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April 21, 2016

Timeline: Zika's origin and global spread

The following timeline charts the origin and spread of the Zika virus from its discovery nearly 70 years ago: 1947: Scientists researching yellow fever in Uganda's Zika Forest identify the virus in a rhesus monkey 1948: Virus recovered from Aedes africanus mosquito in Zika Forest 1952: First human cases detected in Uganda and Tanzania 1954: Virus found in Nigeria 1960s-80s: Zika detected in mosquitoes and monkeys across equatorial Africa 1969-83: Zika found in equatorial Asia, including India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan 2007: Zika spreads from Africa and Asia, first large outbreak on Pacific island of Yap 2012: Researchers identify two distinct lineages of the virus, African and Asian 2013-14: Zika outbreaks in French Polynesia, Easter Island, the Cook Islands and New Caledonia.

April 20, 2016

Illinois says 5 more people with bacterial infection have died

The Illinois Department of Public Health said on Wednesday that five more people had died after being infected with Elizabethkingia, a disease linked to the deaths of 15 people in neighboring Wisconsin.

April 19, 2016

'Super gonorrhea' may go global, become untreatable

Last year's emergence of so-called "super gonorrhea" in Leeds hasn't ended in the UK city.

April 19, 2016

Diabetes may shorten healthy years of life

- Men and women with diabetes generally have shorter life expectancy and fewer years without disability than people without diabetes, according to a new study from Australia.

April 18, 2016

Indoor tanning linked to melanoma among young women

Indoor tanning may explain why U.S. melanoma rates are rising faster for women than for men, according to new research.

April 15, 2016

Latest battle to wipe out polio begins with vast vaccine switch

In a huge immunization effort in 150 countries, health teams will on Sunday launch what they hope will be the final push against polio.

April 15, 2016

Report: More infections from dirty scopes than estimated

At least 300 patients have been sickened by life-threatening infections linked to contaminated medical scopes — more than previously estimated by federal regulators, according to new figures released Friday.

April 15, 2016

US teens getting less formal sex education since 2006

Formal instruction about birth control and other aspects of sexual health in the U.S. is on the decline, according to an analysis of survey data from 2006 to 2013.

April 14, 2016

88 people at NY college fall ill with norovirus symptoms

Officials say nearly 90 people at a private university in western New York have fallen ill with symptoms linked to norovirus.

April 13, 2016

Brazil's confirmed, suspected microcephaly cases fall to 4,949

The number of confirmed and suspected cases of microcephaly in Brazil associated with the Zika virus declined for the second week to 4,949 in the week through April 9, from 5,092 the week earlier, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.