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Robert Snyder takes a break at Baia de Guanabara, Brazil's second largest bay.

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Volunteer Recap: Why Wearing The Right Shoes In Rio Matters

4:06pm October 28, 2014

by Linda Poon

When public health student Robert Snyder visited Rio de Janeiro last summer to do volunteer work, he learned the hard way that Birkenstock clogs are not a wise footwear choice.

Nurse Amber Vinson Discharged After Testing 'Ebola-Free'

2:05pm October 28, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The 29-year-old nurse, one of two who became infected while treating Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan, is being released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

The Case Against Mandatory Ebola Quarantines For Health Workers

1:17pm October 28, 2014

The New England Journal of Medicine published an editorial against quarantining people who have worked with Ebola patients in Africa. Renee Montagne speaks with Dr. Lindsey Baden, one of the authors.

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Australia is no longer processing new visa applications from the three worst-hit countries in Africa's Ebola outbreak. Here, a jetliner prepares to land at Sydney's international airport.

Australia Blocks New Visas From West Africa Over Ebola Outbreak

12:57pm October 28, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says Australia's steps to keep Ebola from crossing its borders include "temporarily suspending our immigration program, including our humanitarian program."

Happy Birthday To Google Doodle Honoree Dr. Jonas Salk!

12:51pm October 28, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

On the 100th anniversary of the polio pioneer's birth, Google takes note with a doodle. As the world gears up to fight Ebola, it's a good time to remember one of the heroes of a 1950s epidemic.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power has her temperature taken as she arrives in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Monday. Power is on a visit to West Africa to get a first-hand look at the global response to the epidemic.

U.N. Ambassador Goes To Sierra Leone For Closer Look At Ebola Crisis

12:23pm October 28, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Samantha Power, the U.S. envoy to the U.N., is on a multi-nation swing through West Africa to see how the global response to the deadly virus is faring.

Medical Journal To Governors: You're Wrong About Ebola Quarantine

12:13pm October 28, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

Govs. Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo have called for mandatory quarantine for "high risk" individuals returning from Ebola-stricken countries. The New England Journal of Medicine begs to differ.

Gilead's once-a-day pill for hepatitis C is the latest expensive and effective treatment that insurers say is a business challenge.

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Insurers May Cover Costly Hepatitis C Drugs Only For The Very Ill

11:27am October 28, 2014

by Michelle Andrews

Many insurers are restricting access to new drugs that are easier to take and that promise higher cure rates because the price tags can run $95,000 or more.

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Corneal Implants Might Make Reading Glasses Obsolete

9:03am October 28, 2014

by Patti Neighmond

For most people, the need for reading glasses is as inevitable as gray hair and wrinkles. Companies are experimenting with corneal implants to improve the ability to focus close up.

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A Diary Of Deaths Reminds Doctor Of Life

8:58am October 28, 2014

by John Henning Schumann

In everyday medical care, the practice of reflection is too often overlooked. Remembrance is what makes us human. Keeping tabs on who has died over the years keeps one doctor humble.

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