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STAT+: As Ebola outbreak grows, Trump administration veers from previous government playbook
Trump officials are disregarding the Biden administration's detailed pandemic plans in favor of their own strategy.
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Woman climbs Mt. Everest with Stage 4 cancer to show possibilities are limitless
Shaunna Burke has summitted Mount Everest with Stage 4 cancer, raising funds to support research into the link between oxygen and cancer progression.
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N.B. should halt transition to new virtual-health-care provider: Opposition Tories
New Brunswick's Opposition leader is calling on the Liberal government to put off the province's planned shift to a new virtual-health-care provider.
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The US hantavirus cruise passengers may soon go home ahead of the 42-day symptom period. Here’s why
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Kenya court suspends U.S. plan for Ebola quarantine facility for Americans
A court in Kenya on Friday suspended a U.S. plan to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to a rare type of Ebola virus spreading in northeastern Congo.
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Ebola outbreak is ‘very complex,’ but ‘can be stopped’, WHO chief says
“To come here is to really show to the community that they’re not alone," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at the airport late Thursday.
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Urgent aid rushed to Congo amid Ebola outbreak as health workers battle community distrust
Aid supplies have been rushed to Congo to tackle the Ebola outbreak
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One infection reaches decade high in England as Brits urged ‘wash hands’
The UK Health Security Agency advises Brits not to return to work until 48 hours after these symptoms have cleared.
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AUB students begin QEH rotations after 13-year wait
The American University of Barbados (AUB) med students have officially begun clinical rotations at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), in a major development for the medical school after 13 years……
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Which vaccines will curb the Ebola outbreak? WHO debates
The growing Ebola outbreak, the unknowns of microdosing GLP-1s, and more health news from Morning Rounds
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Cancer screening test rejection ‘leaves thousands at risk of early death’
The measure that proponents say could say many lives has been rejected by the Government
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Nigeria Risks Health Insecurity Without Urgent Pharma Reforms, Experts Warn
Pharmaceutical experts have warned that Nigeria’s rising dependence on imported medicines poses a growing threat to national health security, calling for urgent executive reforms and stronger policy implementation to prevent…