Dallas Ebola Nurse Slams Hospital, Claims They Used Her For PR
DALLAS, March 1 (Reuters) – The first person infected with Ebola in the United States, nurse Nina Pham, said she was used for publicity purposes by her hospital, which also…
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Alarming Consequences Of The California Drought You May Not Have Expected
What happens when America’s most populous state runs low on its most precious resource for the fourth year in a row? A lack of rainfall doesn’t just result in problems…
Scope superbug: How long did the FDA know about problem?
The pseudomonas bacteria had somehow evaded the standard cleaning process, and it infected one patient after another. If this sounds familiar, it’s because duodeonoscopes were also the cause of recent…
Oklahoma Lawmaker Wants To Test Everybody For Syphilis Before Marriage
If one Oklahoma lawmaker has his way, people with sexually transmitted diseases will not just be getting married in his state. Senate Bill 733, introduced by state Sen. Anthony Sykes…
Ebola: Who is patient zero? Disease traced back to 2-year-old in Guinea
Virtually no one knew the 2-year-old by name. Now the world knows him as patient zero. Researchers from The New England Journal of Medicine say they believe Emile was the…
Caramel apples linked to fatal listeria outbreak
At least seven people have died after eating caramel apples that may have been infected with Listeria monocytogenes. Some 32 people have become infected with the deadly bacterium in 11…
Ebola Fast Facts
Facts:Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by one of five different Ebola viruses. Four of the strains can cause severe illness in humans and animals. The fifth, Reston virus,…
Chinese government assures care, education for shunned boy with HIV
A photo from a People Daily’s online report last week showed the boy called “Kunkun,” watching villagers unanimously vote for his removal in a meeting held in early December. Even…
Avian Flu Fast Facts
The official name for the most commonly seen and most deadly form of the virus is called “Influenza A (H5N1),” or the “H5N1 virus.” In March 2013, a strain of…