New Jersey boy’s death is first linked directly to enterovirus
(Reuters) – A New Jersey boy who went to bed last month in seemingly good health and died in his sleep is the first fatality linked directly to a strain of enterovirus that has infected more than 500 people, a local medical official said on Sunday.
In Dallas, African immigrants worry about backlash from Ebola case
DALLAS (Reuters) – Some African immigrants in Dallas are worried that the case of a Liberian man who is sick with the Ebola virus in a city hospital is generating ill-feeling, including some taunts and finger-pointing, toward the wider community.
Texas ground beef recalled due to possible metal pieces
(Reuters) – Texas groceries had likely removed by Sunday morning all ground beef from store shelves that was subject to a recall due to possible contamination from tiny pieces of metal, an executive at the company which recalled the product said.
Nebraska hospital prepares for arrival of Ebola patient
(Reuters) – A Nebraska hospital is preparing for the expected arrival of an Ebola patient who contracted the disease in Liberia, a spokesman said on Sunday.
Chicago pedicabs run into rough headwinds from City Hall
CHICAGO (Reuters) – T.C. O’Rourke has encountered plenty of nasty weather in his years as a Chicago pedicab operator – rain, snow and steamy summer heat.
Cuban migrants drank own blood, urine, adrift at sea for 23 days
MIAMI (Reuters) – A group of Cuban migrants drank their own urine and blood after the engine of their homemade boat failed, leaving them adrift in the Caribbean for three weeks without food or water, according to survivors who reached the United States…
Ebola patient in Dallas turns critical, no new U.S. cases
DALLAS (Reuters) – The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States took a turn for the worse on Saturday, slipping from serious to critical condition in a Dallas hospital, as health officials reported tracking scores of possible cases around the…
Albuquerque officials cancel school dance after mass shooting threat
ALBUQUERQUE New Mexico (Reuters) – An Albuquerque high school on Saturday canceled its homecoming dance after threats were posted online threatening a mass shooting.
Ebola ruled out for ill passenger escorted off plane in Newark
(Reuters) – U.S. disease-control agents in biohazard suits removed a sick passenger and his daughter from a United Airlines jet that landed on Saturday in Newark, New Jersey, but federal health officials later said they had ruled out Ebola as a concern…
Sister of suspected Pennsylvania sniper thinks he has fled area
CANADENSIS Pa. (Reuters) – The sister of the survivalist suspected of killing a Pennsylvania trooper and wounding another three weeks ago said on Saturday she thought her brother had fled the area, and she urged him to surrender to authorities.
