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Ebola flights, Latinas and cancer, lead at gun clubs
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Oct 22, 2014
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Ebola flights, Latinas and cancer, lead at gun clubs

Ebola. Some experts say a travel ban is a distraction. Genes protect some Latinas from breast cancer, and gun ranges with high levels of lead.

A nurse leaves an isolation room after checking a man on August 14, 2014 at the district hospital of Biankouma, during a simulation operation organized by the Ivory Coast Health Ministry to train medical staff to treat potential patients with Ebola.
A nurse leaves an isolation room after checking a man on August 14, 2014 at the district hospital of Biankouma, during a simulation operation organized by the Ivory Coast Health Ministry to train medical staff to treat potential patients with Ebola.
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Ebola. Some experts say a travel ban is a distraction. Genes protect some Latinas from breast cancer, and gun ranges with high levels of lead.

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A new study published in the Lancet journal projects that three-Ebola infected travelers per month could fly from West Africa.
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Currently there is no U.S. Surgeon General in office. Associated Press medical writer Mike Stobbe argues that it doesn't make a difference in the Ebola outbreak.
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A group took matters into its own hands after the feds refused to share data about who is being stopped and detained at its interior checkpoint in Arivaca, about 25 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border.
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A new study has found that a genetic variant common in some Latina women significantly lowers the risk of breast cancer.
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The Peruvian game show "El Valor de la Verdad" ("the value of the truth") dares contestants to reveal their deepest darkest secrets in exchange for big cash prizes. Ruth Thalía Sayas Sánchez, the show's first contestant, had her life changed forever.
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Andy and Brian Kamenetzky share the latest in sports.
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Many of the instances of force in LA County Jails involved the use of control holds and chemical agents such as Mace. Assistant Sheriff Terri McDonald shares more behind the trend.
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Banners along the Interstate 5 make bold claims condemning politicians for the drought to those traveling through the dry and dusty region. But behind the declarations is a complicated story.
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The Seattle Times looked into the issue after unsafe levels of lead were found in blood tests of 20 young people shooting at a gun club in Vancouver, Washington.
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The California Report's John Myers looks at how the fight is taking shape in this former Republican stronghold.
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"It just seems fashionable, right now," says Guilford Adams, aka Gilly the Clown. But there's a science behind the scare and some groups of people are more scared than others.
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Capital Public Radio's Amy Quinton looks at how the threat of wildfires has inspired new technology to deal with blazes.
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Last Fall's Festival Supreme was such a big hit, Tenacious D decided to do it all again this year. But this year, they've added a spooky Circus of Death.