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Gas leak at Nord Stream 2 as seen from the Danish F-16 interceptor on Bornholm

Nation Sep 28

News Wrap: European Union says it will retaliate against attacks on energy networks

Health Aug 12

Early study results suggest 2 Ebola treatments are saving lives

The preliminary findings prompted an early halt to a major study on the drugs and a decision to prioritize their use in Congo, where a yearlong outbreak has killed more than 1,800 people.

By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

Health Jun 03

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U.S. aims to help more cancer patients try experimental drugs

Instead of making doctors plead their case first to companies and then to the FDA, the FDA will become the initial step and will assign a staffer to quickly do the paperwork.

By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer

Health Mar 26

Can new medications shift the battle against drug-resistant TB?

Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis kills nearly half its victims, even when treated with second-line drugs. Patients can beat it, but the road isn’t easy.

By Caleb Hellerman, Janet Tobias, Global Health Reporting Center

Science Feb 03

Physicians, ethicists urge Congress not to pass ‘right-to-try’ legislation

Dozens of doctors, medical ethicists, and lawyers are warning Congress that legislation to allow Americans with life-threatening conditions access to unapproved, experimental drugs risks harming patients’ health.

By Ike Swetlitz, STAT

Jul 31

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How long-lasting is promising Ebola vaccine protection?

By PBS News Hour

A clinical trial in Guinea found that an experimental vaccine was 75 to 100 percent effective in blocking new infections of the Ebola virus. Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health about the vaccine.

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Aug 21

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American doctor speaks out about his Ebola recovery

By PBS News Hour

The 33-year-old American doctor Kent Brantley was infected with the Ebola virus while working in a hospital in Liberia, but has reportedly made a full recovery. Standing alongside the medical team that treated him in Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital, Brantley…

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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…

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Aug 12

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Is talk of ‘magic bullet’ Ebola treatments distracting from more important measures?

By PBS News Hour

Judy Woodruff leads a conversation with Lawrence Gostin of Georgetown Law and Jonathan Moreno of the University of Pennsylvania on using untested drugs to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the possibility of a new experimental vaccine from Canada,…

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Aug 12

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WHO approves use of untested drugs to fight Ebola, but supply may be running out

By PBS News Hour

An ethics panel of the World Health Organization unanimously approved using untested drugs to treat Ebola in West Africa, where more than 1,000 people have died from the outbreak so far. A shipment of the U.S.-made drug ZMapp is expected…

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