The doctor is the first citizen of a hard-hit country to be sent abroad for treatment.
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Panel says diabetes drug may help obese
FDA advisers vote that the benefits of the injectable drug outweigh risks for the dangerously overweight.
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Study: Hand ‘quicker than the sneeze in the spread of disease’
Viruses can spread from a single doorknob to 40 percent to 60 percent of surfaces and people in a building in just a few hours, new research shows.
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Liberia Ebola nurses lack protective gear
They cut up old overalls and uniforms to create makeshift coverings, despite international promises of more equipment.
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Hackers breach health care overhaul website
But officials say no consumer information is taken from the site that serves more than 5 million Americans.
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Study questions need for double mastectomy
Long-term survival rates may be just as high for women who had lumpectomies plus radiation.
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Press Herald reporter to join national panel on vaccines
Joe Lawlor’s story on Maine’s vaccination issue draws national attention.
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With ‘bucket’ donations pouring in, Maine lab expects more ALS work
Funding allocated to research would boost demand for mice from the Jackson facility and also help it study the disease.
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Study spotlights major advance against heart failure
An experimental drug lowers chances of death or being hospitalized by about 20 percent.
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Federal judge halts new Texas abortion limits
Under the restrictions, the only remaining abortion facilities would have been in major cities, and there would have been none in the western half of the state.