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US NIH drug facility suspended after contamination found
The National Institutes of Health said on Thursday it had suspended operations of a facility that makes products used for…
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The bird flu virus that has killed thousands of birds on two Canadian farms in British Columbia is the “highly…
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US nears solution for safe disposal of Ebola medical waste
The United States is days away from settling the critical question of how hospitals should handle and dispose of medical…
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Mali due to declare 108 Ebola-free after quarantine
Mali is preparing to release 108 people from Ebola quarantine in a tentative step toward declaring it has contained an…
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US Ebola patient in critical condition, hospital says
The first man diagnosed with the Ebola virus in the United States is in critical condition, the Dallas hospital that…
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Officials monitoring second possible Ebola patient in the U.S.
Texas health officials are monitoring a person who had been in close contact with the first-reported Ebola patient in the…
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Stigma hinders efforts to combat leprosy in India
At first, Ashok Yadav ignored the patches of pink skin on his arm. But when pale sores erupted on his…
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Ebola: Care and recovery of 2 American aid workers
Two American aid workers have recovered from Ebola and left an Atlanta hospital, after weeks of intensive treatment in a…
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