Thursday, January 1, 2015

First 2015 Baby in New York Wastes No Time

The first baby born in New York was born at 12:00 on the dot.



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Winter weather alerts may signal greater fall risk for elderly

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man looks out of a fogged up bus window in Jerusalem By Janice Neumann (Reuters Health) - In Canadian winters, older people fall 20 percent more often after a freezing rain alert, according to a new study. That suggests a need for stronger cautions against going outside in icy conditions and more help from local governments, families or neighbors, according to the authors. Those alerts "actually mean something," said David L. Buckeridge, senior author of the study. "If you’re an older adult, it’s probably better to take it easy for a day or two. ...








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Sierra Leone's president calls for week of fasting, prayer over Ebola

Gibson, the new mayor of Freetown, listens as Sierra Leone's President Koroma announces an operation in Freetown FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma asked the country to begin a week of fasting and prayers on Thursday to end the Ebola virus that has killed more than 2,700 of his countrymen. The worst outbreak on record of the virus is still spreading in West Africa, especially in Sierra Leone, and the number of known cases globally has exceeded 20,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. In a New Year's Day broadcast, Koroma said the seven days of prayers and fasting would begin immediately. ...








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Sierra Leone's president calls for week of fasting, prayer over Ebola

Sierra Leone's incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma waves to supporters after voting in the capital Freetown FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma asked the country to begin a week of fasting and prayers on Thursday to end the Ebola virus that has killed more than 2,700 of his countrymen. The worst outbreak on record of the virus is still spreading in West Africa, especially in Sierra Leone, and the number of known cases globally has exceeded 20,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. In a New Year's Day broadcast, Koroma said the seven days of prayers and fasting would begin immediately. ...








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World Health Organization reports 7,905 Ebola deaths

FILE- In this Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 file photo, health workers load a suspected Ebola patient into the back of an ambulance in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Professors from three leading British universities say policies favoring international debt repayment over social spending contributed to the Ebola crisis by hampering health care in the three worst-hit West African countries. Conditions for loans from the International Monetary Fund prevented an effective response to the outbreak that has killed nearly 8,000 people, the academics allege in a report in The Lancet Global Health journal this month. (AP Photo/Michael Duff, File) BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization says the number of reported Ebola deaths in West Africa has risen to 7,905.








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Ebola spreads in Sierra Leone as global cases top 20,000 - WHO

Man walks past a banner about Ebola in Freetown GENEVA (Reuters) - The Ebola virus is still spreading in West Africa, especially in Sierra Leone, and the number of known cases globally has now exceeded 20,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. The death toll from the outbreak, which has been mostly confined to West Africa, has risen to 7,905, the WHO said, following 317 fatalities recorded since it last issued figures on Dec. 24. The number of known cases, including fatalities, totalled 20,206 at year-end, it said. Sierra Leone accounted for 337 of 476 new laboratory-confirmed cases since Dec. 24. ...








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GOP legislators thwart governors' bids to expand Medicaid

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2014 file photo Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam speaks at the state Capitol in Nashville, Tenn. Governors across the political spectrum are hitting a roadblock in their bids to expand Medicaid with federal funds: Republican legislators who adamantly oppose “Obamacare.” While some of these governors themselves have criticized the president’s health care law in general, they’ve come to see one component -- Medicaid expansion -- as too generous to reject. But they’re battling conservative lawmakers who say it’s better to turn down billions of federal dollars than to expand Medicaid under the 2010 law. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Governors across the political spectrum are hitting the same roadblock in their bids to expand Medicaid with federal funds: Republican legislators who adamantly oppose "Obamacare."








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