Texas Newborns Potentially Exposed to TB Awaiting Test Results

Posted on Monday, September 22, 2014


Texas Newborns Potentially Exposed to TB Awaiting Test Results

Health officials began screening more than 700 infants who may potentially have been exposed to tuberculosis at an El Paso hospital over the past year by an employee recently diagnosed with the illness.

Ebola kills 2,811, outbreak 'contained' in Senegal, Nigeria: WHO

A health worker, wearing Personal Protective Equipment, stands inside the high-risk area at Elwa hospital in Monrovia on September 7, 2014Geneva (AFP) - The deadliest Ebola epidemic ever has now killed 2,811 in west Africa, the World Health Organization said Monday, adding though that in Senegal and Nigeria the outbreak had been basically contained.



Lady Gaga sheds quirky image for jazz album with Tony Bennett

U.S. singer Lady Gaga leaves after a news conference, ahead of her concert with Tony Bennett, in BrusselsBy Robert-Jan Bartunek BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, bridging a 60-year age gap to form one of music's unlikeliest pairs, launched a jazz album on Monday that lets the pop diva put aside her wacky image to sing sweet harmonies with the elder statesman of cool. "Cheek to Cheek", on sale on Tuesday after a launch concert in the ornate Renaissance setting of the Grand-Place in Brussels, features jazz standards by Cole Porter, Duke Ellington and others a distant world away from Lady Gaga's 21st century. ...



Siemens splurges $7.6 billion on Dresser-Rand in U.S. shale market bet

The Siemens logo is seen during the IFA Electronics show in BerlinBy Georgina Prodhan and Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Siemens AG has agreed to buy U.S. oilfield equipment maker Dresser-Rand Group Inc for $7.6 billion in cash, paying a relatively rich price to belatedly beef up its presence in the U.S. shale oil and gas industry. The acquisition, which ranks among the biggest in the history of the industrial group, will strengthen Siemens' position in the United States, its weakest region, and bring it nearer catching up with rival General Electric Co . ...



Germany's Merck to buy Sigma-Aldrich for $17 billion to boost lab supplies operation

Branch of drugs and chemicals group Merck is pictured in central German city of DarmstadtBy Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Drugs and chemicals maker Merck KGaA agreed on Monday to acquire U.S.-based Sigma-Aldrich Corp for $17 billion in cash to boost its lab supplies business, the biggest takeover in the German group's history. The deal helps Merck, 70 percent controlled by the descendants of its 17th century founder, to focus more on supplying drugmakers and academic institutions with chemicals and services, seen as offering a steadier income stream than drug development. ...



Constellation could be the North Star of skin health

Constellation's new screening methods could be ready in just one year.A Cambridge-based team is working to simplify screening for dangerous moles, hoping to all but wipe out melanoma through early detection methods that can be performed at home.







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