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• WHO Fears Global Ebola Infection

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• Aug 29, 2014 10:48 PM EDT

• The World Health Organization warns that the Ebola could potentially spread on a worldwide scale.

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• US to Test experimental Ebola Vaccines

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• Aug 29, 2014 09:15 PM EDT

• Next week, US federal researchers will begin testing experimental vaccines for the Ebola virus that could potentially be used to prevent the disease in the future.

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• First Human Testing of Ebola Vaccine will Take Place Next Week

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• Aug 29, 2014 12:53 AM EDT

• First human trial of the experimental vaccine that has been developed against Ebola will take place next week.

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• Stephen Hawking Accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

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• Aug 29, 2014 12:48 AM EDT

• Stephen Hawkings accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and urges everyone to donate to the cause.

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• Minnesota Teacher Contracts Lyme Disease

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• Aug 28, 2014 11:47 PM EDT

• Middle school teacher, Ryan Saulsbury, was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease and is now suffering from multiple symptoms.

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• Nigeria Officials Confirm Doctor’s Death Due To Ebola

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• Aug 28, 2014 11:30 PM EDT

• A doctor from Port Harcourt Hospital who treated an infected health worker that evaded quarantine measures in Lagos became infected with the Ebola virus and is now the sixth documented death in the country due to EVD.

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• The United Nations Predicts That The Number Of People Like Cases Could Swell Up To 20,000

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• Aug 28, 2014 10:43 PM EDT

• If the Ebola virus is not contained, experts fear that up to 20,000 people globally may become infected. International health communities are now working hand-in-hand to come up with a working vaccine that could prevent this.

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• Ebola Outbreak Is Declared In Congo

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• Aug 26, 2014 11:42 AM EDT

• The Democratic Republic of the Congo is now officially the fifth country to be stricken with the Ebola virus. The World Health Organization has already treated the situation as an outbreak and has sent the necessary support.

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• First British Patient with the Ebola Virus Arrives in the UK

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• Aug 26, 2014 10:40 AM EDT

• British health worker that was infected with the Ebola virus has been repatriated to the UK and will be receiving treatment in an isolation unit in North London.

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• New Restrictions Are In Place For The Use Of Hydrocodone

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• Aug 26, 2014 12:26 AM EDT

• The FDA are putting new restrictions in place for the use of hydrocodone medication in the United States.

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• Combination Vaccine May be the Key to Polio Immunity

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• Aug 25, 2014 11:43 PM EDT

• Researchers say that an injectable booster shot of the polio vaccine can be the key to the total eradication of the disease.

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• Gay Marriages May Be Facing Healthcare Stumbling Blocks

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• Aug 25, 2014 10:52 PM EDT

• Healthcare issues continue to be one of the most pressing problems that gay couples are facing with the current system.