Three Ugandans in isolation after Ebola-like Marburg virus death
Three Ugandans are being monitored in medical isolation for possibly contracting the Ebola-like Marburg virus, health officials said Tuesday, after a hospital worker died.
Oct 7, 2014
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US Coast Guard sector issues new Ebola protocol
One U.S. Coast Guard sector says it will contact ships that have recently been to Ebola-affected countries to ask whether passengers have symptoms of the virus before they are allowed into port.
Oct 7, 2014
Even motivated dieters need close access to healthy food
You're obese, at risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and so motivated to improve your diet that you've enrolled in an intensive behavioral program. But if you need to travel more than a short distance to a store ...
Oct 7, 2014
Toddlers regulate behavior to avoid making adults angry
When kids say "the darnedest things," it's often in response to something they heard or saw. This sponge-like learning starts at birth, as infants begin to decipher the social world surrounding them long before they can speak.
Oct 7, 2014
Advocating weight diversity
A new review of the way health care professionals emphasise weight to define health and wellbeing suggests the approach could be harmful to patients.
Oct 7, 2014
Hospitalized patients don't wash their hands enough, study finds
Hospital visitors and staff are greeted with hand sanitizer dispensers in the lobby, by the elevators and outside rooms as reminders to wash their hands to stop infections, but just how clean are patients' hands?
Oct 7, 2014
