Ebola-hit Liberia secures food staples; growth outlook gloomy: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Liberia, the West African state hardest-hit by the worst Ebola outbreak in history, has secured imports of basic food staples until December, but the hit to its mining sector may tip the economy into recession next year, a minister said on Thursday. Commerce and Industry Minister Alex Addy also urged foreign donors to do more - and more quickly - to help tackle the hemorrhagic fever epidemic which has killed almost 3,000 people since March this year, mostly in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. (Reporting by Karin Strohecker, editing by John Stonestreet)
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Futures little changed ahead of data flurry
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The toothbrush gets reinvented with smart technology, new materials
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9/11 illness kills 3 retired firefighters in 1 day
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Aid, rain save South Sudan from famine,2015 outlook grim-WFP
By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Emergency food aid, normal rainfall and the start of the harvest have helped to stave off famine in South Sudan, the latest analysis shows, but there is a risk of mass starvation in early 2015. Aid agencies scrambled to avert famine in South Sudan by launching the world’s largest humanitarian operation after fighting erupted in the world's youngest country in December. Some 10,000 people have died and 1. ...
Ebola toll nears 3,000, but spread in Guinea stabilizes
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - The exponential spread of the Ebola outbreak that has now killed almost 3,000 people in West Africa may have been checked in Guinea, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. But a dire lack of beds and community resistance in some areas are helping the disease to continue spreading, while efforts to straighten out muddled data are gradually revealing an epidemic even more deadly than it had appeared. The WHO said 2,917 people have died of Ebola out of 6,263 cases in the five West African countries affected by the disease as at the end of Sept 21. ...
Ebola toll nears 3,000, but spread in Guinea stabilises
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - The exponential spread of the Ebola outbreak that has now killed almost 3,000 people in West Africa may have been checked in Guinea, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. But a dire lack of beds and community resistance in some areas are helping the disease to continue spreading, while efforts to straighten out muddled data are gradually revealing an epidemic even more deadly than it had appeared. The WHO said 2,917 people have died of Ebola out of 6,263 cases in the five West African countries affected by the disease as at the end of Sept 21. ...
Sierra Leone quarantines three more districts in fight against Ebola
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone has put three more districts under indefinite quarantine in a bid to fight Ebola, President Ernest Bai Koroma said in a statement, which means five of the country's 14 districts have now been isolated. The quarantined districts include Port Loko and Bombali in the north and Moyamba in the south, according to a statement Koroma gave late on Wednesday. "The isolation of districts and chiefdoms will definitely pose great difficulties for our people in those districts," Koroma said. ...
Ebola situation appears to have stabilised in Guinea, WHO says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The spread of the Ebola virus appears to have stabilised in Guinea, where the outbreak originated, but the rising trend in the spread of the virus is continuing in Sierra Leone and Liberia, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. "The situation in Guinea, although still of grave concern, appears to have stabilised: between 75 and 100 new confirmed cases have been reported in each of the past five weeks," the WHO said in a statement.
Ebola situation appears to have stabilized in Guinea, WHO says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The spread of the Ebola virus appears to have stabilized in Guinea, where the outbreak originated, but the rising trend in the spread of the virus is continuing in Sierra Leone and Liberia, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. "The situation in Guinea, although still of grave concern, appears to have stabilized: between 75 and 100 new confirmed cases have been reported in each of the past five weeks," the WHO said in a statement. (Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)
New FDA label bolsters safety case for Chantix
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