Health

Already hurting for doctors, Louisiana could lose even more

Bahnsen Miller understands the challenges—and the damages—of Louisiana's budget woes firsthand. You can't ignore them if you've been in one of the state's doctor training programs, constantly at risk of calamity.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers begin study of Ebola vaccine in Africa

The first study of a possible Ebola vaccine is underway in Africa: University of Maryland researchers say three health care workers in Mali received the experimental shots.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Federal officials cast doubt on Ebola travel ban

Top government health officials say they are opposed to placing a ban on travelers from Ebola-infected countries, warning that shutting down borders could impede efforts by aid workers to stop the spread of the deadly virus.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Physicians' stethoscopes more contaminated than palms of their hands

Although healthcare workers' hands are the main source of bacterial transmission in hospitals, physicians' stethoscopes appear to play a role. To explore this question, investigators at the University of Geneva Hospitals ...

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