A vial containing a vaccine for Ebola. Plans to test several new ones suggest a response to the outbreak is gathering steam.
The plans signify that a response to the Ebola outbreak is finally gathering steam, but it is still unclear if any of these vaccines will work.
From Oct. 27, travelers from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone will be given thermometers and information cards and must report their temperatures and any symptoms daily.
Ebola is wiping away the small gains made in war-scarred parts of West Africa, potentially threatening the hard-won stability in a tinderbox part of the world.
Major manufacturers of protective equipment are increasing production as people across the United States brace for new potential cases of the virus.
Four straight tests administered to an auxiliary nurse, María Teresa Romero Ramos, have come back negative for the virus, hospital officials said.
Passengers arriving from Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone must enter at one of five airports that are screening for the disease.
Several schools have allowed humanitarian exceptions to restrictions on trips to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the countries most affected by the virus.
Darek Fidyka using leg braces and a walker. A stabbing had paralyzed him from the chest down.
A Polish man paralyzed from the chest down can use a walker and has some leg sensation after a novel treatment, a report says, but some experts warn against premature conclusions.
Volunteers were able to exercise harder when they listened to their favorite songs.
The Food and Drug Administration frequently recalls dietary supplements that are found to contain banned substances, but many of these products are back on the market months later, a new study found.
A number of conditions cause dementia-like symptoms, and doctors may have trouble diagnosing them. Still, the odds usually are low that an elderly family member can be made cognitively normal.
More dentists are learning to meet the delicate challenge of caring for children with autism.
A new study’s findings may explain why Hispanic women have lower rates of breast cancer than other Americans.
Researchers found that compared with people who drank no coffee, those who drank three cups a day were about 25 percent less likely to have abnormal liver enzyme levels.
Childhood fractures are common, but the injuries are rarely treated correctly in emergency rooms, new research shows.
A study found that robotic surgery for benign gynecologic procedures had a higher rate of complication than conventional surgery, and was more costly.
A simple trahana dish that is both satisfying and refreshing.
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Giving steroids to women who are about to give birth prematurely may be useless or even dangerous in poor countries where most women give birth at home.
Mosquitoes spread a number of life-threatening illnesses, but can they spread Ebola? Thankfully, the answer is no, and the reason has to do wtih the unusual feeding and egg-laying cycle of female mosquitoes.
After learning they had progressive degenerative diseases, two authors reacted as almost any young person would, with denial.
Childhood fractures are common, but the injuries are rarely treated correctly in emergency rooms, new research shows.
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Ellen Langer’s experiments have shown that mental attitudes might reverse some ravages of old age. Now she wants to test that same radical principle on cancer.
Easy, convenient forms of exercise have been abandoned for grueling, ultracompetitive conditioning programs like CrossFit.
Inside the Obama administration’s standoff with Republicans, the food industry and the nation’s lunch ladies over the future of the cafeteria.
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