2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (369+ words) Jean-Yves Kamale And Mark Banchereau KINSHASA – The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record in eastern Congo is rapidly spreading beyond its epicenter, Africa’s top health body said Thursday. In recent weeks, new cases and deaths have declined in Ituri province, the…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (455+ words) Fatima Hussein And Ali Swenson WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is promising $500 rebate checks to an estimated 1 million Affordable Care Act enrollees across 30 states, who the White House alleged were overcharged by the Biden administration for exchange fees. The promise comes…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (789+ words) But as the authorities grapple with the outbreak, which has killed nearly 3,200 people among more than 6,500 cases, the burial team says they are at their limits, struggling with an increasing workload and hostile communities. Since the outbreak began in mid-May,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (384+ words) CHICAGO – Two more beluga whales have died at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, including one that was rehomed at the facility just weeks earlier as part of an international effort to rescue Canada's last captive whales, the aquarium announced Wednesday. Rain, a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (331+ words) Data from Congo’s Ministry of Health showed the outbreak has recorded 6,186 confirmed cases, including 3,007 deaths since it was declared a global health emergency in mid-May. It remains the fastest-growing outbreak of Ebola ever. Recent weeks have witnessed a surge in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (418+ words) BUNIA – A new academic year began across Congo on Tuesday despite concerns by parents and teachers that the country's Ebola outbreak still poses risks to children in the epicenter. The resumption of classes comes in the middle of a ravaging…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (330+ words) More than 1,360 people have recovered from the virus, in what authorities said was an “encouraging” development. The outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading under extremely difficult conditions, fueled by insecurity, displacement, a health workers’ strike and intense population movements. The…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (845+ words) NEW YORK – The recent announcement of Pennsylvania’s first measles-related deaths in decades has ignited a public feud among politicians and health officials who disagree over the role of the contagious disease in the fatalities. Independent experts say the conflict is…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (528+ words) NEW ORLEANS – In the chaos of Hurricane Katrina, Charity Hospital in New Orleans became a scene of heartbreak and heroism, with doctors scrambling to keep patients alive without power or functioning medical equipment while floodwaters trapped them inside its darkened…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (405+ words) One baby of the 15 who were in the nursery at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences was rescued, the hospital said. Television footage showed rescue workers using ladders to reach the third-floor nursery through broken windows. Grieving parents and relatives…...