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Video Woman turns MS diagnosis into a call to action
3+ hour, 23+ min ago (206+ words) Nancy Davis' foundation, Race to Erase MS, has been leading the charge to find a cure for multiple sclerosis for 35 years. Woman turns MS diagnosis into a call to action Nancy Davis' foundation, Race to Erase MS, has been leading…...
New guidelines could help millions more Americans get colon cancer testing
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (620+ words) More than 20 million eligible Americans remain unscreened. New guidelines from the American Cancer Society are expanding colon cancer screening options beyond colonoscopies and established stool-based tests. The recommendations still call for colorectal cancer screening in people at average risk starting…...
In Congo displacement camp, fighting Ebola with sand, oatmeal and one thermometer but no water
8+ hour, 9+ min ago (584+ words) BUNIA, Congo -- There is one handwashing station and one infrared thermometer to fight the Ebola epidemic in a camp for 10, 000 displaced people in Bunia, a city at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo. Camp leaders say they tell…...
Canada will require self-isolation for people traveling from Congo, Sudan and Uganda due to Ebola
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (199+ words) TORONTO -- The Canadian government said Tuesday that travelers from Ebola-affected regions will be required to self-isolate for 21 days, and that immigration authorities are temporarily suspending decisions on applications from Congo, South Sudan and Uganda. Luc Brisebois, director-general for the Centre…...
Video CDC seeking volunteers to help screen travelers at US airports for Ebola
18+ hour, 55+ min ago (194+ words) ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos CDC seeking volunteers to help screen travelers at US airports for Ebola Health officials say that the epidemic in central Africa is spreading faster than they contain it. Muslim pilgrims gather on…...
Video Texas teen hospitalized after shark bite
18+ hour, 49+ min ago (185+ words) ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Texas teen hospitalized after shark bite The 17-year-old was with his father on their boat about two hours off the coast of Galveston. Muslim pilgrims gather on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia…...
Video Pilot declares medical emergency during landing after copilot passes out
19+ hour, 1+ min ago (347+ words) ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Pilot declares medical emergency during landing after copilot passes out The copilot was taken to the hospital after landing. Muslim pilgrims gather on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for prayers and worship…...
The cruise ship at center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak has to undergo extra cleaning
21+ hour ago (363+ words) THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak is undergoing further cleaning before it returns to its home port, the company that operates it said Tuesday. In a written statement, Oceanwide Expeditions said the…...
Exceptionally early heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (572+ words) A spring heatwave is scorching parts of Western Europe, breaking temperature records and triggering government warnings LONDON -- Temperature records have toppled as a spring heatwave continued to scorch parts of Western Europe on Tuesday, triggering government warnings about risks to…...
Pat Mc Afee says wife had emergency C-section to deliver 2nd child
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (405+ words) Pat Mc Afee says his wife Samantha Mc Afee underwent an emergency cesarean section last week to deliver the couple's second child, a baby boy named Midas. The "ESPN College Game Day" analyst and host of "The Pat Mc Afee…...