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FDA approves Corgenix’s Ebola test for emergency use
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Diagnostics company Corgenix Medical Corp said on Thursday U.S. health regulators had approved ...
Trial of 2 Ebola Vaccines’ Effectiveness Is Announced
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Federal officials said on Thursday that the first clinical trial to test the effectiveness of Eb...
Death by Robot
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Imagine it’s a Sunday in the not-too-distant future. An elderly woman named Sylvia is confined t...
From a Pile of Dirt, Hope for a Powerful New Antibiotic
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An unusual method for producing antibiotics may help solve an urgent global problem: the rise in...
In Haiti, Battling Disease With Open-Air Clinics
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The pictures of medical dysfunction were devastating — broken hospitals ...
Africa: Cashew Nut By-Product May Help Cut Sleeping Sickness
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A new method for making chemicals that lure tsetse flies to traps has been developed. It uses a...
Finally, a Health Insurance Campaign That Speaks Directly to Millennials
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For many Americans, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the first time in which inexpensive, comp...
Doctors, haircuts, even kittens — now on demand, via your smartphone
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An explosion of on-demand apps gives a modern twist to some old traditions and even delivers us...
Health Care Law Recasts Insurers as Obama Allies
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WASHINGTON — As Americans shop in the health insurance marketplace for a second year, President ...
A Colon Cancer Screening Test that’s Simple, Noninvasive, and Effective
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WHAT IS COLOGUARD?
Cologuard is an easy to use, noninvasive colon cancer screening test based o...