In Guangdong, nervy Chinese ramp up Ebola watch

By Yimou Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have identified the southern province of Guangdong, home to Asia's biggest African population, as a frontline in their efforts to prevent the deadly Ebola virus from entering mainland China. The province bordering Hong Kong has proven susceptible to infectious diseases in the past, shouldering a large share of SARS and bird flu cases, prompting local authorities to take no chances with Ebola. ...



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How to Avoid the ER on Halloween

Children are twice as likely to be hit and killed by a car on Halloween.



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University of North Carolina bans student travel to countries affected by Ebola

WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said on Wednesday that students will now be prohibited from school-related travel to three West African countries due to concerns about the Ebola outbreak. Faculty and staff will have to seek advance approval to travel to Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia for humanitarian or scientific reasons, the university said. The school also is discouraging personal travel to that region. (Reporting by Colleen Jenkins; Editing by Sandra Maler)



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Nurse 'Will Go to Court' Over Maine Ebola Quarantine Rule

Ebola nurse Kaci Hickox is in a quarantine in Maine.



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Are We Playing God By Consciously Choosing Life Or Death?

This month, two very public medical cases were making waves throughout the headlines. One is about a woman who wants to choose her dying date. Brittany Maynard (29), who is battling with stage 4 Glioblastoma, one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer, has scheduled the end of her life for November 1, 2014, the day after her husband's birthday....

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First marijuana planted for medical use in Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Chilean municipality is planting the country's first legal medical marijuana as part of a pilot program aimed to help ease the pain of cancer patients and others.



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Express Scripts says AbbVie drug could displace Sovaldi on formulary

By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts Holding Co said it may quickly change its preferred drug formulary to favor an expected new hepatitis C drug from AbbVie if it is clinically equivalent and less costly than Gilead Science Inc's $84,000 Sovaldi and $94,500 Harvoni treatments. Sovaldi, with its price tag of $1,000 a pill, has become a lightning rod in a debate over the high cost of specialty drugs, despite its cure rate of more than 90 percent and gentle side effect profile. ...



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