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Last U.S. Ebola Patient Leaves NYC Hospital 'Healthy, No Longer Infectious'

Dr. Craig Spencer spent 19 days under treatment after contracting illness in Guinea.

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Whooping Cough Vaccine Seems Safe in Pregnancy, Study Finds

Shot helps protect newborns against potentially deadly bacteria, experts say.

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Steep drop in pneumonia deaths in last decade, but much further to go – UNICEF

Significant declines in child deaths from pneumonia prove that strategies to defeat the disease are working, UNICEF said on the fifth World Pneumonia Day. But much more is needed to stop hundreds of thousands of children from succumbing to this preventable illness each year.

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Chronic Pot Smoking May Alter Brain, Study Suggests

But shrinkage seen in brain scans doesn't show impact on functioning, pro-pot experts say.

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Common Blood Pressure Drug May Lower Risk For Lou Gehrig's Disease: Study

But new finding needs additional research to confirm the link, experts caution.

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Drug Combo Helps Lupus-Related Kidney Condition

Half of those taking three medications achieved full remission, study reports

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Ebola: UN chief hails progress in fight against virus, urges intensified response

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Doctors from the Liberian Ministry of Health, working with personnel from WHO and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), attend to a patient quarantined at a Liberian ebola isolation unit in the capitol city Monrovia.

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Orange is not the New Black: Just Highly Allergenic for One Toddler

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You Might be Allergic to Penicillin. Then Again, You Might Not

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New drug for common liver disease improves liver health

An experimental drug aimed at treating a common liver disease showed promising results and potential problems in a multicenter clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health. The FLINT study found that people with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) who took obeticholic acid (OCA) had improved liver health during that period, including decreased inflammation and fat in the liver and decreased body weight versus people receiving a placebo. OCA was also associated with increases in itching and total cholesterol.