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Experimental Drugs Bring New Hope in ‘World’s Worst’ Ebola Outbreak

This week, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that at least 68 Ebola scares have been seen during the current outbreak across 27 states. The World Health Organization recently...

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ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: Supporting Abortion or Saving a Life?

Presidential Participation in the Challenge On Wednesday, a video which was posted by George W. Bush showed the former president being doused with ice water by his wife, Laura. According to a report...

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Epic Lip Balm Battle Between Virginia and Fifth-grader

Chapstick Banned From School A school in Virginia has banned the use of Chapstick after eleven year old Grace Karaffa tried to treat her dry, cracked, bleeding lips with it. When the child asked if she...

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Healthcare Debt Will Have Less of an Impact on FICO Scores

Soon after the economic collapse a few years ago, the United States government and financial industry imposed tougher lending standards that eventually prevented millions of consumers with weak credit...

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700 Babies in Texas Potentially Exposed to Tuberculosis

Employee Diagnosed, Others Maybe in Danger After an employee at an El Paso hospital was diagnosed with tuberculosis, health officials determined that as many as 706 babies and 43 employees may have...

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Physicians Received Billions from Pharmaceutical Companies

Physicians and teaching hospitals in the United States received $3.5 billion from pharmaceutical firms and medical device companies in the final five months of 2013, a finding that has many questioning...

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Ebola Threat Spreads; Obama Refuses to Close Borders

Ebola Comes to America Last month, America had its first ever Ebola diagnosis when “A man who took a commercial flight from Liberia that landed in Dallas on Sept. 20 has been found to have the Ebola...

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Study: Neurobiological Relationship Between People and Pets

Non-pet owners tend to believe that it is quite weird see pet owners treat their cats, dogs, birds or other animals like their own children, such as dressing them up for Halloween, throwing a birthday...

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“Breach of Protocol” Blamed in New Ebola Case

A second case of Ebola has been diagnosed in America, and health officials are blaming a “breach of protocol” for the first-ever transmission of the disease in the US. Oddly enough, the nurse who has...

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CDC Updates Protocol for Ebola Military Involved

Anxiety Brings the Need for More Protection According to a report from Reuters, “The United States will issue strict new guidelines telling American health workers to cover their skin and hair when...

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Maine Nurse Treats Ebola Patients and Isn’t Quarantined

Judge Rejects Limits Placed on Nurse’s Movements According to a report from Fox News, “A Maine judge has rejected a request by state officials to quarantine and restrict the movements of nurse Kaci...

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U.S. Healthcare Spending Spiraling Out of Control

As the mainstream media, Washington and the Obama administration throws their weight on #GruberGate – the Jonathan Gruber scandal which pretty much suggests the entire Affordable Care Act was based on...

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U.S. Finally Realizing Smoking is Bad for Your Health

A fewer percentage of Americans are smoking cigarettes than ever before. Decades ago, it was difficult not to come across someone who didn’t smoke. Nowadays, it’s quite hard to come into contact with...

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Nations Hit by Ebola Can Expect Poor Economic Growth in 2014

A new report issued by the World Bank Tuesday shows that the organization has modified its decreases in its 2014 gross domestic product growth estimates for the three nations that were the most...

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8% of Americans are Depressed Women Most Affected

A new report released by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that just under eight percent of Americans 12 years of age or older suffer from depression, and about...

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Hershey May Do Away With High-fructose Corn Syrup

Do you know what chocolate bars taste like with just sugar? Well, if you’re an American born after 1982 then it’s unlikely that you’ve tasted these delicious, yummy bars with just plan old sugar...

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New Study Shows Poor Sleep Habits are Linked to Dementia

Do you continually wake up throughout the night disrupting your sleep? Does your partner regularly inform you of your loud snoring habits that effectively wake them up, too? If so then perhaps now is...

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5 Trillion Pieces of Trash Littering the Ocean

The world’s oceans have become a dumpster site as a new study released notes that five trillion pieces of trash are situated in the world’s oceans. Although it has been reported on the astronomical...

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Baby Contracts Measles, California Daycare Center Shut Down

Are Canada and the United States in the midst of a measles outbreak? That’s the question that some officials are mulling over after it was reported of another measles case. Again, the latest case is...

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UK Teenage Pregnancy at Lowest Levels Since 1969

The United Kingdom is making significant headway when it comes to the reduction in the number of teenage pregnancies across England and Wales. According to data published by the Office for National...

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