Health officials are investigating whether a potent virus that has infected hundreds of children nationwide killed a 6-year-old boy in Arizona, officials said on Wednesday, adding that it would take more than a week to get an answer.
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Silicon Valley’s biggest companies have long offered cushy perks to attract top talent and keep workers happy logging scores of hours on the job, including egg freezing and sperm donations.
Stepped up efforts by the U.S. to halt the spread of the Ebola virus will start at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday, where teams armed with thermal guns and questionnaires will screen travelers from West African countries hit hardest by the outbreak.
Shannon Osborne began conversing with her son, Elijah, when he was still crawling. That was 15 years ago. Now, she teaches other parents how to communicate with their child through sign language in Wee Can Sign classes on the campus of Summerlin Hospital.
The parents of the first baby born to a woman who had a womb transplant say they hope they can be an inspiration to others struggling with infertility.
A passion for Liberia and the plight of its people drove Ashoka Mukpo to work there, first to aid relief efforts and then as a photojournalist to tell its story.
An American cameraman helping to cover the Ebola outbreak in Liberia for NBC News has tested positive for the virus and will be flown back to the United States for treatment.
U.S. health officials said on Tuesday the first patient infected with the deadly Ebola virus had been diagnosed in the country, in a new sign of how the outbreak ravaging West Africa can spread globally.
The Obama administration is preparing to assign 3,000 U.S. military personnel to West Africa to combat the Ebola crisis that has overwhelmed local health care systems and drawn appeals for help from the region and aid organizations.
Hundreds of children across the U.S. Midwest have been stricken by a potentially serious respiratory illness, and many states are asking for federal help testing and tracking cases, according to federal and state health officials.