Washington (AFP) - The number of Ebola infections in Liberia and Sierra Leone could skyrocket to 1.4 million by January 2015, according to a worst-case scenario released by US health authorities Tuesday. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that Ebola cases in these...
LONDON, (AFP) - Scientists in London on Tuesday unveiled plans to push ahead with clinical trials of prototype Ebola treatments in West Africa for the first time, possibly from November. "Ebola treatments are to be tested in West Africa for the first time," said the Wellcome...
[caption id="attachment_1005" align="alignleft" width="300"] Deborah Williams, spokeswoman for Big Marijuana. Big Mistake. (AP)[/caption] ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A television reporter quit her job on live TV with a big four-letter flourish after revealing she owns a medical marijuana business and intends to press for legalisation of...
There are plenty of slow-motion explosions, and flames are shown engulfing American troops. There are cameos from President George W. Bush and his "Mission Accomplished" banner, along with plenty of menacing fighters with masks over their faces, ready to execute civilians. The producers even toss in a...
ATLANTA, United States (AFP) -- President Barack Obama issued a global call to action to fight West Africa's Ebola epidemic yesterday, warning the deadly outbreak was unprecedented and "spiralling out of control", threatening hundreds of thousands of people. Speaking as he unveiled a major new US...