As Ebola Surges, CDC Sends Aid And Warns Against Travel
It will take at least three to six months to contain the largest Ebola outbreak in history, the health agency says. Fifty-seven people have died in four days, raising the death toll to 729.
Ebola patient coming to U.S. as aid workers' health worsens
A U.S. aid worker who was infected with the deadly Ebola virus while working in West Africa will be flown to the U.S. to be treated in a high-security ward at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, hospital officials said on Thursday. The aid worker, whose name has not been released, will be moved in the next several days to a special isolation unit at Emory. The unit was set up in collaboration with CDC.
Oregon Medicaid targets expensive hepatitis drug
An Oregon Medicaid committee on Thursday significantly scaled back access to an effective - but expensive - new drug used to treat hepatitis C.
Colorado considers a new look for edible pot
Edible marijuana comes with all kinds of warning labels in Colorado. But once those pot brownies and gummy bears are out of the package, they can look identical to straight-laced treats.