Ebola crisis could hurt malaria fight in West Africa and more top health news this week.
International health news
- Ebola crisis could hurt malaria fight — Efforts to control malaria in the three countries worst hit by Ebola could be set back by the outbreak, warn experts.
- TB figures higher than previously thought – WHO has revealed 9 million people developed TB in 2013, up from 8.6 million in 2012.
- Ebola in New York timeline – How one man brought Ebola to New York city from Guinea and sparked fear in America’s largest city.
Health advice
- Walnut-enriched diet slows Alzheimer’s progression – Studies with mice show a diet high in walnuts could slow, or even prevent Alzheimer’s.
Country health updates
- USA: Is Obamacare working? – A year after the Affordable Care Act was fully implemented, analysts look at whether it’s fulfilling Obama’s promises.
- Australia: Pioneering heart transplants – Doctors have successfully transplanted ‘dead’ hearts into donors for the first time.
- USA: Ebola quarantine nurse to sue – A nurse returning from working in West Africa says mandatory quarantine laws are violating her civil liberties.