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Disease Outbreaks Demand A Flexible Approach

In the fight against Ebola, the U.S. may have unwittingly employed a flexible strategy, touched upon in a new study, to stop the disease's spread.

Care To 'Support Our Hooters' In Fight Against Breast Cancer? [VIDEO]

Hooters is hoping to raise awareness of breast cancer through its "Support Our Hooters" campaign.

Social Media Is Making You Hate Your Body [VIDEO]

Since 1984, Glamour reveals their readers feel worse about their body, but today, it's thanks to social media.

Those Dish Cloths Were Made For Drying Dishes, And Nothing Else

A study found that 89 percent of dishcloths hold some kind of bacteria, and it's because people aren't using them right.

Brooke Guinan Is New York’s First (And Only) Transgender Firefighter

Brooke Guinan is New York City's first and only transgender female firefighter, and she's hoping to break down stereotypes about the LGBT community.

Spanish Nurse With Ebola Tests Negative For The Disease

A Spanish nurse infected with Ebola in Madrid after caring for two patients with the virus has tested negative in a second examination, meaning she is clear of the disease.

'Sleeping Beauty' Can't Stay Awake For More Than 2 Hours A Day [VIDEO]

A woman in the UK, dubbed the British "Sleeping Beauty," only gets two hours a day to live a normal life due to Kleine-Levin syndrome.

From Social Drinker To Alcoholic, In One Flip Of A Switch

A research team from UCSF has identified changes in the brain that lead from moderate alcohol consumption to binge drinking.

5 Ebola Safety Measures That Were Unnecessarily Extreme

Ebola is nearly impossible to contract unless you live or work immediately near someone who has it. If only these people knew that.

Ebola Has A History Of Spreading Through Poorly Equipped Medical Facilities [VIDEO]

Ebola co-discoverer Peter Piot speaks about identifying the virus in 1976 during an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Unfortunately, many problems they faced back then persist today.

Sex In Movies Is No Big Deal For Modern Parents

Parents may get so accustomed to seeing sex and violence in movies and television that they end up lowering their standards for what kids are allowed to watch.