Tag: Health

Report faults New York’s anti-smoking plan

Report faults New York’s anti-smoking plan

Washington Examiner · August 31, 2014 12:21 pm

A woman, center, reacts as she and others celebrate on the streets outside of West Point, that have been closed in by Liberian security forces to stop all movement the past week in a attempt to control the Ebola outbreak in Monrovia, Liberia, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. Liberia says it will open up a slum in its capital where thousands of people were barricaded to contain the spread of Ebola. Information Minister Lewis Brown says lifting the quarantine Saturday morning will not mean there is no Ebola in the West Point Slum. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Liberian Ebola survivor praises experimental drug

Jonathan PayeLayleh · August 30, 2014 3:13 pm

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by Kentucky BioProcessing, tobacco plants are grown in a controlled environment at the Kentucky BioProcessing facility in Owensboro, Ky. The company is using tobacco plants grown at this facility to help manufacture an experimental drug to treat patients infected with Ebola. An experimental Ebola drug healed all 18 monkeys infected with the deadly virus in a study released Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Kentucky BioProcessing, File)

Experimental Ebola drug heals all monkeys in study

Marilynn Marchione · August 29, 2014 9:03 pm

San Diego man accused of intentional spread of HIV

San Diego man accused of intentional spread of HIV

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2014 10:19 pm

West Nile Virus detected in Maryland resident

West Nile Virus detected in Maryland resident

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2014 8:48 pm

Scientists dig into Ebola’s deadly genes for clues

Seth Borenstein · August 28, 2014 7:26 pm

Girls in Colombian town struck by mystery illness

Girls in Colombian town struck by mystery illness

JOSHUA GOODMANCESAR GARCIA · August 28, 2014 12:54 am

Case of chikungunya virus confirmed in Dallas

Case of chikungunya virus confirmed in Dallas

Washington Examiner · August 27, 2014 7:34 pm

Correction: California Legislature story

Correction: California Legislature story

Washington Examiner · August 27, 2014 6:35 pm

Feds to Educate Entertainment Media on ‘Appropriate Terminology’ for Mental/Substance Use Disorders

Feds to Educate Entertainment Media on ‘Appropriate Terminology’ for Mental/Substance Use Disorders

Jeryl Bier · August 27, 2014 11:02 am

Hancock County passes public smoking ban

Hancock County passes public smoking ban

Washington Examiner · August 26, 2014 11:26 pm

Feds seek comment on lower-risk tobacco bid

Feds seek comment on lower-risk tobacco bid

Michael Felberbaum · August 26, 2014 6:22 pm