Health & Safety

Medicare Concedes, Agrees To Pay For Woman's Home Health Care

3:35pm October 30, 2014

by Susan Jaffe

A 78-year-old Vermont woman has won the latest skirmish in her long-running battle with Medicare. The agency agreed to pay for home health care coverage even though she remains disabled.

Nurse Kaci Hickox and her boyfriend, Ted Wilbur, are followed by a Maine state trooper as they ride bikes on a trail near her home in Fort Kent, Maine, on Thursday.

Maine's Gov. Threatens Legal Action To Force Nurse Into Quarantine

3:25pm October 30, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Kaci Hickox, who tested negative for Ebola and says she is asymptomatic, defied Gov. Paul LePage by setting off on a morning bike ride with her boyfriend.

Domitilia, 57, is a diabetic patient in the Dominican Republic who contracted tuberculosis. She's now cured of TB after two years of treatment.

Unlikely Marriage Of Diseases: TB And Diabetes Form A 'Co-Epidemic'

3:04pm October 30, 2014

by Richard Knox

The risk of developing tuberculosis soars when someone has diabetes. The threat of a double pandemic is a challenge for the medical profession, where different docs typically treat each disease.

Why Saying Is Believing — The Science Of Self-Talk

2:07pm October 30, 2014

by Laura Starecheski

Self-help videos tell women to learn to love their bodies by saying nice things to themselves in the mirror. Can shushing your harshest critic actually rewire the brain?

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Ebola patient Amber Vinson arrived by ambulance at Emory University Hospital on Oct. 15. Now healthy, Vinson was discharged from the hospital Tuesday.

Emory Hospital Shares Lessons Learned On Ebola Care

11:56pm October 29, 2014

by Jim Burress

The same Atlanta hospital that treated the first U.S. Ebola patient in August discharged its fourth patient Tuesday. All survived. Patients in isolation need extra emotional support, the team says.

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Health & Safety

UNC Bans Student Travel To Ebola-Stricken Areas

7:43pm October 29, 2014

by Keri Brown

Officials at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill are banning students from traveling to three countries due to concerns about Ebola.

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Home health care workers Jasmine Almodovar (far right) and Artheta Peters (center) take part in a Cleveland rally for higher pay on Sept. 4.

Home Health Workers Struggle For Better Pay And Health Insurance

4:09pm October 29, 2014

by Sarah Jane Tribble

Home health care aides often toil for low pay and in jobs without benefits, including health insurance. A million more home health care workers will be needed to meet demand over the next decade.

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NBC cameraman Ashoka Mukpo, 33, contracted Ebola in Liberia, arrived in Nebraska for care on Oct. 6 and was released from the hospital Oct. 22.

Why The Ebola Evacuees Survived And What We Learned From Them

3:03pm October 29, 2014

Ten of the 14 Ebola patients evacuated from West Africa have survived. We asked specialists: What made the difference?

A photo taken Sunday of Kaci Hickox in an isolation tent at University Hospital in Newark, N.J. Hickox, who was later discharged and allowed to return to her home in Maine, says she has no intention of abiding by a "voluntary" quarantine there.

Maine To Enforce Quarantine For Nurse Who Worked In West Africa

1:08pm October 29, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Kaci Hickox, who was first placed in isolation in New Jersey after her return over the weekend from Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone, has refused to abide by a "voluntary" quarantine in the state.

NPR producer Rolando Arrieta approaches the Ebola screening station at the airport in Monrovia, Liberia.

No Hand-Washing, Spotty Temperature-Taking At Liberia's Airport

11:28am October 29, 2014

by Michaeleen Doucleff

The Ebola screening of airline passengers departing from Monrovia was not operating like a well-oiled machine Monday.