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Thursday, 25 December 2014
CDC worker monitored for possible Ebola exposure in lab error
span class="articleLocation">A laboratory technician for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been placed under observation for possible exposure to the deadly Ebola virus due to an apparent mix-up in lab specimens, the Atlanta-based agency said on Wednesday.
The...
Read moreUK queen calls for harmony in Christmas message
Queen Elizabeth II used her traditional Christmas broadcast Thursday to call for reconciliation throughout the United Kingdom and to praise medical workers fighting Ebola in Africa.
She said it will take time to heal divisions in Scotland, where a referendum was held this year on...
Read moreMonday, 22 December 2014
Police killings of blacks voted top story of 2014
The police killings of unarmed blacks in Ferguson, Missouri, and elsewhere — and the investigations and tumultuous protests they inspired — was the top news story of 2014, according to The Associated Press' annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors.
In a year crowded with dramatic...
Read moreThursday, 18 December 2014
Colorado awards $8 million to study medical marijuana uses
Colorado health officials awarded $8 million in research grants on Wednesday to study the use of medical marijuana in the treatment of symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease, childhood epilepsy and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Colorado was one of the first two U.S. states...
Read moreEU's top court opens door to some stem cell patents
Europe's top court has opened the door to certain stem cell patents in the European Union by ruling that an organism incapable of developing into a human being is not a human embryo and may be patented.
Thursday's judgment by the European Court of Justice was made following...
Read moreWednesday, 17 December 2014
Health teams scour Sierra Leone capital in Ebola drive
Health workers in Sierra Leone began combing the streets of the capital Freetown for Ebola patients on Wednesday, moving house-to-house as the government launched a major operation to contain infection in West Africa's worst-hit country.
President Ernest Bai Koroma said on national...
Read moreExclusive: Amgen's new leukemia drug to carry $178,000 price tag
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span class="articleLocation">Amgen Inc on Wednesday said its new type of treatment for a deadly form of leukemia would cost about $178,000 when it becomes available on Thursday, which would make it one of the world's most expensive cancer drugs.
Company...
Read moreTuesday, 16 December 2014
Robin Williams' suicide seizes the year on Google
Robin Williams' suicide seared into the world's collective mindset more than anything else this year, based on what people were searching for on Google.
The reaction to Williams' death in August topped Google's list of 2014's fastest-rising search requests. It beat notable events...
Read moreMonday, 8 December 2014
Merck to take on superbugs with Cubist Pharma buy
span class="articleLocation">Merck & Co Inc (MRK.N) said it would buy Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc (CBST.O) for $8.4 billion plus assumption of debt, giving the major drugmaker an entry into the market for drugs that combat so-called superbugs.
The deal is the latest sign that...
Read moreUS sends 6 prisoners from Guantanamo to Uruguay
Six Guantanamo Bay prisoners sent to Uruguay to be resettled as refugees are undergoing medical checkups before being released to begin new lives, the country's defense minister said Monday, and one issued a letter thanking Uruguay for taking them in.
Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro...
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