Aug 19 Watch Doctors Without Borders: Ebola efforts need more people in the field By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 19 As Ebola fatalities hit 1,200, some victims on ZMapp show signs of recovery By Sarah Corapi The world’s worst outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has now claimed the lives of more than 1,200 people, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. While the disease has carved a destructive path through several West African nations, Liberia recorded… Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch More emergency food assistance going to working Americans, study finds By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch Photographer documents effects of Ebola on daily life in Liberia By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch After one quarantine center is attacked in Liberia, another large Ebola medical facility opens By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 18 Liberian mob attacks Ebola clinic; dozens of patients missing By Anya van Wagtendonk More than a dozen Ebola patients are still unaccounted for after a violent attack on a Liberian Ebola treatment center Saturday, authorities say, raising fears that the virus will find a new stronghold in the country’s largest slum. Continue reading
Aug 18 Hospitals reconsider free healthcare for those who could now be insured By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News If a patient is eligible to purchase subsidized coverage through the law’s online marketplaces but doesn’t sign up, should hospitals “provide charity care on the same level of generosity as they were previously?” asks Peter Cunningham, a health policy expert… Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch Fighting, waterborne disease plague South Sudanese displaced during rainy season By PBS News Hour Eight months of civil war in South Sudan has forced more than 1.5 million people out of their homes. Even those who found shelter in United Nations camps around the country endure desperate living situations, made worse by the country’s… Continue watching
Aug 15 Home run king Babe Ruth helped pioneer modern cancer treatment By Dr. Howard Markel Besides being a beloved baseball star, Babe Ruth was one of the first cancer patients to receive a combination of chemotherapy and radiation, a practice that doctors still use today. Continue reading
Aug 15 Developing smartwatches to track symptoms of Parkinson's By Charles Pulliam-Moore The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research is teaming up with Intel to create wearable devices, such as smartwatches, designed to collect data about the symptoms caused by the neurodegenerative brain disease. Continue reading