Health

Citing progress in Guinea, UN Ebola response chief says disease 'still very much a crisis'

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Anthony Banbury, Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), arrives for a visit to Guinea, one of the countries most...

Is Tau the 'How' Behind Alzheimer's?

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NIMH creates new unit to support its research domain criteria initiative

A new effort by the National Institutes of Health will facilitate communication among scientists, clinicians, and the public to reframe mental health research, from diagnosis to treatment. The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) unit was recently...

Pioneering new facilities to protect the UK from viruses

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New British Ebola labs to help stop spread of virus

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The first of the British labs opened at Kerry Town, Sierra Leone last week.

Brain Scans Yield Clues to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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4 Steps Could Quell Ebola in West Africa, Researchers Say

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World Bank Group Pledges Additional $100 million to Speed New Health Workers to Ebola-stricken Countries

The World Bank Group announced an additional $100 million funding in its Ebola crisis response to speed up deployment of foreign health workers to the three worst-affected countries in West Africa. The announcement increases the World Bank Group’s...

UN Ebola response in West Africa to be bolstered by increase in World Bank funding

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World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim (second left) touring the Kenyatta Hospital in...

High-Fat, Low-Carb Diet May Help With Tough-to-Treat Epilepsy

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