Health
US announces $840M to improve medical care
The Obama administration is announcing an $840 million grant program to help doctors and hospitals improve the quality of care delivered to patients.
Oct 23, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US orders new screening for Ebola
Everyone coming to the United States from the three West African countries at the center of the Ebola outbreak will now be screened for the deadly disease at one of five airports, the Homeland Security Department said Tuesday.
Oct 21, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Do not succumb to Ebola 'hysteria,' Obama urges
US President Barack Obama urged against "hysteria or fear" Saturday in the face of a growing Ebola crisis, as the United Nations spoke of an "encouraging" response to its funding appeal.
Oct 19, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
First US Ebola infection result of 'protocol breach'
A Texas health care worker has become the first person to contract Ebola on American soil, authorities confirmed Sunday, blaming a safety breach for the spread of the deadly disease.
Oct 13, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New York's JFK airport launches Ebola screenings
New York's JFK airport began strict new health screenings Saturday for travelers arriving from Ebola-hit West African nations, amid growing US fears about importing the deadly virus.
Oct 11, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US orders agents to monitor travelers for Ebola (Update)
Homeland Security agents at airports and other ports of entry have begun observing travelers coming into the United States for potential signs of Ebola infection and handing out fact sheets about the disease, a U.S. official ...
Oct 8, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More Ebola screening to begin at five US airports
The government plans will begin taking the temperatures of travelers from West Africa arriving at five U.S. airports as part of a stepped-up response to the Ebola epidemic.
Oct 8, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ebola in Spain raises questions about protection
Three more people were under quarantine Tuesday for possible Ebola at a Madrid hospital after a Spanish nursing assistant became infected there, authorities said. More than 50 others were being monitored as experts pressed ...
Oct 7, 2014
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Neuroscience
BRAIN initiative is underway, funding new ways to map cells, circuits
Scientists will aim to capture the workings of the human brain in comprehensive recordings, to watch the brain while in motion and to reimagine the world's most complex biological organism as a buzzing network of interlocking ...
Oct 3, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UN confronts deadly Ebola epidemic
World leaders gathered at the United Nations heard dire warnings and desperate pleas for assistance Thursday as the deadly Ebola virus forced Sierra Leone to quarantine a million people.
Sep 25, 2014
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