnosed with Ebola in the US, accusing him of lying over…

10 years ago

Five reasons you’re tired all the time

If you find yourself counting down the minutes to bedtime as soon as you wake, yawning your way through the…

10 years ago

Sierra Leone: Five new Ebola cases per hour

Leading charity Save the Children has warned that a rate of five new Ebola cases an hour in Sierra Leone…

10 years ago

Texas school children monitored for Ebola

Texas school children have come into contact with the first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola on US soil, Governor…

10 years ago

First Ebola case on US soil confirmed in Dallas

The first Ebola case diagnosed on US soil has been confirmed in Dallas, Texas. According to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital…

10 years ago

Frequent antibiotic use associated with childhood obesity

According to US researchers, young children who are given repeated courses of antibiotics are at greater risk than those who…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak: Liberia’s Deputy Health Minister Bernice Dahn under quarantine

Liberian chief medical officer Bernice Dahn has put herself under quarantine for 21 days, after one of her assistants died…

10 years ago

Ebola outbreak death toll passes 3,000 in West Africa

According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, the death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has passed…

10 years ago