A woman has tested negative for Ebola

An Australian nurse treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone has been airlifted to the UK for observation, her government has said. The nurse, reported to be a woman, has not been diagnosed with Ebola and was transferred to Britain following what the Department of...

Flu Vaccine Just 23% Effective

It’s only 23% effective, primarily because it doesn’t include the bug that is making most people sick, according to a government study out today.That’s one of the worst performances in the last decade, since US health officials started routinely...

Work hard, party harder?

Working long hours may raise the risk for alcohol abuse, according to a new study of more than 300,000 people from 14 countries. Researchers found that employees who worked more than 48 hours a week were almost 13 percent more likely to drink to excess than those who...