Aug 28 Ebola outbreak could affect 20,000 people before it’s over By Ayan Sheikh, Sarah McHaney Controlling the epidemic could cost $490 million and will need the help of thousands of local health workers and hundreds of international experts. Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch Ebola tensions ease in quarantined Liberia, but government mistrust lingers By PBS News Hour There are now more than 2,600 confirmed or suspected cases of Ebola, and more than 1,400 deaths resulting from the virus. All of the cases have originated in West Africa. For the latest on the global health crisis, Drew Hinshaw… Continue watching
Aug 17 Are new health insurance policies blocking care to the sick? By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Ending insurance discrimination against the sick was a central goal of the nation's health care overhaul, but leading patient groups say that promise is being undermined by new barriers from insurers. Continue reading
Aug 10 How mapping the Ebola outbreak may ease future health crises By Vic Pasquantonio How is a computer program able to spot Ebola happening before researchers can? HealthMap is a website that’s been around since 2006 and aims to help public health organizations determine that a crisis is occurring. Continue reading
Aug 10 Study: More coffee may prevent your ears from ringing By Xander Landen Drinking coffee may prevent tinnitus, or chronic ringing of the ears, according to new research from Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston. Doctors previously thought that people with tinnitus should give up drinking coffee, in fear that caffeine may increase… Continue reading
Aug 08 U.S. doctor being treated for Ebola releases statement By Anna Christiansen Dr. Kent Brantly, the Samaritan’s Purse doctor currently being treated at Emory Hospital in Atlanta for Ebola, released a public statement on Friday. While providing an update on his condition, the humanitarian worker also gave insight into his background, current… Continue reading
Aug 07 Ten-year astronaut sleep study reveals widespread use of sleeping pills in space By Anna Christiansen According to the longest sleep study ever conducted in space, astronauts’ use of sleeping pills, like ambien, is extremely high. The decade-long study also revealed space-farers are chronically sleep deficient while in orbit, and during the period leading up to… Continue reading
Aug 04 Ebola vaccine could be ready by July, says top health official By Associated Press Fauci tells "CBS This Morning" that human trials with volunteers will commence in September, and by July it should be ready. Continue reading
Jul 27 Second American tests positive for Ebola in Liberia By Xander Landen A second American citizen working to treat Ebola patients in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly virus, an international aid organization reported Sunday, amid the outbreak that has ravaged West Africa since March. It was reported Saturday that a… Continue reading