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Solar plane lands in New York City

A solar-powered airplane finished crossing the United States on Saturday, landing in New York City after flying over the Statue of Liberty during its historic bid to circle the globe, the project team said.  The spindly, single-seat experimental aircraft, dubbed Solar Impulse 2, arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport at about 4 a.m. local time after it took off about five hours beforehand at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania, the team reported on the airplane's website.  Such a pleasure to land in New York! For the 14th time we celebrate sustainability," said the project's co-founder Andre Borschberg on Twitter after flying over the city and the Statue of Liberty during the 14th leg of the trip around the globe. The Swiss team flying the aircraft in a campaign to build support for clean energy technologies hopes eventually to complete its circumnavigation in Abu Dhabi, where the journey began in March 2015. The solar cr...
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Ebola survived nurse left with permanent weakness in her leg

Pauline Cafferkey, 40, from Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, was hospitalised three times after contracting the virus while working in Sierra Leone in 2014.She told that she was now "Ebola negative" and her health had come on "leaps and bounds". But she said there were long-term issues, such as numbness and dizziness.Speaking on Radio Scotland's Stephen Jardine programme, Ms Cafferkey revealed that her case was the highest viral load of Ebola ever recorded in a survivor. She said that since being discharged from hospital for a third time in February, she had been doing "great" and had come on "leaps and bounds in the past few months." However, she added: "I've got pins and needles and numbness over various parts of my body. I've still got swelling at the base of my spine, which is very painful and dizziness - my balance isn't too good."Ms Cafferkey said a weakness that developed in her left leg had not improved....
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Scots nurse Pauline Cafferkey has been discharged from a London hospital after being treated there for a third time since contracting Ebola

The 40-year-old from South Lanarkshire was flown to the Royal Free Hospital on Tuesday after being admitted to Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.  The Royal Free said she had been discharged and was "not infectious".  Ms Cafferkey was treated there twice in 2015 after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone the previous year.  A spokesman for the Royal Free Hospital said: "Pauline Cafferkey has today been discharged from the care of the Royal Free Hospital following her admission due to a complication related to her previous infection by the Ebola virus.  "We can confirm that Pauline is not infectious. The Ebola virus can only be transmitted by direct contact with the blood or bodily fluids of an infected person while they are symptomatic."The nurse, from Halfway, Cambuslang, contracted the virus while working as part of a British team at the Kerry Town Ebola treatment centre. She spent almost a month in isolation at the Royal Free at the beginning of...
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Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey admitted to hospital for the third time since contracting Ebola in 2014

Health officials said she had been admitted for further investigations after routine monitoring but did not give specific details of her condition.  The 40-year-old from South Lanarkshire is said to be "stable" at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.  An RAF Hercules aircraft has arrived at Glasgow Airport. It is believed this will take her to hospital in London.  Ms Cafferkey was treated at London's Royal Free Hospital twice in 2015 after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone.  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said: "Ms Cafferkey was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital under routine monitoring by the Infectious Diseases Unit. "She is undergoing further investigations and her condition remains stable."She spent almost a month in isolation at the Royal Free at the beginning of 2015 after the virus was detected when she arrived back in the UK.  The nurse was later discharged after apparently making a full recovery, and in Mar...
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Ebola affected nurse Pauline Cafferkey full recovery

Pauline Cafferkey initially contracted Ebola while working at a treatment centre in Sierra Leone last year.  She was successfully treated at the Royal Free Hospital in London, but was taken there again in October after the virus caused her to develop meningitis.  The hospital said Ms Cafferkey had now been discharged.  In a statement, it said that the 39-year-old nurse was no longer infectious, was well enough to return to Scotland, and had been transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. A statement from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde added: "We can confirm that Pauline Cafferkey was transferred back to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital to complete her hospital treatment. Her condition is stable. "All the appropriate arrangements for Pauline's admission to the hospital and continued treatment have been followed. "Ms Cafferkey said she was "forever thankful for the amazing care" she had received at the Royal Free,...
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Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey is in serious condition

Nurse Pauline Cafferkey NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed that the virus is still present in Pauline Cafferkey's body after being left over from the original infection.  She is not thought to be contagious.  The 39-year-old has been flown back to the isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London.  Bodily tissues can harbour the Ebola infection months after the person appears to have fully recovered.  Ms Cafferkey, from Cambuslang in South Lanarkshire, spent almost a month in the unit at the beginning of the year after contracting the virus in December 2014.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) said she had been admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow on Tuesday after feeling unwell and was treated in its infectious diseases unit. She was then transferred to the Royal Free Hospital in the early hours of Friday morning due to an "unusual late complication" in her illness.  Dr Emilia Crighton, NHSGGC director of public h...
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