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October 15, 2014
Second 2nd Texas health worker tests positive for Ebola

A second worker at the Texas hospital where a Liberian man died of Ebola has tested positive for the disease, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said early Wednesday morning...

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October 09, 2014
Woman saves three relatives from Ebola

It can be exhausting nursing a child through a nasty bout with the flu, so imagine how 22-year-old Fatu Kekula felt nursing her entire family through Ebola...

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October 08, 2014
World Bank issues dire warning about Ebola's economic impact

The economic impact of the Ebola epidemic could reach $32.6 billion by the end of next year if the disease ravaging Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone spreads to neighboring countries in West Africa, the World Bank Group said Wednesday...

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September 17, 2014
Disease takes root amid fetid India floodwaters

Doctors in the flood-ravaged Himalayan region of Kashmir said Wednesday that they were seeing outbreaks of gastroenteritis among people crowded into shelters after their homes were inundated two weeks ago...

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August 07, 2014
Liberia deploys troops to try and rein in Ebola

Soldiers clamped down on people trying to travel to Liberia's capital Thursday from rural areas hard-hit by the Ebola virus hours after the president declared a national state of emergency...

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August 05, 2014
Ebola outbreak could be much worse than thought

The worst outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in history could actually be much worse than the official death toll reflects...

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June 10, 2014
World Cup 2014: Lionel Messi's tendency to vomit mystifies coach and fans

Shortly after coming on as a second-half sub in Argentina's last World Cup warm-up, Lionel Messi doubled over and appeared to vomit on the pitch...

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May 13, 2014
Donald Sterling lashes out at Magic Johnson

Insisting he is not racist, Donald Sterling claimed that Magic Johnson doesn't do anything for the black community and said the basketball legend "should be ashamed of himself" for contracting HIV...

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May 12, 2014
Second U.S. case of MERS virsu found in Florida, CD says

A second case of the deadly MERS virus has been confirmed in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today...

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April 24, 2014
Marijuana use may lead to Cardiac Arrest and other heart problems

A new study finds young and middle-aged adults who use marijuana may have an increased risk for heart-related complications...

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