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India Should Be Wary of Importing Polio From Pakistan, US Disease Control Chief Says
While India has been polio-free since last year, it should be on the guard against importing the wild poliovirus from neighbouring Pakistan, says Dr Thomas Frieden, head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Ebola Survival Improving in Sierra Leone: Report
One year into the world's worst Ebola outbreak, doctors are reporting an encouraging sign: About 70 percent of patients in a hard-hit area of Sierra Leone now survive.
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Experts Fault Changing US Guidelines on Ebola Protective Gear
When Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), visited Ebola-stricken sites in West Africa last August, he was dressed in a full protective bodysuit and ventilator.
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Second US Ebola Case 'Very Concerning,' More Possible
The second infection of a Texas health care worker with the dangerous Ebola virus is "very concerning," officials said on Wednesday, warning more US cases were possible in the coming days.
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US Sets Up Rapid-Response Ebola Team; Dallas Nurse Improves
The United States is establishing a rapid-response team to help hospitals "within hours" whenever there is a case of Ebola, the top doctor leading the fight against the deadly virus said on Tuesday.
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Ebola Patient in Dallas 'Fighting for His Life' Says Health Centre Head
The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States was fighting for his life at a Dallas hospital on Sunday and appeared not to be receiving any of the experimental medicines for the virus, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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Ebola Patient in Dallas 'Fighting For His Life' Says Centres for Disease Control Head
The first person to develop Ebola in the United States was struggling to survive at a Dallas hospital on Sunday after his condition worsened to critical, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said.
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Scientists say film Contagion is for real
Contagion rocketed to No. 1 at the box office through its gripping tale of a fictional global epidemic driven by a new kind of virus.
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India Should Be Wary of Importing Polio From Pakistan, US Disease Control Chief Says
While India has been polio-free since last year, it should be on the guard against importing the wild poliovirus from neighbouring Pakistan, says Dr Thomas Frieden, head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Ebola Survival Improving in Sierra Leone: Report
One year into the world's worst Ebola outbreak, doctors are reporting an encouraging sign: About 70 percent of patients in a hard-hit area of Sierra Leone now survive.
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Experts Fault Changing US Guidelines on Ebola Protective Gear
When Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), visited Ebola-stricken sites in West Africa last August, he was dressed in a full protective bodysuit and ventilator.
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Second US Ebola Case 'Very Concerning,' More Possible
The second infection of a Texas health care worker with the dangerous Ebola virus is "very concerning," officials said on Wednesday, warning more US cases were possible in the coming days.
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US Sets Up Rapid-Response Ebola Team; Dallas Nurse Improves
The United States is establishing a rapid-response team to help hospitals "within hours" whenever there is a case of Ebola, the top doctor leading the fight against the deadly virus said on Tuesday.
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Ebola Patient in Dallas 'Fighting for His Life' Says Health Centre Head
The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States was fighting for his life at a Dallas hospital on Sunday and appeared not to be receiving any of the experimental medicines for the virus, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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Ebola Patient in Dallas 'Fighting For His Life' Says Centres for Disease Control Head
The first person to develop Ebola in the United States was struggling to survive at a Dallas hospital on Sunday after his condition worsened to critical, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said.
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Scientists say film Contagion is for real
Contagion rocketed to No. 1 at the box office through its gripping tale of a fictional global epidemic driven by a new kind of virus.
