Year: 2014

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After years of trying to repeal Obamacare, Republicans are planning a new strategy to eliminate some of the law's most unpopular provisions by using targeted legislation with the potential to attract enough Democratic votes to reach President Barack Obama's desk. First they have to pick up the six seats they need for a U.S. Senate majority in Tuesday's midterm elections, which would give the party control of both congressional chambers for the first time since 2006. …

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By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – Bats are living up to their frightening reputation in the world's worst Ebola outbreak as prime suspects for spreading the deadly virus to humans, but scientists believe they may also shed valuable light on fighting infection. Bats can carry more than 100 different viruses, including Ebola, rabies and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), without becoming sick themselves. …

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PARIS (Reuters) – A United Nations health worker suffering from Ebola has been flown to France from Sierra Leone for treatment, the French health ministry said in a statement overnight. The UN worker, whose name and nationality have not been disclosed, was transported to France aboard a specially equipped jet and placed in isolation at the Begin military hospital in the eastern Paris suburb of Saint-Mandé, the statement said. The UN worker is the second Ebola sufferer to have received treatment in France since the start of the epidemic ravaging West Africa. …
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The SARS outbreak of 2003 put Hong Kong on the frontline of a global health crisis — but the city's ultimately successful war on the virus offers lessons for those now battling Ebola. The flu-like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome infected 1,800 people and took 299 lives in the southern Chinese city. Eleven years later, the legacy of SARS can still be seen every day in Hong Kong. "All this came about after SARS," said Nelson Lee, head of infectious diseases at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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Are they losing the weight with a healthy approach or an unreasonable, … Instead, we should tell them to avoid highly processed, sugary foods and …
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PARIS (Reuters) – A United Nations health worker suffering from Ebola has been flown to France from Sierra Leone for treatment, the French health ministry said in a statement overnight. The UN worker, whose name and nationality have not been disclosed, was transported to France aboard a specially equipped jet and placed in isolation at the Begin military hospital in the eastern Paris suburb of Saint-Mandé, the statement said. The UN worker is the second Ebola sufferer to have received treatment in France since the start of the epidemic ravaging West Africa. …
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