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Judge considers arguments in challenge to New Mexico's universal childcare program

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge is scheduled Thursday to consider arguments in a challenge...

Health sleuths are watching for disease threats during the World Cup

WASHINGTON (AP) — While millions of soccer fans cheer or groan over World Cup matches spanning North...

Motorcycle taxi drivers in Congo rally for Ebola awareness as attacks hinder response

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Dozens of motorcycle taxi drivers spread messages about Ebola in an awareness caravan...

Playing hip-hop or Doris Day, older exercise instructors can speak their peers' language

SEATTLE (AP) — Bengie Santos was a dancer and choreographer for 30 years before reaching an age when...

Survivors share experiences and lessons from Congo’s 2018 Ebola outbreak

BENI, Congo (AP) — The memories come flooding back whenever Vianney Kambale Kombi hears the word Ebola...

How to stay safe while traveling during extreme heat

As travelers prepare to set off on summer trips , scorching temperatures lie in wait. Above-average...

Traders face big losses after Uganda closes Congo border over Ebola contagion fears

MPONDWE BORDER, Uganda (AP) — Leah Masika was on the verge of tears as she thought of her valuable consignmen...

Argentina expands hantavirus probe, sending teams to trap and test rats in Mendoza

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina on Friday said it was expanding its investigation into the...

Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could reach 20,000 cases without strong public health measures

NEW YORK (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending...

Texas governor wants to speed up work on a fly-breeding factory to fight a cattle parasite

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expressed concern Friday that a new factory isn't expected to start breeding...

Sri Lanka nursing home worker says a ‘chained’ patient was among 13 fire victims

GALPATHA, Sri Lanka (AP) — One of the residents killed in a fire at an unregistered nursing home i...

'We’re still behind' in Congo's Ebola outbreak even as testing improves, WHO chief says

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Congo’s Ebola outbreak “had a big head start, and we’re still behind,” the hea...

Indonesia arrests former nutrition agency head and officials in corruption investigation

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s recently dismissed head of the National Nutrition Agency was arreste...

Extreme weather can whip up anxiety. A safety plan can help

ATLANTA (AP) — Hurricanes, wildfires, floods and other extreme weather can also kick up storms of anxiety....

5 American cruise ship passengers leave Nebraska quarantine facility

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Five of the 18 American cruise ship passengers who have been staying at a national...

Hundreds of youths protest outside Kenya's Ebola quarantine center for US citizens

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of youths in Kenya’s central town of Nanyuki on Monday demonstrated agains...

US adult cigarette smoking rate hits another all-time low

NEW YORK (AP) — The cigarette smoking rate among U.S. adults dropped to another all-time low last year,...

Kenya court suspends US plan for Ebola quarantine facility for Americans

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A court in Kenya on Friday suspended a U.S. plan to establish a quarantine facility...

Canadian man pleads guilty to selling lethal substances to people who killed themselves

NEWMARKET, Ontario (AP) — A Canadian man accused of selling lethal products across 40 countries to hundred...

Canada will require self-isolation for people traveling from Congo, Sudan and Uganda due to Ebola

TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government said Tuesday that travelers from Ebola-affected regions will...

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