Dallas County health chief: Agency wasn't ready for Ebola The Miami Herald The head disease expert at the Dallas County health department said during a panel discussion in Washington, D.C., that it was not equipped to handle last fall's Ebola scare on its own. | Dr. Wendy Chung, chief epidemiologist for Dallas County Health and Human Services, spoke during a panel discussi...
Sars set for 'rogue unit' showdown Mail Guardian South Africa COMMENT | The South African Revenue Service (Sars) appears to be ratcheting up its bid to punish its suspended deputy commissioner, Ivan Pillay, and group executive Peter Richer. | An advisory committee appointed by Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene thi...
US Shuts Ebola Treatment Center in Liberia Voa News VOA News | U.S. health officials are closing down a treatment unit they set up in Liberia at the height of the Ebola crisis last year, as that country prepares to be declared free of the deadly virus. | Liberia has gone 32 days without a new Ebola ca...
SLSAV Donates to Ebola Survivors in Kambia Big News Network The Sierra Leone Social Aid Volunteers (SLSAV) has donated food and non-food items to some one hundred and fifty Ebola survivors in Kambia District. | The donated items include mattresses, ... ...
Bad diet, not lack of activity, tied to obesity epidemic The Times Of India The cause of obesity is a bad diet rather than a lack of exercise, according to a group of international experts. In an article discussing whether food, sedentary lifestyles or a c...
New Ebola drug clears virus from monkeys The Irish Times An experimental Ebola drug cured three monkeys intentionally infected with the virus, according to a study published in Nature magazine. | The development marks the first such succ...
New Ebola drug clears virus from monkeys The Irish Times An experimental Ebola drug cured three monkeys intentionally infected with the virus, according to a study published in Nature magazine. | The develop... (photo: UN / Martine Perret)
