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Arizona man who visited Sierra Leone Being Tested for Ebola

Arizona man who visited Sierra Leone Being Tested for Ebola

An unidentified 32-year-old Phoenix resident who returned from Sierra Leone this week has been hospitalized and will be screened for Ebola after complaining of feeling ill and experiencing dry heaves, along with diarrhea.  Maricopa Integrated Health System’s chief medical officer, Dr. Robert Fromm said

Campaigning under Way in Liberia Despite Ebola

Campaigning under Way in Liberia Despite Ebola

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Campaigning is under way for Senate elections in Liberia, another sign that Ebola is loosening its deadly grip on the West African country even as it hits the capital of neighboring Sierra Leone with increasing force.

Mali Ebola Crisis Deepens with Doctor’s Death

Mali Ebola Crisis Deepens with Doctor’s Death

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s emerging Ebola crisis deepened Thursday as the government announced that a doctor had died from the disease, becoming the second health worker fatality linked to a single patient initially thought to have kidney disease. At

Obama’s Executive Amnesty Could Affect 1.6 Million in California

Obama’s Executive Amnesty Could Affect 1.6 Million in California

President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty could provide legal status to 1.6 million people living in California, according to new estimates. Expected eligible illegal aliens could gain quasi-legal status under an anticipated expansion of the President’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

The Lib Dems' Foreign Aid Pledge Is Out-of-Touch Madness

The Lib Dems' Foreign Aid Pledge Is Out-of-Touch Madness

It isn’t exactly splitting the atom or even pushing boundaries to suggest that the modern Liberal Democrats are anathema to both liberalism and democracy.  Their commitment to the European Union, ever increasing taxation, neo-Malthusian environmental policies, open door immigration and

Liberia President to End Ebola State of Emergency

Liberia President to End Ebola State of Emergency

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia’s president said Thursday she is lifting a state of emergency imposed to control an Ebola outbreak that has ravaged the country, as Mali reported a fourth person now believed to have died of Ebola in

Surgeon with Ebola Coming to U.S. for Care

Surgeon with Ebola Coming to U.S. for Care

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A surgeon working in Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with Ebola and will be flown Saturday to the United States for treatment, officials from Sierra Leone and the United States said. Dr. Martin Salia was

Hammond: Pledge to Protect Foreign Aid 'Bizarre'

Hammond: Pledge to Protect Foreign Aid 'Bizarre'

Britain’s foreign secretary has dismissed as ‘bizarre’ the Lib Dem plan to enshrine the foreign aid budget in law by passing a bill fixing the amount of money the country gives away abroad at almost one percent of the gross

Ebola Death Toll Tops 5,000; Mali Quarantines 90

Ebola Death Toll Tops 5,000; Mali Quarantines 90

(Reuters) – The death of a nurse in Mali from Ebola prompted on Wednesday the quarantine of more than 90 people in the West African country’s capital, as the World Health Organization said the disease had now claimed at least

Liberia, Mali See Crucial Gains in Ebola Fight

Liberia, Mali See Crucial Gains in Ebola Fight

Liberia has announced a dramatic drop in new Ebola infections as Mali prepared to lift quarantine restrictions on dozens of people put at risk of exposure to the deadly virus. Liberian assistant health minister Tolbert Nyenswah said new cases had