Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

CDC investigating error that caused live anthrax shipments

The U.S. Army's top general said Thursday that human error probably was not a factor in the Army's mistaken shipment of live anthrax samples from a chemical weapons testing site that was opened more than 70 years ago in a ...

HIV & AIDS

Egypt's military prosecutor to investigate 'AIDS detector'

An Egyptian judicial official says the country's chief prosecutor has asked military prosecutors to investigate a set of devices that inventors said detect and cure AIDS and hepatitis C—a claim widely dismissed by experts ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Germany, France plan air lifts to help fight Ebola

Germany and France will send military transport planes to West Africa to help efforts to contain the Ebola epidemic, Chancellor Angela Merkel and military officials said on Friday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Tracing the rise of Ebola in West Africa

Since the Ebola outbreak first emerged in West Africa, The Associated Press has been reporting on it. A timeline compiled from AP dispatches since March shows the dreaded disease being identified in a remote part of Guinea ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Govt urges new focus on preventing suicides

(AP)—The Obama administration is urging a new focus on preventing suicides, especially among military veterans—and is beefing up the nation's crisis hotline to help.

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