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Without Lucrative Market, Potential Ebola Vaccine Was Shelved for Years

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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork GALVESTON, Tex. — Almost a decade ago, scientists from Canada and the United States reported that they had created a vaccine that was 100 percent effective in protecting monkeys against the Ebola virus. The results were published in a respected journal, and health officials called them exciting. The researchers said […]

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West Africa: Researchers Develop Quick Ebola Diagnosis Device

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Follow us on Twitter:  GoAfricaNetwork The new tool, developed by France’s Atomic Energy Commission, could allow doctors to diagnose a patient with suspected Ebola in under 15 minutes. France’s Atomic Energy Commission said that the device, which has undergone trials at a high-security for validating the technique and prototype, would be available in Ebola-hit countries

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W.H.O. Declares Nigeria Free of Ebola

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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork GENEVA — The World Health Organization declaredNigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, officially free ofEbola infections on Monday, calling the outcome the triumphal result of “world class epidemiological detective work.” The announcement came 42 days after the last reported infection in Nigeria’s outbreak, twice the maximum incubation period for the Ebola

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In Conspicuous Success, Senegal Is Declared Ebola-Free

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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork GENEVA — The World Health Organization declared the West African nation of Senegal to be free of Ebola on Friday, a rare success in dealing with a deadly virus that has rampaged uncontrolled in neighboring countries and prompted alarm around the world. Senegal’s achievement came as the health organization was

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Where is Voice Recognition in EHR Headed?

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Foolow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Written By John Lynn I’ve long been interested in voice recognition together with EHR software. In many ways it just makes sense to use voice recognition in healthcare. There was so much dictation in healthcare, that you’d think that the move to voice recognition would be the obvious move. The

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Testing and correctly Diagnosing Ebola (what Laboratory tests should be conducted)

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Follow us on Twitter: @goAfricaNetwork Diagnosing Ebola in an person who has been infected for only a few days is difficult, because the early symptoms, such as fever, are nonspecific to Ebola infection and are seen often in patients with more commonly occurring diseases, such as malaria and typhoid fever. However, if a person has

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Harvoni, a Hepatitis C Drug From Gilead, Wins F.D.A. Approval

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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork The first complete treatment for hepatitis C that requires taking only one daily pill won approval Friday from the Food and Drug Administration. The drug, called Harvoni and developed by Gilead Sciences, could shorten the duration of treatment and provide the first all-oral regimen for many patients. The new drug

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Wearable Technology That Feels Like Skin

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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork When it comes to the future of computing, there is one major known and a principal unknown. The known, with almost guaranteed certainty, is that the next era of computing will be wearables. The unknown, with commensurate guaranteed uncertainty, is what these wearables will be and where on your body

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Mind-controlled prosthetic arm now a reality

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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork A man in Sweden has become the first recipient of a mind-controlled prosthetic arm that is directly interfaced with muscle, bone and nerves. A Swedish amputee has become the first person in the world to be fitted with a prosthetic that directly interfaces with his bone, muscle and nerves, and

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Experimental Ebola Drug Puts Its Maker, Chimerix, Back in the Spotlight

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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Just seven months ago, executives at the biotechnology company Chimerix were receiving death threats after refusing to provide its experimental drug to a 7-year-old boy who was close to dying from a viral infection. The refusal set off a fierce social media campaign and subjected the company to unfavorable news

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