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Ebola Vaccine Trials In West Africa To Start In January

Oct 22, 2014 02:04 AM EDT

Experimental Ebola vaccines will be tested in Ebola-stricken West African countries as early as January next year, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Tuesday.

Texas Presbyterian Hospital Defends Itself Amid Negligence Issue

Rubi Valdez |

Oct 21, 2014 05:39 AM EDT

Nurses and doctors working at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital defended the Dallas hospital during a press conference Monday against criticisms for the death of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first case of Ebola in United States.

White House Appoints Lisa Monaco To Respond To U.S. Ebola, Refuses ‘Czar’ Moniker

Kristina Fernandez |

Oct 17, 2014 06:59 AM EDT

The White House appointed Homeland Security adviser Lisa Monaco to coordinate the government response to the Ebola scare that has been sweeping the United States, but has refused to call her the Ebola 'czar'.

Obama Mulls Appointing Ebola ‘Czar’ For U.S., Still Against Travel Ban

Bianca Ortega |

Oct 17, 2014 06:17 AM EDT

U.S. President Barack Obama is thinking about appointing an Ebola "czar" to oversee the country's fight against the deadly Ebola virus, but said he is still against issuing a ban on flights from West Africa.

Top Ebola Doctor Warns Of Possible Airborne Ebola Virus Spread

Erika Villanueva |

Oct 14, 2014 07:00 AM EDT

Top Ebola doctor David Sanders warns that it is possible for the dreaded virus to start spreading by air besides infection through physical contact with an infected person.

Death Of Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan Fuels Ebola Scare In U.S.

Kristina Fernandez |

Oct 09, 2014 08:00 AM EDT

The death of Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan on Wednesday and the hospitalization of a Dallas law enforcement official over suspicion of Ebola infection have amplified the Ebola scare among Americans.

National Depression Awareness Day is part of Mental Health Awareness Week.

U.S. Health Care Providers Boost Mental Health on National Depression Awareness Day

Dan Weisman |

Oct 08, 2014 10:28 PM EDT

Many health care providers and workplaces will be providing free mental health and depression screenings Thursday in celebration of National Depression Awareness Day.

FDA Warns Public of Driving While Medicated

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 08, 2014 09:27 AM EDT

The common drugs in question include some types of nonprescription anti-diarrheals, antihistamines, and anti-nausea medicines.

Liberian Rubber Farm Management Stops Ebola In Its Tracks

Erika Villanueva |

Oct 07, 2014 06:11 AM EDT

Firestone, a small town in Liberia whose main produce is rubber, did what other nations were not able to do—stop Ebola at its very beginning.

Should Americans Be Afraid Of Ebola?

Erika Villanueva |

Oct 03, 2014 07:00 AM EDT

Reports of the first confirmed Ebola case in the United States incited unnecessary alarm after health officials sent the patient home only to quarantine him at the Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas when he started vomiting.

U.S. Deploys Troops For Ebola Mission

Christl Leong |

Oct 02, 2014 07:00 AM EDT

The United States has authorized the deployment of 1,400 soldiers to Liberia to aid in the fight against Ebola, according to a Pentagon statement released on Tuesday.

Director Tom Frieden of Center for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC Confirms First Ebola Case Ebola Hit U.S., Help Extended to Liberia

Kat De Guzman |

Oct 01, 2014 05:16 AM EDT

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed on Tuesday the first Ebola case of a patient who traveled from Liberia to Dallas, but no additional information has been made public.

Wireless Sensor Logs Tumor Pressure

Marc Maligalig |

Sep 21, 2014 04:14 PM EDT

Researchers from the Purdue University in Indiana, with support from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, have developed a small sensor that can record and wirelessly relay pressure readings from inside a tumor to detect when the tumor has normal interstitial pressure.

New Cancer Drug Targets Lipid Messengers

Marc Maligalig |

Sep 21, 2014 05:38 AM EDT

Youhai Chen, PhD., MD., Svetlana Fayngerts, PhD., both from the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and their colleagues report that TIPE3, a newly described protein cancer-causing properties, promotes the disease by targeting upregulated chemical signals related to lipid metabolism.

Joan Rivers' doctor reportedly took a selfie during her throat procedure at Yorkville Endoscopy

Joan Rivers Doctor Who Took Selfie, Allegedly Started Deadly Biopsy Identified

dweisman |

Sep 18, 2014 08:46 PM EDT

Voice doctor to the stars Gwen Korovin was outed Thursday as the physician who was in the operating suite without authorization when Joan Rivers suffered cardiac arrest on Aug. 28. Not only that, but Korovin also was named as the doctor who thoughtlessly took a selfie while the late comedienne was under anesthesia.

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