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Psychosocial Therapy Reduces Suicide Attempts Rate

November 24, 2014 Posted by Editor

One of the most widespread myths about suicide is that, if it gets talked about, people would get encouraged to commit it. A recent World Health Organization (WHO) report shows this is simply not true. On the contrary, talking things out helps people who are in a life deadlock find alternative solutions to extreme measures. Another myth about suicidal behavior is the fact that most people … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Annette Erlangsen, Bloomberg School’s Department of Mental Health, psychosocial therapy, suicidal attempts, suicide, suicide attempts rate, suicide in Denmark, suicide myths, WHO, WHO report

Senator James Inhofe Allows $750 Million Funding Shift for Ebola Fight

October 10, 2014 Posted by Editor

The Justice Department has just won an important battle that will allow for $750 million in war funds to be shifted towards the fight against Ebola in West Africa. A Republican senator has lifted his objections to the transfer, thus allowing operations to commence. By lifting his objections, Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma has just granted the Pentagon sufficient funding for approximately six … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health, National News Tagged With: Ebola, ebola cases, ebola evolution, Ebola outbreak, ebola outbreak containment, ebola transmission, epidemic, funding shift, military deployed, sierra leone, us funds, us military, WHO, who estimates, World Health Organization

United States Expands Efforts to Suppress Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

October 9, 2014 Posted by Editor

While the Ebola crisis is in full bloom in West African countries, where the death toll has reached 3,865 according to WHO reports, the United States have decided to expand its efforts in defeating the deadly virus that has already began spreading across the globe. Military troops are prepared to be deployed in Liberia, the country that was hit the hardest by the outbreak. According to Obama , … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health, National News Tagged With: burial teams, CDC, Ebola, ebola efforts, Ebola outbreak, outbreak, resources, treatment centers, United States, us military, WHO

CDC Confirms First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the United States

September 30, 2014 Posted by Editor

According to U.S. health officials’ statements on Tuesday, the first case of Ebola in the United States had been diagnosed, showing that the deadly outbreak in West Africa has the potential of spreading globally. The patient is currently in the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, in isolation. He has recently traveled to West Africa but it was only a few days after returning to Texas … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ebola, Ebola case in america, ebola cases, ebola evolution, ebola in the U.S., Ebola outbreak, ebola patient in U.S., ebola transmission, epidemic, sierra leone, U.S. ebola, us ebola case, WHO, who estimates, World Health Organization

President Obama Advocates Better Prevention of Other Deadly Outbreaks

September 26, 2014 Posted by Editor

The current Ebola outbreak wreaking havoc in Western African countries has, according to many epidemiologists, only advanced to this stage because of an ineffective and far too slow response. Many experts believe that the outbreak that could have been easily controlled, but, because of hesitations, it has now become an all-out epidemic and will cause the deaths of thousands despite a full … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: aid organizations, delayed response, Ebola, ebola cases, ebola evolution, Ebola outbreak, ebola transmission, epidemic, faster response, international response, sierra leone, WHO, who estimates, World Health Organization

Aid Groups Ask World Leaders for Faster Ebola Response

September 24, 2014 Posted by Staff

New forecasts revealed on Tuesday suggest that every 30-day delay in the isolation of an Ebola patient will result in the tripling of daily cases of the hemorrhagic fever epidemic that is decimating the populations of West African countries. World leaders are gathering this week in New York for the annual United Nations meeting and U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon has called for a special … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: aid organizations, Ebola, ebola cases, ebola evolution, Ebola outbreak, ebola transmission, epidemic, faster response, sierra leone, WHO, who estimates, World Health Organization

WHO Warns that Ebola Cases Could Reach 20,000 by November

September 23, 2014 Posted by Contributor

A World Health Organization report suggests that the number of current Ebola cases in West Africa could quadruple to over 20,000 by November if monumental efforts aren’t made to hinder the transmission of the hemorrhagic fever. According to the researchers who published the study in the New England Journal of Medicine, the West African outbreak could become an endemic among the countries … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health, National News Tagged With: Ebola, ebola cases, ebola evolution, Ebola outbreak, ebola transmission, epidemic, sierra leone, WHO, who estimates, World Health Organization

Funds Requested by Sierra Leone to Evacuate Ill Doctor

September 13, 2014 Posted by Staff

One of the West African countries dealing with the Ebola outbreak has urged the World Health Organization to provide funds that would ensure the evacuation of the doctor infected with the deadly hemorrhagic fever virus. Among the doctors working in Sierra Leone, Dr. Olivet Buck is the fourth to become ill with Ebola. The vast majority of the diagnosed cases of Ebola were located in Sierra Leone, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health, National News Tagged With: Ebola, ebola epidemic, Ebola outbreak, Evacuation, evacuation request, ill doctor, WHO, World Health Organization

Ebola growing out of control, warns WHO’s Margaret Chan

September 13, 2014 Posted by Contributor

The Ebola virus rampaging in West Africa is spreading faster than expected and the World Health Organization fears worldwide disaster. Ignoring the problem will not make it go away. The death toll is rising fast and out of the 4,784 reported cases 2,400 have died says WHO director general Margaret Chan to reporters at the UN health agency's headquarters in Geneva. She also states that the figures … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Ebola news, Ebola outbreak, Ebola virus, Liberia quarantine lifted, quarantine in liberia, West Africa, WHO, ZMapp drug

Ebola Could spread to 20,000; Sole Cause of the Outbreak is Patient Zero

August 29, 2014 Posted by Contributor

According to a new analysis, published in the August 29 issue of Science, the current Ebola outbreak stemmed from an earlier initial leap from the wild into humans, rather than the virus repeatedly jumping from infected animals to humans. Moreover reports say that the outbreak is still accelerating and could infect more than 20,000 people before it is brought under control, the World Health … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health, National News Tagged With: Doctors Without Borders, ebola cause, Ebola outbreak, patient zero, WHO

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