Some minorities more likely to have dementia but less apt to signal so on PET imaging

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Corey Bolton, PsyD, and Consuelo Wilkins, MD, Vanderbilt University professors and co-authors of the new Alzheimer’s and Dementia study. 

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Susan Urmy/VUMC

Black and Hispanic individuals—known to be at greater risk of developing the degenerative disease—are significantly less likely than others to show Alzheimer’s pathology on brain scans, according to new research. 

CDC seeking volunteers to control Ebola at U.S. airports, entry points

In an email, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked workers to consider supporting screenings of at-risk individuals arriving stateside. The move follows a formal recognition of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Africa as a Level 2 emergency, meaning the U.S. will have to take certain precautions to keep the virus from entering the country.