January 18, 2016 More than 100 people quarantined after Sierra Leone Ebola death More than 100 people have been quarantined in Sierra Leone after coming in contact with a woman who died of Ebola last week, highlighting the potential for the disease to spread, just as the deadliest outbreak on record appeared to be over.
January 17, 2016 Turkeys test positive for bird flu at nine Indiana farms Turkeys tested positive for bird flu at nine more Indiana farms near the location where authorities first confirmed a strain different from the one that ravaged the U.S. poultry industry last summer, Indiana authorities said on Saturday.
January 15, 2016 CDC says closely monitoring outbreak of new bird flu strain The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is closely monitoring individuals who may have been exposed to the new strain of bird flu that has been found in a flock of turkeys in Indiana, a CDC health official said on Friday.
January 15, 2016 Hidden plague? New theory on how disease spread so perilously One reason the plague was able to spread so massively across Europe during the Middle Ages may have been that the bacteria that caused the disease lay hidden, in some unknown animal reservoir, for centuries, a new study reports.
January 15, 2016 Sierra Leone Ebola victim exposed 27 others to disease, NGO report finds A woman who died of Ebola this week in Sierra Leone potentially exposed at least 27 other people to the disease, raising the possibility of further transmission as a regional epidemic appeared nearly over, according to an aid agency report.
January 15, 2016 Virus linked to birth defects requires action, doctors say The rapid spread of a disease called Zika virus urgently requires attention, two leading researchers say
January 14, 2016 Spike in dengue cases expected in Thailand in 2016, expert says The number of dengue cases in Thailand is expected to spike this year, a researcher said, as experts from across Asia met to discuss introduction of the first ever dengue vaccine to control and prevent the disease.
January 14, 2016 WHO says Ebola outbreak over, but could it happen again? DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- The World Health Organization announced Thursday that the world's biggest-ever Ebola epidemic is over after two years.
January 14, 2016 Ukrainian health official says 25 people killed by swine flu Twenty-five people have died from swine flu in Ukraine since the start of the flu season, Tetyana Dykhanovska, the director of the state flu center, told Reuters by phone on Thursday.
January 14, 2016 Ebola epidemic ended in West Africa but flare-ups possible, WHO says The World Health Organisation on Thursday announced an end to the latest flare-up of the Ebola virus in Liberia, a milestone that marks the first time since the epidemic began in 2013 that there have been no known cases of the disease in West Africa.