Scientists dig into Ebola’s deadly genes for clues
A single funeral caused many. Stephen Gire and other health researchers on the ground in Africa had some hope...
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Marijuana compound may offer treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, study suggests
tremely low levels of the compound in marijuana known as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, may slow or halt the progression...
St. John Parish drinking water tests positive for brain-eating amoe
More than twelve and a half thousand people in St. John parish are at risk of a brain eating...
Ebola disease caseload could reach 20,000
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is accelerating and could grow six times larger to infect as many as...
Virus pioneer warns of Ebola ‘perfect storm’: Everything is there for it to snowball
Peter Piot, the Belgian scientist who co-discovered the Ebola virus in 1976, on Tuesday said a “perfect storm” in...
Usher Gets Caught Checking Out Kim Kardashian’s Booty at MTV VMAs
All eyes were on Kim Kardashian West at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night — and Usher couldn’t resist taking a peek...
How The New Ebola Outbreak Started
The largest outbreak of the deadly disease Ebola was caused by an infected bat biting a toddler say a...
UK Ebola patient gets experimental drug
His doctors say Mr Pooley is a “remarkable and resilient young man” and he “couldn’t be in a better...
Ebola has killed more than 120 health workers, WHO says
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has taken an unprecedented toll on health care workers, infecting more than 240...
Ebola outbreak ‘worse than we’d feared,’ CDC chief says on visit to West Africa
CDC Director Thomas Frieden, who is in Liberia to assess the Ebola outbreak, said today the contagion is “even...