Sleeping on sofas increases infant deaths

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A large portion of sleep-related deaths occur when infants are placed on sofas, according to a new study that also found certain behaviors are linked to those deaths.

About one in eight sudden and sleep-related deaths among infants are occurring on sofas, according to researchers. They also say that deaths were more common among infants sleeping on a sofa with someone else, found on their side or exposed to tobacco while in the womb.

Nurse infected with Ebola says she's 'doing well'

The Texas nurse who became the first person to contract Ebola on American soil said Tuesday that she is doing well as her hospital expressed optimism about her recovery.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas released a statement on Nina Pham's behalf Tuesday. The comments were her first since she became infected with Ebola while caring for a man from Liberia who later died of the disease.

"I'm doing well and want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers," Pham said.

Chris Brown Thinks Ebola Is a Form of Population Control

Add Chris Brown to the list of celebrity conspiracy theorists.

The troubled R&B star offered his personal insight into the Ebola outbreak, writing on Twitter, "I don't know ... But I think this Ebola epidemic is a form of population control. S--t is getting crazy bruh."

How does an American nurse contract Ebola? With directions like these.

Here's what's scary about the Dallas health-care worker infected with Ebola: she knew she was treating an Ebola patient.

That's not supposed to happen. We've been told that Ebola can be stopped using modern medical protocols. An American health-care worker who is part of a team that knows it's treating an Ebola patient is supposed to be able to protect herself. So what happened?

Schoolgirls flee Boko Haram after 3-week hike through jungle

Four of the more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist sect Boko Haram in Cameroon have escaped, raising hopes for the young prisoners still held captive, according to a report.

The free girls, all between ages 16 and 18, escaped with the help of a teenage boy prisoner, who managed to get them out of the camp, according to Stephen Davis, a British-Australian negotiator who had tried to bargain with the extremist Islamic group for the schoolgirls’ freedom.