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Tuesday, 30 December 2014
No health insurance? Penalties to rise in 2015
The cost of being uninsured in America is going up significantly next year for millions of people.
It's the first year all taxpayers have to report to the Internal Revenue Service whether they had health insurance for the previous year, as required under President Barack Obama's...
Read moreThursday, 4 December 2014
Gov average premiums going up in 2015
Many HealthCare.gov customers will face higher costs next year, the Obama administration acknowledged Thursday in a report that shows average premiums rising modestly.
However, officials said millions of consumers who are currently enrolled can mitigate the financial consequences...
Read moreThursday, 30 October 2014
Obama campaigns in Maine, avoids spat over Ebola
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In a final-week burst of campaigning, President Barack Obama sought to mobilize Democratic voters Thursday in the race for governor in Maine while keeping his distance from the state's bubbling controversy over its Ebola policies and the nurse who has defied them.
Obama was...
Read moreU.S. quarantines 'chilling' Ebola fight in West Africa
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Mandatory quarantines ordered by some U.S. states on doctors and nurses returning from West Africa's Ebola outbreak are creating a "chilling effect" on Doctors Without Borders operations there, the humanitarian group said on Thursday.
In response to questions from Reuters, the group...
Read moreSunday, 26 October 2014
Nurse criticizes Ebola quarantine, raising concern
The nurse who was quarantined at a New Jersey hospital because she had contact with Ebola patients in West Africa criticized the way her case has been handled, raising concerns from humanitarian and human rights groups over unclear policies for the newly launched quarantine...
Read moreFriday, 24 October 2014
As Ebola hits, New Yorkers maintain wary calm
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News of New York's first case of Ebola was met with worry and even anger on Friday, but for this city of eight million residents, seasoned by everything from terror attacks to superstorms, there was little sign of panic.
Dr. Craig Spencer, 33, who treated Ebola patients in West Africa,...
Read moreSunday, 19 October 2014
Friends, family of Ebola patient reach milestone
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(AP) — As her boyfriend Thomas Eric Duncan lay dying of Ebola in a Dallas hospital bed, Louise Troh battled loneliness and fear that she too had contracted the disease while confined to a stranger's home under armed guard.
Troh's confinement was ending Sunday night, along with several...
Read moreWednesday, 15 October 2014
2nd worker in isolation with 90 minutes
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(AP) — Officials say a second health care worker who's tested positive for Ebola was in isolation at a Dallas hospital within 90 minutes of the worker finding she had an elevated temperature.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said at a news conference Wednesday that the health...
Read moreTuesday, 14 October 2014
Obama: World not doing enough to fight Ebola
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(AP) — President Barack Obama says "the world is not doing enough" to fight Ebola.
Obama suggested to reporters Tuesday that he plans to reach out to foreign leaders to pressure them to do more. He spoke at the end of a meeting with U.S. and allied military leaders primarily focused...
Read moreAbout 70 hospital staffers cared for Ebola patient
(AP) — They drew his blood, put tubes down his throat and wiped up his diarrhea. They analyzed his urine and wiped saliva from his lips, even after he had lost consciousness.
About 70 staff members at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital were involved in the care of Thomas Eric...
Read moreSunday, 12 October 2014
Health worker 2nd in US to test positive for Ebola
(AP) — A Texas health care worker has tested positive for Ebola even though she wore full protective gear while caring for a hospitalized patient who later died from the virus, health officials said Sunday. If the preliminary diagnosis is confirmed, it would be the first known case...
Read moreWednesday, 8 October 2014
Ebola training focuses on astronaut-like gear
(AP) — The serious-faced physicians practice pulling on bulky white suits and helmets that make them look more like astronauts than doctors preparing to fight a deadly enemy. These training sessions at U.S. hospitals on Ebola alert and for health workers heading to Africa can make...
Read moreSpain Ebola nurse may have touched face with contaminated gloves
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(Reuters) - A Spanish nurse who is the first person to contract Ebola outside of Africa may have touched her face with the gloves of her protective suit while caring for a priest who died of the disease, a doctor treating her said on Wednesday.
The nurse, Teresa Romero, was being...
Read moreEbola patient dies in Texas; U.S. orders airport screenings
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(Reuters) - The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States died on Wednesday and the government ordered five airports screen passengers from West Africa for fever, underscoring concerns about U.S. treatment and preparedness for the virus.
The administration of President...
Read moreTuesday, 7 October 2014
DNA linked to how much coffee you drink
(AP) — How much coffee do you drink every day? One cup in the morning? Or do you gulp it all day?
Scientists have long known that your DNA influences how much java you consume. Now a huge study has identified some genes that may play a role.
Their apparent effect is quite...
Read moreMonday, 6 October 2014
Nobel Prize for medicine goes to discoverers of brain’s 'inner GPS'
(Reuters) - British-American John O'Keefe and Norwegians May-Britt and Edvard Moser won the 2014 Nobel Prize for medicine for discovering the brain's navigation system and giving clues as to how strokes and Alzheimer's disrupt it.
The Nobel Assembly, which awarded the prize of...
Read more5th American with Ebola returning from Liberia
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(AP) — An American photojournalist who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia is expected to arrive Monday in Nebraska where he will be treated for the virus that has ravaged West Africa.
Ashoka Mukpo, 33, will be the second Ebola patient to be treated at the Nebraska Medical...
Read moreSunday, 5 October 2014
Federal officials cast doubt on Ebola travel ban
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Top government health officials said Sunday that they are opposed to placing a ban on travelers from Ebola-infected countries, warning that shutting down borders could impede efforts by aid workers to stop the spread of the deadly virus.
The idea of a ban gained currency this...
Read moreSaturday, 4 October 2014
Ebola patient in Dallas takes turn for worse
(Reuters) - The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States took a turn for the worse on Saturday, slipping from serious to critical condition, as health officials reported fielding scores of possible cases around the country that proved to be false alarms.
Dr. Thomas...
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