The United Nations said $600 million in supplies would be needed to fight West Africa’s Ebola outbreak, as the death…
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Factbox: The worst Ebola outbreak on record
West Africa is struggling with the worst Ebola outbreak since the disease was identified in 1976, and the first case…
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Missionaries returning to US after working with Ebola patients to be quarantined
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Missionaries returning to the United States after working with patients infected with Ebola will be put in…
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Woman contracts HIV through shared manicure equipment
A 22-year-old Brazilian woman was infected with HIV after sharing manicure tools with her cousin, in a rare case of…
Read MoreSierra Leone to cordon off three Ebola ‘hotspots’ home to 1.5 million
Sierra Leone restricted travel Thursday into and within three more “hotspots” of Ebola where 1.5 million people live, meaning that…
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Mali says has no remaining Ebola cases as last patient recovers
Mali has no remaining cases of the Ebola virus as the last patient in the country has recovered and left…
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How peer pressure explains vaccination rates
In a purely rational world, vaccination rates would vacillate constantly depending on how much people fear getting sick. That’s what…
Read MoreCDC flies home US staffer who had ‘low-risk’ Ebola contact
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday it flew an employee back to the United States…
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US hog farmers struggle to overcome rampant piglet virus
Bill Luckey, 59, estimates he has been working in the hog farming industry for 55 years – including the time…
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One shot or two? Many questions unresolved in Ebola vaccine race
Scientists racing to develop vaccines against Ebola are trying to determine whether they can best fight the disease with a…
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