There's pretty much nothing scarier than being told you have cancer. Although I've personally never been given this dreaded diagnosis, I was there by my mother's side when she was told in late 2009 she had a stage 3b adenocarcinoma growing in her left lung. Even...
BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) – The last patient to be treated for Ebola in Mali has made a full recovery, a senior health ministry official told AFP Thursday. "The recovery of a second Malian patient infected with the Ebola virus was officially recorded in Bamako Thursday," the...
(Reuters) - The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa's three hardest-hit countries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, has risen to 5,147 out of 14,068 cases at the end of Nov. 9, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. A further 13 deaths...
[caption id="attachment_695" align="alignleft" width="300"] Joan Rivers died today at age 81. (FP)[/caption] NEW YORK (AP) - Joan Rivers' left her daughter, Melissa, in charge of her fortune and left money for some of her favourite charities, including Guide Dogs for the Blind, Jewish Guild Healthcare and...
(Reuters) – Typhoon Hagupit weakened to a tropical storm as it churned close to the Philippine capital on Monday, after killing 27 people on the eastern island of Samar island where it flattened homes, toppled trees and cut power and communications. Manila shut down as Hagupit,...