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WHO works on plan to tackle disease outbreaks after Ebola fiasco

The World Health Organization, reeling under stinging criticism for its late response to the worst ever Ebola outbreak, on Tuesday said it was creating a blueprint to handle future disease outbreaks. A two-day meeting of the UN agency was aimed at creating better research and diagnostic facilities, improving data sharing between countries, and creating biobanks, said Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO assistant director for health systems and innovation. WHO chief Margaret Chan

TV chef Sandra Lee, N.Y. governor's girlfriend, diagnosed with cancer

By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sandra Lee, a television chef and longtime girlfriend of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, has been diagnosed with breast cancer, and the governor will be taking time off to be with her, his office announced on Tuesday. Lee, 48, will undergo a double mastectomy this week, she said in an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America” program. The cancer was detected in its