The World Health Organization declared an end to the deadliest Ebola outbreak ever on Thursday after no new cases emerged in Liberia, though health officials warn that it will be several more months before the world is considered free of the disease that claimed more than 11,300 lives over two… Read More
Chipotle is getting ready to shut all its stores — here’s why
As a result of recent food scares, Chipotle plans to close all of its stores for a few hours next month for a company-wide meeting on food safety. Chris Arnold, a spokesperson for Chipotle, told the Oregonian that the meeting will cover a wide range of topics, including hard work of… Read More
Baby fever cured? Moms waiting longer and longer to have kids
The average age of first-time mothers is at an all-time high in the U.S — over 26. The change is largely due to a big drop in teen moms. But more first births to older women also are tugging the number up, said T.J. Mathews of the Centers for Disease… Read More
New FDA commissioner nominee named
A Senate panel on Tuesday approved Dr. Robert Califf to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, but President Barack Obama’s nominee may face trouble. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she will hold up a vote on the Senate floor until she has reassurances from the agency that genetically modified… Read More
Invisible threat drives away community’s residents
Laura Gideon and her family endured the sickening stench from an out-of-control natural gas leak for about a month before they could no longer tolerate the nausea, headaches and nosebleeds. After she went to the emergency room in November vomiting and with a severe migraine, Gideon, her husband and their… Read More
Whoops! Health insurer calls thousands of seniors at 3 a.m.
A Massachusetts health insurer is apologizing after sending automated phone calls to as many as 10,000 senior citizens in the wee hours of the morning. Tufts Health Plan accidentally sent the robocall between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. Tuesday to remind patients to get their flu shots. A spokeswoman for… Read More
Football – More dangerous than previously thought?
Details of the block that knocked Ian Rice to the turf are fuzzy for him now. He remembers falling over. He remembers he couldn’t walk. That was the first sign something was seriously wrong. His father, watching his son and his Birmingham Groves High School football team from the stands,… Read More
Health experts warn about cardiac arrest signs. Here’s what to look out for
Sudden cardiac arrest may not always be so sudden: New research suggests a lot of people may ignore potentially life-saving warning signs hours, days, even a few weeks before they collapse. Cardiac arrest claims about 350,000 U.S. lives a year. It’s not a heart attack, but worse: The heart abruptly… Read More
E. Coli outbreak continues. Here’s what you need to know to stay safe.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday it is investigating a more recent batch of E. coli cases linked to Chipotle, and that it does not know yet if they are linked to a larger outbreak that began in October. To stay safe, some are saying they’re planning to… Read More
“Bad boy” pharma exec hauled away in handcuffs
He’s the enfant terrible of pharmaceuticals, a 32-year-old CEO who unapologetically raised the price of the only approved drug for a rare disease from $13.50 to $750 per pill. He’s a millionaire music aficionado who riled rap fans by buying the only known copy of an album by the Wu-Tang… Read More
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