Maja Salvador releases ‘Dahan-Dahan’ music video
The Philippines “Dance Princess”, Maja Salvador has released a music video for the song “Dahan-Dahan” from her debut album “Believe” this Saturday. WATCH the video here BELIEVE More...
Médecins Sans Frontières: Guinea Ebola outbreak ‘unprecedented’
Because the Ebola outbreak in Guinea has spread to the capital of Conakry and is found in several other locations, this has prompted the humanitarian organization, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to describe More...
Sivextro, to treat MRSA skin infections, receives recommendation from FDA Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee
PRESS RELEASE Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee (AIDAC) voted to recommend approval of Cubist’s investigational More...
Salmonella as a child a risk for IBS as an adult: Study
Researchers from the University of Bologna in Italy say that if you had salmonellosis as a child, you are at greater risk to develop irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) into adulthood, according to a study published More...
South Korea CDC issues travel advisory for the Philippines due to measles outbreak
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory for travelers to the Philippines today in response to the measles outbreak in the Southeast Asian country, according to an Arirang report today. The More...
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea: Over 5,000 farms affected, Iowa accounts for 33 percent
The Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) outbreak during the past year since it was first detected and one-third of the farms are in Iowa, according to the most recent The National Animal Health Laboratory Network More...
‘The Walking Dead’ season 5: Tyreese, Carol, Beth and Terminus questions answered ‘quickly’
The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman has promised “quick” answers heading into the show’s fifth season. Major characters Carol (Melissa McBride), Tyreese (Chad L Coleman) and Beth (Emily Kinney) More...
Samuel L Jackson says Frozone likely back for ‘The Incredibles 2’
Pixar recently announced that The Incredibles 2 was in the works with original director Brad Bird writing the script. A sequel to The Incredibles has never been off the table with Bird, but he has been on several More...
Neocons to declare war on a Rand Paul Presidential candidacy
The neoconservatives, or neocons, that group of former liberals turned Republican who have a very itchy trigger finger and are not adverse to sending our sons and daughters to wars all over, despite most never making More...
‘Harry Potter’ spinoff ‘Fantastic Beasts’ set 70 years earlier, starting in New York
Newt Scamander is the new protagonist for the Harry Potter spinoffs, which are “neither prequels or sequels,” in development at Warner Bros – the first being Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find More...
‘Bad Words’ Movie Review: Ruthless and funny, better than its ‘bad’ title
Arrested Development star Jason Bateman gets his directional debut in Bad Words, also starring as the lead character, a 40-year-old Guy Trilby who has a lifelong desire to win the Spelling Bee. This is the backdrop More...
Liberia: Two test positive for Ebola
The Liberian Ministry of Health has reported that at least two people have been confirmed positive for Ebola, according to an update Sunday. Image/CIA Health officials say as of 29 March, seven clinical samples, More...
Pope Francis shocks Catholics, kneels in public to confess sins to priest
Pope Francis I has shocked Catholics, faith leaders and his own master of ceremonies Friday when he broke protocol to do something unexpected: he bowed down in front of the crowd at St. Peter’s Basilica and confessed More...
Nigeria: Islamic extremists attempt jailbreak, 21 dead
A shootout at Nigeria’s State Security Services headquarters killed at least 21 people Sunday, a government spokeswoman said of what appears to be an attempted jailbreak by Islamic extremists. Residents described More...
Ahead of ‘Cesar Chavez’ film, former border patrol agent discusses meeting the labor organizer
With Release of New ‘Cesar Chavez’ Film, Former Border Patrol Agent Recalls His First Meeting with Famed Labor Organizer Keeping an eye out for harvest crews on a late-summer morning in 1965, my partner, Bill More...
Margo Martindale talks ‘Heaven is for Real’ saying she ‘believes,’ fighing Keri Russell
Actress Margo Martindale has an exploding resume of fantastic work over the last couple of years. Now the Justified star speaks about her role and the upcoming film Heaven Is For Real. “I believe there’s More...
Ebola update: Number of deaths at 70, Senegal closes border
According to a World Health Organization update today, as of 28 March, the total number of suspected and confirmed cases in the on-going Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF) outbreak in Guinea has increased to 112, including More...
North Cotabato beauty, Mary Jean Lastimosa, crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2014
The competition was stiff last night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum as 40 talented and beautiful Filipinas vied for the sought after title of Bb. Pilipinas Universe. Mary Jean LastimosaImage/Facebook 26-year-old More...
Newshounds Unite!: Ebola, Heartland virus disease and Donald Trump with Coston and Crof
It was a fun airing of the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show Saturday as I was joined by two of the premiere newshounds and infectious disease bloggers out there, Mike Coston, who runs Avian Flu Diary, and Crawford More...
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown cancels all in-door social events due to suspected norovirus outbreak
Several University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown students have reported an illness–with the symptoms of fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and general abdominal discomfort, to campus Health Services More...
