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U.S. cases prove Ebola is 'not a death sentence'
When Amber Vinson walked out of Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Tuesday, she became the sixth person in the country to be successfully treated for a disease that kills 70% of its victims in Africa, but has so far killed only one in the United States. Long thought to be a death sentence, Ebola has proved vulnerable to a mix of standard and invasive medical techniques, readily available in the U.S. but often beyond the reach of the impoverished nations at the heart of the outbreak. Breathing tubes, large-bore intravenous lines, blood dialysis, electrolyte monitoring and around-the-clock attention are largely responsible for the survival of patients under advanced Western care,...
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U.S. cases prove Ebola is 'not a death sentence'
When Amber Vinson walked out of Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Tuesday, she became the sixth person in the country to be successfully treated for a disease that kills 70% of its victims in Africa, but has so far killed only one in the United...
Opioids prescribed by doctors led to 92,000 overdoses in ERs in one year
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Nurse Nina Pham is Ebola-free: 'I feel fortunate and blessed'
Two weeks after she was admitted to the hospital with a fever, Dallas nurse Nina Pham is now Ebola-free and has been released from care. She met with President Obama in the Oval Office Friday afternoon, shortly after her release from the...
UCLA, 4 other UC hospitals ready to treat California Ebola patients
Officials announced Friday that all five University of California medical centers are positioned to provide care for Californians with confirmed Ebola -- should any such cases arise. As of the announcement, there were no confirmed or...
Another Ebola challenge: Disposing of medical waste
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UCLA Health System fined by federal officials over banned doctor
Federal officials fined UCLA Health System $470,000 for allowing an anesthesiologist who was banned from Medicare and other federal programs to treat patients and bill the government for their care. Dr. John Edward Miller, an anesthesiologist...
New class of abortion providers helps expand access in California
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Fauci acknowledges that Ebola guidelines failed to protect caregivers
A top federal health official conceded Sunday that the government-recommended protective gear worn by nurses and doctors caring for patients sickened by Ebola has been inadequate to protect caregivers from infection. The official, Dr. Anthony...
Medical costs up to 20% higher at hospital-owned physician groups, study finds
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Gov. Brown talks Ebola readiness with officials, hospitals, nurses
Even with no confirmed cases of Ebola in California, the state's readiness for the disease was on Gov. Jerry Brown's agenda Tuesday, with the governor holding a series of meetings with public health officials and medical providers. ...
Study: Medical costs up to 20% higher with hospital-owned physician groups
Raising fresh questions about healthcare consolidation, a new study shows hospital ownership of physician groups in California led to 10% to 20% higher costs overall. The UC Berkeley research, published Tuesday in the Journal of the American...
Ebola patient Ashoka Mukpo is now virus-free; Nina Pham improving
American journalist Ashoka Mukpo no longer has Ebola, health officials announced Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Texas nurse and Ebola patient Nina Pham's condition was upgraded to "good" from "fair," and Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced the opening of a...
Ebola-free Nigeria hailed as 'success story' in battling outbreak
It was an epidemiologist?s worst nightmare: one of the world?s deadliest contagious diseases loose in one of the world?s most densely populated and sometimes chaotic megacities ? Lagos, Nigeria. With its teeming slums,...
Employee lawsuit could complicate sale of California hospital chain
Employees of a network of Catholic hospitals in California filed a lawsuit that could complicate a planned sale of the hospitals to Prime Healthcare Services Inc. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco, seeks to protect...
New Ebola protection guidelines leave no bare skin
After pointed criticism from healthcare workers and relatives of an Ebola-infected nurse, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced new guidelines Monday for hospital protective gear. The guidelines, which were scheduled...
Dallas residents emerge from Ebola monitoring, greeted by confusion
Monday was supposed to mark the end of 21 days of anxious Ebola monitoring for Youngor Jallah's family of six, when they could emerge from their stuffy two-bedroom apartment and return to comfortable routines. They had...
As quarantine ends, Ebola victim's fiancee praises nurses
One day before Thomas Eric Duncan?s friends and family were to get out of quarantine, his fiancee said they remain healthy, but that she aches for the two nurses who contracted Ebola after caring for him. Louise Troh issued a statement...
'S.S. Ebola' passengers show good humor on cruise despite viral anxiety
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Prime to buy six Catholic hospitals in California; SEIU opposes deal
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Spain's health system accused of safety lapses amid Ebola scare
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