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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

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At Long Last, India Starts Measures To Curb Air Pollution

Comments (1) | air pollution, CSE, Delhi, India, International, Prakash Javadekar, WHO

A high concentration of automobiles, in particular diesel vehicles, has been driving the world's highest air pollution. (Tumblr)

Adi Radia
Staff Reporter

People are happy about the country's newly introduced air quality index, but "the acknowledgement has come too late."

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

World Health Organization Says Ebola Vaccines Will Be Ready By 2015

Comments (0) | ebola, Ebola vaccine, ebola vaccine trials, ebola vaccines, ebola virus, Health, International, West Africa, WHO, world health organization

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Shilpa Nagesh
Supervising Executive Producer

If clincal testing goes well, the Ebola vaccines could make its way to West Africa for more testing as early as December.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Other Major Diseases Are Going Untreated In West Africa Because Of Ebola

Comments (0) | ebola, health workers, International, Malaria, maternal deaths, tuberculosis, West Africa, WHO

Signe Okkels Larsen
Staff Reporter

Women and children are dying because of Ebola--but none of them test positive for it.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Ebola Cases Increasing and Death Rate Up

Comments (1) | cdc, center for disease control and prevention, death, death rate, ebola, infection, Nation and World, West Africa, WHO, world health organization

Belinda Cai
Web Producer

Cases could reach 1.4 million by 2015 and deaths are at 70% now.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Post-War Aid Packages Lack Mental Health Provisions

Comments (0) | aid packages, children, conflict, Depression, Health, ISIL, isis, kids, mental health, mental illness, Obama, Opinion, ptsd, Syria, the state of minds, war, WHO

Many Palestinian children suffer PTSD. (RafahKid Kid, Wikimedia Commons)

Ariana Shives
Columnist

According to a 2005 study, less than four percent of Palestinian children ages 10-19 showed no symptoms of PTSD.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Ebola Vaccine Will Soon Be Ready

Comments (0) | ebola, Ebola outbreak, Ebola vaccine, Health, pandemic, vaccine, WHO, world health organization

The meeting was part of a broader mobilization against Ebola. (United States Mission Geneva, Wikimedia Commons)

Ashley Yang
Web Producer

Experimental treatments for the deadly fever will be expedited through the testing process.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Ebola Deaths Now Exceed 1,900 And Spreading

Comments (2) | death toll, deaths, disease, ebola, Ebola outbreak, geneva, International, meeting, West Africa, WHO, World Health Organisation

Belinda Cai
Web Producer

The outbreak could spread to more than 20,000 people before it is contained, according to the WHO.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

World Health Organization Says Ebola Epidemic Could Affect Up To 20,000 People

Comments (0) | bruce aylward, ebola, ebola epidemic, Health, international news, West Africa, WHO, world health organization

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Shilpa Nagesh
Supervising Executive Producer

At least 40% of the number of Ebola cases occured within the past three weeks.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

WHO Launches $100 Million Ebola Response Plan

Comments (0) | dead, doctors, ebola, Guinea, infection, International, killed, liberia, Margaret Chan, medicine, nurses, outbreak, plan, response, Sierra Leone, spread, un, virus, West Africa, WHO

Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor

WHO Director-General Margaret Chan meets with the presidents of affected nations to discuss this "unprecedented" outbreak.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

WHO: Air Pollution Causes Cancer

Comments (0) | air pollution, bladder cancer, cancer, carcnogenic, IARC, International Agency for Research on Cancer, lung cancer, Nation and World, pollution, urban, WHO, world health organization

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Lizzie Pereira
Executive Producer

City dwellers, beware. Smoggy skies are more dangerous than you think.

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