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.
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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.
A man who visited West Africa last month and is at a New York City hospital being tested for possible Ebola likely doesn’t have it.
Plans are underway to bring back the two American aid workers sick with Ebola from Africa.
For fitness instructor Hildegard Gigl, exercise is the key to staying young. The workout group at her suburban apartment complex are all 75 and older.
The World Health Organization has declared the escalation of polio cases across the globe an international public health emergency.
Officials are requesting that Healthcare.gov users reset their passwords after an internal review by the Department of Homeland security flagged the site as possibly being vulnerable to a Heartbleed exploit.
After consuming legalized marijuana, two Coloradans are dead and the effects of the recreational drug are questioned.
In many ways, Cody Lewis represents the changing face of heroin in America. He is in his 20s, lives in the suburbs and graduated to heroin after years of getting high with other drugs. “My whole existence,” he says, “was just finding ways to get high.”
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it approved a nerve-stimulating headband as the first medical device to prevent migraine headaches. Agency officials said the device provides a new option for patients who cannot tolerate migraine medications.