“The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the deadliest ever seen and the virus is raging totally out of control,’’ an official with Doctors without Borders said on Friday. The number of people killed by the deadly Ebola virus, which causes a particularly nasty form of hemorrhagic fever, in West Africa has risen to 337, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Fourteen deaths and 47 new cases were … [Read more...]
UK’s Healthcare To Top The League Table Out Of 11 Western Countries, With US Coming Last
Britain’s healthcare has been lauded as the best out of 11 of the world’s wealthiest countries, following a far-reaching study by a US-based foundation. In a report entitled “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall,” the quality, efficiency, cost and performance of the US health system was compared to Canada and nine other countries in Europe and Australasia. Conducted by The Commonwealth Fund, the report … [Read more...]