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Visitors Question Dallas Plans After Ebola Patient Dies

8:31pm October 10, 2014

by Jeff Brady

Public health officials in Dallas say the risk of acquiring the Ebola virus is small for most people but that message isn't reaching everyone. Some have canceled travel plans to the city.

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Minnesota's Liberian Immigrants Fear Stigma From Ebola

6:43pm October 10, 2014

by Matt Sepic

The community is reeling from the deaths of loved ones back home and local leaders are driving home the message: don't go home to grieve, stay here, protect yourselves.

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Icon Genetics' Dr. Frank Thieme selects samples of Nicotiana benthamiana, a relative of tobacco, growing in a company greenhouse in Halle, Germany. The company uses the plants to produce antibodies that could be helpful for increasing supplies of ZMapp.

Answering Your Questions About Ebola Treatments And Vaccines

6:43pm October 10, 2014

We answer listeners' questions about treatments and possible vaccines for Ebola.

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Dr. Gabriel Logan is one of two doctors at the Bomi county hospital, which serves a county of 85,000 people. In a desperate attempt to save Ebola patients, he started experimenting with an HIV drug to treat them.

A Liberian Doctor Comes Up With His Own Ebola Regimen

6:43pm October 10, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

At a government-run hospital in Liberia, Dr. Gabriel Logan is doing everything he can to save Ebola patients. That includes experimenting with an HIV drug as treatment.

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A helmet and pads won't prevent every fracture — but they help.

Sloppy Splinting Can Make A Child's Broken Arm Much Worse

6:17pm October 10, 2014

by Deborah Franklin

A pediatrician who specializes in fixing broken bones in kids and teens says about 90 percent of the fractures he treats have been splinted improperly in a community ER or urgent care center first.

If you think this looks like something fun to play with, you could get yourself into trouble.

Detergent Pods Can Cause Eye Injuries In Children

5:33pm October 10, 2014

by Nancy Shute

Detergent pods are convenient, sure, but small children continue to have dangerous encounters with them, sustaining injuries to the eyes and other body parts when the pods are squeezed or chomped.

This scale shows the tiniest things you can see with a light microscope.

How To Take A Nobel Prize-Winning Picture

5:32pm October 10, 2014

by Alison Bruzek

This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry went to a team that came up with a way to take a closer look at the secret lives of living cells. It could make biomedical research a lot easier.

High School students participate in a rally for the International Day of the Girl Child in Ahmedabad, India.

A Day For Global Girls Gets People Talking, But Then What?

5:14pm October 10, 2014

by Linda Poon

Oct. 11 is the U.N.'s day devoted to stopping child marriage, stepping up education and much more. Does the day really help? Experts have a mixed reaction.

Three Butterflies flew to Geneva to accept a humanitarian award: Maritza Asprilla Cruz (from left), Gloria Amparo, Mery Medina.

Gangs Can't Stop Colombia's Butterflies From Rescuing Women In Need

4:09pm October 10, 2014

by Rich Preston

By bus, by bike and by foot, they come to the aid of abused and displaced women in Colombia. And they've just won a $100,000 humanitarian prize for their efforts.

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When Holding An Orphaned Baby Can Mean Contracting Ebola

11:38am October 10, 2014

by NPR Staff

Anne Purfield and Michelle Dynes, epidemiologists at the CDC, recently spent several weeks in Sierra Leone. The Ebola epidemic, they explain, has taken a heavy toll on local health care workers.

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