Cardiology

Dengue fever linked to increased risk of stroke

A new study has found that people with dengue fever have a higher risk of stroke, especially in the first 2 months following infection. The study is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US woman with Ebola arrives in Atlanta for treatment

An American woman infected with the dangerous Ebola virus arrived at a US military base in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday and is headed for treatment at a specially equipped hospital.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Congo's health ministry says Ebola spreads to 2nd province

Congo's latest deadly Ebola outbreak has spread into a neighboring province, the health ministry said Tuesday, as health workers began using an experimental treatment for the disease.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US watches airline passengers for Ebola symptoms

Government agents at U.S. airports are watching travelers from Africa for flu-like symptoms that could be tied to the recent Ebola outbreak, as delegations from some 50 countries arrive in the nation's capital for a leadership ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Uganda's Ebola responders fret as some people fight measures

The recent explosion of Ebola virus cases in a Ugandan rural community began when defiant residents exhumed a body at night, undoing the work of a safe burial team in order to give the deceased man a proper Islamic funeral.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Ebola reaches an urban area in Congo. What now?

The global health community gulped Thursday with the announcement that a case of Ebola had been confirmed in a city of more than 1 million in Congo, bringing the latest outbreak of the often deadly hemorrhagic fever out of ...

page 12 from 14