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If no checks, more Ebola cases might leave Africa
Nation/World
MARIA CHENG - AP Medical Writer 
October 21, 2014
LONDON (AP) — A new study underscores the potential danger of airplane passengers infected with Ebola leaving West Africa: If there were no exit scree...
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UN: We botched response to the Ebola outbreak
Here And Now, Nation/World
MARIA CHENG - AP Medical Writer 
October 17, 2014
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has admitted that it botched attempts to stop the now-spiraling Ebola outbreak in West Africa, blaming fac...
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US: Ebola cases could hit 1.4 million by mid-Jan.
Nation/World
MARIA CHENG - AP Medical Writer 
September 23, 2014
LONDON (AP) — New estimates by the World Health Organization and the U.S. health agency are warning that the number of Ebola cases could soar dramatic...
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UN: Spread of polio now a world health emergency
Nation/World
MARIA CHENG - AP Medical Writer 
May 5, 2014
LONDON (AP) — Raising a worldwide alarm, the World Health Organization announced Monday that spread of polio is an international public health emergen...
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Electrical device helps paralyzed men move legs
Nation/World
MARIA CHENG - AP Medical Writer 
April 8, 2014
LONDON (AP) — Three years ago, doctors reported that zapping a paralyzed man's spinal cord with electricity allowed him to stand and move his legs. No...
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UK scientists make body parts in lab
MARIA CHENG - AP Medical Writer 
April 8, 2014
LONDON (AP) — In a north London hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in the laboratory in a bold attempt to make body parts ...
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