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World Health Organization Confirms New Virus
ATLANTA (WAOK) - The World Health Organization says it has confirmed discovery of a new SARS-type virus. The WHO says the potentially-deadly pathogen was confirmed in a man from Qatar who traveled to...
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CDC: Deadly Alabama Illnesses Not Caused By Any Single Germ
ATLANTA (AP) — Officials investigating a cluster of mysterious illnesses in Alabama have so far found only cold and flu viruses. In tests on seven of the nine patients, the Centers for Disease Control...
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WHO: New MERS Virus ‘Threat To The Entire World’
GENEVA (CBS Atlanta/AP) — The World Health Organization warns that the deadly SARS-like virus first seen in the Middle East is a global threat. Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO’s director-general, said in a...
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WHO: HIV Treatment Must Begin At Diagnosis To Stop Spread
LONDON (AP) — Young children and certain other people with the AIDS virus should be started on medicines as soon as they are diagnosed, the World Health Organization says in new guidelines that also...
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CDC: Retirement Shorter, Sicker In Southern States
ATLANTA (AP) — If you’re 65 and living in Hawaii, here’s some good news: Odds are you’ll live another 21 years. And for all but five of those years, you’ll likely be in pretty good health. Hawaii tops...
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Mechanic Invents Tool To Aid In Vaginal Delivery
ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS Atlanta) – An Argentine mechanic was inspired by a wine bottle trick to invent a cheap medical device that could reduce complications in women during labor delivery. CBS News reports...
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CDC Issues Travel Health Advisory For St. Martin
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. health authorities have issued a travel advisory for the French Caribbean dependency of St. Martin because of a mosquito-borne viral disease that is apparently being spread locally...
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Study: Living By Green Spaces Improves Long-Term Mental Health
Atlanta (CBS ATLANTA) – Exposure to more natural, green space in cities and towns can deliver large, long-lasting benefits to the mental health of the people living in the area. A new study published...
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Report: 22 Million New Cancer Cases To Develop Each Year
LONDON (AP/CBS Atlanta) — The World Health Organization’s cancer agency warns there will be 22 million new cases of cancer every year within the next two decades. Monday’s report from the International...
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WHO: Pollution Kills 7 Million People Every Year
LONDON (AP) — Air pollution kills about 7 million people worldwide every year, with more than half of the fatalities due to fumes from indoor stoves, according to a new report from the World Health...
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Study: Drowning A Leading Cause Of Accidental Deaths For Young Children
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) - Drowning is a leading cause of accidental death for children 5-years and younger, reports Live Science. It cites a study from the CDC that analyzed data from 1999 to 2010....
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Report: WHO Warns Of Drug-Resistant Threat
Atlanta (CBS Atlanta) - The World Health Organization published a report on Wednesday stating that drug-resistant bacteria have become a serious problem for public health not only in developing...
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The MERS Outbreak: Is The Government Doing Enough?
The Centers for Disease Control and World Health Organization claim they are hard at work to keep a major outbreak known as MERS from reaching the general population. MERS, or Middle East Respiratory...
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CDC: ‘The Bottom Line Is Ebola Is Worsening In West Africa’
NEW YORK (CBS Atlanta/AP) — U.S. health officials on Thursday warned Americans not to travel to the three West African countries hit by an outbreak of Ebola. The travel advisory applies to nonessential...
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WHO: Ebola Death Toll In West Africa Pushes 900
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria on Monday announced a second case of Ebola in Africa’s most populous country, an alarming setback as the total death toll from the disease in several West...
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Doctor: Ebola Outbreak Is ‘Spinning Out Of Control’
ABUJA, Nigeria (CBS Atlanta/AP) — The doctor who treated a man who flew to Nigeria and died of Ebola now has contracted the disease, authorities said Monday, presenting a dire challenge to Africa’s...
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CDC Issues Highest Alert Response Over Ebola Outbreak
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta/AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued its highest alert activation over the Ebola outbreak. CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden announced on Twitter Wednesday...
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WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak To Be International Public Health Emergency
LONDON (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — The World Health Organization on Friday declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be an international public health emergency that requires an extraordinary response to...
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Spain Obtains Scarce Experimental Ebola Drug To Treat Missionary Priest
MADRID (AP) — In a development that raises a host of ethical issues, Spain announced it had obtained a scarce U.S.-made experimental Ebola drug to treat a Spanish missionary priest infected with the...
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Liberia To Receive Doses Of Experimental Ebola Drug To Give To Sick Doctors
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia announced Monday that it would soon receive doses of an experimental Ebola drug and give it to two sick doctors, making them the first Africans to receive some of the...
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WHO: Ebola Death Toll May ‘Vastly Underestimate The Magnitude Of The Outbreak’
DAKAR, Senegal (CBS News/CBS Atlanta/AP) — The World Health Organization says beds in Ebola treatment centers in West Africa are filling up faster than they can be provided. Spokesman Gregory Hartl...
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Poll: 39 Percent Of Americans Fear Large Ebola Outbreak In The Next Year
Cambridge, Mass. (CBS ATLANTA) – Nearly four-in-ten (39 percent) U.S. adults are concerned that there will be a large outbreak of the Ebola virus, and more than one-quarter (26 percent) are concerned...
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US Troops Break Ground For Field Hospital In Liberia To Battle Ebola
MONROVIA, Liberia (CBS News/CBS Atlanta/AP) — U.S. mobile Ebola labs should be up and running in Liberia this week, and American troops have broken ground for a field hospital, as the international...
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Report: Bodies Of Ebola Victims Left In Sierra Leone Streets Due To Strike By...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (CBS News/CBS Atlanta/AP) — The Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation says bodies of Ebola victims have been left in the streets because of a strike by burial teams, who complain...
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Therapist: We Could See People With ‘Hypochondria Or Paranoia Take Extreme...
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) — Despite there only being two confirmed cases of Ebola inside the United States, fear has been spreading across the nation. Several hospitals and airliners have isolated and...
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WHO: 10,000 New Ebola Cases Per Week Could Be Seen
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A World Health Organization official says there could be up to 10,000 new cases of Ebola per week within two months. WHO Assistant Director-General Dr. Bruce Aylward said if...
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Hospital Releases Ebola Patient Who’s Been Treated Since Early September
ATLANTA (AP) — An Ebola patient who’s been treated in Atlanta since early September has been released, hospital officials said Monday. The man was released Sunday from Atlanta’s Emory University...
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WHO: True Ebola Death Toll Could Be Nearing 15,000
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta/AP) — The World Health Organization believes the true death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa could be nearing 15,000. The official death toll currently resides at 4,877,...
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UN: World Eating Too Much Sugar
LONDON (CBS Atlanta/AP) — New guidelines from the World Health Organization are enough to kill anyone’s sugar high. The U.N. health agency says the world is eating too much sugar and people should...
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