California’s deadly hepatitis A outbreak could last years, official says
California’s outbreak of hepatitis A, already the nation’s second largest in the last 20 years, could continue for many months, even years, health officials said Thursday.
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Russian Hackers Used Kaspersky Software to Steal NSA Data on U.S. Cyber Defense
Russian hackers stole data belonging to the National Security Agency about America’s cyber defense from the home computer of a U.S. government contractor, according to people familiar with the matter.
Starving cells of oxygen can help them kill cancers, Israeli researchers find
Researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science have developed a method to reinforce the power of cells that kill cancerous tumors by starving them of oxygen, allowing immunotherapy treatments to be used in targeting previously immune solid tumors.
Israel’s rash behavior blew operation to sabotage Iran’s computers, US officials say
Gen. Michael Hayden, former head of both the CIA and the NSA, claims the goal of a potential Israeli strike on Iran would be to drag the US into war.
Doctor Diagnosed with Ebola in New York City
A Doctors Without Borders physician who recently returned to New York from West Africa has tested positive for the Ebola virus, becoming the first diagnosed case in the city.
CDC Confirms First Case of Ebola in U.S.
Officials with the Centers for Disease Control have confirmed that a person in Dallas definitely has the Ebola virus. Tuesday’s official determination makes the patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas the first diagnosed Ebola case in the United States.
Ebola Threatens West Africa, Airlines Halt Flights
As Ebola continues to threaten West Africa, officials claim it will take up to six months to contain the outbreak. Liberian authorities have now quarantined entire villages it claims is the ‘epicenter’ of the virus and expanded its Ebola treatment centers throughout its capital of Monrovia. Meanwhile, two more airlines halted flights to the capitals of Liberia and Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization admitted the official death toll of 1,145 in the region “vastly underestimates the magnitude of the outbreak.”
Full Coverage: Ebola Virus Outbreak
The Ebola virus death toll is nearing 900 as more than 100 health workers have been infected by the disease, which has no known cure, including two doctors working for Samaritan’s purse.
Ebola: Hunt Continues for Potential 30,000 ‘victims’ of Outbreak (Video)
Five days ago American Patrick Sawyer, 40, died of Ebola. However, days before his death he visited four airports and those in contact with him in Nigeria’s capital Lagos airport may be at risk spreading the disease globally. Now the hunt is on for 30,000 people who may be hosting the organism which kills 60 percent of its sufferers.
First Case of Chikungunya Virus Contracted in U.S.
U.S. health officials today announced the first locally acquired case of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that’s become prevalent in the Caribbean in recent months, CBS News reported.
Vials of smallpox virus found where they shouldn’t have been: CDC
The Centers for Disease Control announced Tuesday the surprise discovery of smallpox, in unused portions of an FDA lab.
Is it Time to go Kosher? Pork Prices Jump as Hogs Hit by Virus
Consumers in the United States are paying nearly 13 percent more for pork products than they were this time last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Prices will continue to rise late into this year economists predict, due in part, to a deadly pig virus.
Ebola Hitting ‘Second Wave’ and ‘Out of Control’ (Video)
The recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is now entering a “second wave” and raging “totally out of control”, Doctors without Borders told the Associated Press.
Incurable Virus Spread by Mosquito Found in the States
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are on high alert as a mosquito-borne virus that has no cure or treatment has been found in at least six states. The virus called chikungunya was brought into the country by infected travelers, who had recently been to the Caribbean.
Christian accused of Blasphemy dies in Pakistani Jail
A Christian accused of blasphemy died in a Pakistan prison from a treatable disease after he was denied medical care.
NEWS WATCH: Ukraine’s Prime Minister Challenges Election Results
Ukrainian election officials say they will not consider Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s complaints of presidential election fraud. Results show opposition leader Victor Yanukovich defeated Tymoshenko by 3.5 percentage points in the February 7 runoff election.
New E-Mail Virus Plugs Palestinian Cause
A nondestructive e-mail virus sent around the world yesterday to trumpet the cause of the Palestinians could lead to an escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian cyber-war, computer security experts said Tuesday.