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Clinical trial to start soon on GSK Ebola vaccine
LONDON - A clinical trial of an experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus is set to start shortly, according to British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, which is co-developing the product with U.S. scientists.
Returning U.S. missionaries to be quarantined because of Ebola
WASHINGTON - Health officials in North Carolina said on Sunday they will require missionaries and others coming home after working with people infected with Ebola in Africa to be placed in quarantine as a precaution against the spread of the deadly viral disease.
West Africans fill churches to pray for deliverance from 'devil' Ebola
MONROVIA/FREETOWN - People in Sierra Leone and Liberia filled churches on Sunday to seek deliverance from an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, defying official warnings to avoid public gatherings to contain an epidemic that has killed nearly 1,000 people in West Africa.
Patient in suspected Ebola case in Canada tests negative
TORONTO - A patient being treated in a Toronto-area hospital in a suspected Ebola case has tested negative for the virus, Ontario's health ministry said on Sunday.
WHO declares Ebola an international health emergency
LONDON/LAGOS - The world's worst outbreak of Ebola that has killed nearly 1,000 people in West Africa represents an international health emergency and could continue spreading for months, the World Health Organization said on Friday. | Video
Liberia president apologises for high toll for Ebola health workers
CONAKRY - Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf apologised on Saturday for the high death toll among the country's healthcare workers who have fought an Ebola outbreak, which has killed nearly 1,000 people in three countries.
U.S. emergency labs ready to work on Ebola drugs if asked
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON - All three U.S. facilities established to quickly make vaccines and therapeutics in the event of a major public health threat say they are standing by to support any U.S. government effort to scale up a treatment for Ebola.
Atlanta confronts tuberculosis outbreak in homeless shelters
ATLANTA - Three homeless people in Atlanta have died of tuberculosis infections as Georgia public health officials work to contain an outbreak affecting shelters, state authorities said on Friday.
Kids at high-performing charter schools make better health decisions: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – - Low-income teenagers who attended high-performing charter schools engaged in fewer risky behaviors and performed better on standardized tests, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics.
New Medicaid enrollments top 7 million under Obamacare
WASHINGTON - More than seven million Americans have gained health coverage through government programs including Medicaid since enrollment in Obamacare health insurance was launched October 1, the U.S. administration said on Friday.
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