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De Niro yanks anti-vaccine documentary from film fest

De Niro offs a documentary by a former British medical researcher about a link between vaccines and autism from Tribeca Film Festival.

De Niro yanks anti-vaccine documentary from film fest
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Possible causes of negative reactions to measles vaccination

Chief Kazakh Sanitary Doctor and Vice-Minister of Health and Social Development declare preliminary causes of the negative reactions to the measles vaccination conducted in February.

Possible causes of negative reactions to measles vaccination
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Measles vaccination in Kazakhstan: safe or not?

Authorities in Kazakhstan and the WHO disagree on the safety of measles vaccination.

Measles vaccination in Kazakhstan: safe or not?
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Vaccination against measles in Kazakhstan puts teenagers into hospital beds

Vaccination against measles in Kazakhstan went terribly wrong when dozens of teenagers were hospitalized in fever and unconscious to local hospitals.

Vaccination against measles in Kazakhstan puts teenagers into hospital beds
IMF unblocks cash as desperate west Africa awaits Ebola aid

The International Monetary Fund fast-tracked $130 million in aid to fight the Ebola epidemic.

IMF unblocks cash as desperate west Africa awaits Ebola aid
Ebola toll hits 2,400 as Cuba pledges medics

The worst-ever Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,400 people, as Cuba pledged the largest foreign medical team.

Ebola toll hits 2,400 as Cuba pledges medics
Sierra Leone to visit every home to track down Ebola dead

Sierra Leone announced plans to visit every home in the country of six million to track down people with Ebola and remove dead bodies.

Sierra Leone to visit every home to track down Ebola dead
Liberia's Ebola disposal teams preserve life after death

Heavily pregnant when she died, Fatimah Jakemah is lifted unceremoniously by experts in biohazard suits and zipped into a body bag.

Liberia's Ebola disposal teams preserve life after death
Travel restrictions could worsen Ebola crisis: experts

Travel restrictions could worsen West Africa's Ebola epidemic, limiting medical and food supplies and keeping out much-needed doctors.

Travel restrictions could worsen Ebola crisis: experts
Ebola zone countries isolated as airlines stop flights

The three nations at the centre of the west African Ebola outbreak were left isolated as more airlines suspended flights to the crisis zone.

Ebola zone countries isolated as airlines stop flights
Nigeria delays start of school year over Ebola virus

Nigeria said that resumption of classes in all public and private schools will be delayed by a month to put in place "preventive measures".

Nigeria delays start of school year over Ebola virus
Air France staff refuse to fly to Ebola-hit nations

Some Air France flight crews are refusing to board planes bound for Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria over fears of the Ebola outbreak.

Air France staff refuse to fly to Ebola-hit nations
Infected Ebola patients flee after attack on Liberia clinic

Seventeen Ebola patients in Liberia who fled from a guarantine centre after it was attacked by club-wielding youths were missing.

Infected Ebola patients flee after attack on Liberia clinic
Evidence that Ebola outbreak 'vastly' underestimated: WHO

The World Health Organisation said the magnitude of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa has been "vastly" underestimated .

Evidence that Ebola outbreak 'vastly' underestimated: WHO
Chikungunya test vaccine shows promise: makers

A candidate vaccine against the joint disease chikungunya showed promise by provoking an immune response in human trials.

Chikungunya test vaccine shows promise: makers
Rwanda tests possible Ebola case: health ministry

Rwanda has placed a German student with Ebola-like symptoms in isolation, checking for the deadly tropical disease.

Rwanda tests possible Ebola case: health ministry
WHO declares Ebola epidemic a global emergency

Nigeria became the latest country to declare a national emergency over the deadly Ebola virus.

WHO declares Ebola epidemic a global emergency
Ebola sparks states of emergency across west Africa

States of emergency were in effect across overwhelmed west African nations Friday with the death toll from the Ebola epidemic nearing 1,000.

Ebola sparks states of emergency across west Africa
Chikungunya virus spreads from Caribbean to C. America

The mosquito-born chikungunya virus is spreading into Central America, health authorities there say, after outbreaks in several Caribbean nations.

Chikungunya virus spreads from Caribbean to C. America
A polio worker administers polio vaccine drops to a boy. ©Reuters/Akhtar Soomro
Pakistan to set up polio vaccination points at airports

Pakistan will set up mandatory polio immunisation points at its international airports in response to recommendations by the World Health Organisation, the health ministry said.

Pakistan to set up polio vaccination points at airports