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Liberia finds two Ebola cases weeks after being declared free of it

Liberia confirmed on Wednesday it had at least two cases of Ebola, nearly two months after the West African country worst hit by the disease had been declared free of it. More than 11,200 people have died since last year in the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, nearly all of them in three neighboring countries, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Liberia was the worst-hit, with more than 4,800 people dying,

Liberia finds two Ebola cases weeks after being declared free of it

Liberia confirmed on Wednesday it had at least two cases of Ebola, nearly two months after the West African country worst hit by the disease had been declared free of it. More than 11,200 people have died since last year in the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, nearly all of them in three neighboring countries, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Liberia was the worst-hit, with more than 4,800 people dying,

FDA OKs second test to see if Essure contraceptive is placed right

(Reuters) – Bayer Healthcare said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved using transvaginal ultrasound as an alternate test to confirm if the company’s Essure permanent birth control device has been placed properly. Essure is a small metal coil inserted into woman’s fallopian tubes. In a transvaginal ultrasound (TVU), sound waves emitted from a probe placed in vagina help a physician check if Essure has been placed properly.

FDA OKs second test to see if Essure contraceptive is placed right

(Reuters) – Bayer Healthcare said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved using transvaginal ultrasound as an alternate test to confirm if the company’s Essure permanent birth control device has been placed properly. Essure is a small metal coil inserted into woman’s fallopian tubes. In a transvaginal ultrasound (TVU), sound waves emitted from a probe placed in vagina help a physician check if Essure has been placed properly.

FDA OKs second test to see if Essure contraceptive is placed right

(Reuters) – Bayer Healthcare said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved using transvaginal ultrasound as an alternate test to confirm if the company’s Essure permanent birth control device has been placed properly. Essure is a small metal coil inserted into woman’s fallopian tubes. In a transvaginal ultrasound (TVU), sound waves emitted from a probe placed in vagina help a physician check if Essure has been placed properly.

Workers at Kenya's main port strike over higher health costs

MOMBASA (Reuters) – More than 2,000 workers at East Africa’s biggest port in Kenya’s coastal city Mombasa went on strike on Wednesday protesting an increase in the amount they will have to pay for state-run health insurance. The port, the biggest in the region, handles imports such as fuel for Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia. Interruption of the port activities threatens regional business

Workers at Kenya's main port strike over higher health costs

MOMBASA (Reuters) – More than 2,000 workers at East Africa’s biggest port in Kenya’s coastal city Mombasa went on strike on Wednesday protesting an increase in the amount they will have to pay for state-run health insurance. The port, the biggest in the region, handles imports such as fuel for Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia. Interruption of the port activities threatens regional business

Friends, musicians honor Winehouse at 'AMY' London premiere

A highly-anticipated documentary about late British singer Amy Winehouse has premiered in her hometown London, where friends and fellow musicians paid tribute to the six-time Grammy Award winner. ‘AMY’, which follows the “Rehab” singer’s life and death in 2011 from alcohol poisoning, was shown on Tuesday night before hitting UK cinemas on Friday. The biopic, first shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May, has drawn criticism from her father

Friends, musicians honor Winehouse at 'AMY' London premiere

A highly-anticipated documentary about late British singer Amy Winehouse has premiered in her hometown London, where friends and fellow musicians paid tribute to the six-time Grammy Award winner. ‘AMY’, which follows the “Rehab” singer’s life and death in 2011 from alcohol poisoning, was shown on Tuesday night before hitting UK cinemas on Friday. The biopic, first shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May, has drawn criticism from her father