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October 28, 2015

Puerto Rico declares flu epidemic with 1 dead, 140 hospitalized

Puerto Rico's health secretary has declared a flu epidemic in the U.S. territory that has temporarily shut down at least one school.

October 28, 2015

USAID chief urges more focus on poor countries as Ebola spreads

The Ebola epidemic ravaging West Africa has exposed a need to help countries by applying public-private partnerships that will foster economic growth rather leave them dependent on aid, the U.S. Agency for International Development chief said on Thursday.

October 28, 2015

WHO urges Ebola screening for travelers in affected countries

Ebola-affected countries should immediately begin exit screening all passengers leaving international airports, sea ports and major ground crossings, the U.N. health agency said on Monday.

October 28, 2015

Liberia must wait weeks or months for new Ebola centers, says WHO

The Ebola response in Liberia, the country worst hit by the outbreak, will focus on community-level care units since new treatment centers are unlikely to be ready for weeks or months, World Health Organization Assistant Director General Bruce Aylward said on Tuesday.

October 28, 2015

Disneyland measles outbreak isn't largest in recent memory

The largest U.S. measles outbreak in recent history isn't the one that started in December at Disneyland. It happened months earlier in Ohio's Amish country, where 383 people fell ill after unvaccinated Amish missionaries traveled to the Philippines and returned with the virus.

October 28, 2015

Canada to donate its own Ebola vaccine to WHO for use in Africa

Canada will donate a small quantity of an experimental Ebola vaccine developed in its government lab to the World Health Organization for use in Africa, the country's health minister said on Tuesday. 聽聽聽

October 28, 2015

Flu shots for adults under 65 may boost protection for seniors

When healthy adults under age 65 get a flu shot to protect themselves, they may be helping older adults in their communities avoid the flu as well, according to a new analysis of nationwide U.S. data.

October 28, 2015

Measles cases turn attention to bounty of childhood vaccines

Measles is in the news, but it's just one of more than a dozen preventable - and sometimes forgotten - diseases targeted by vaccines for children.

October 28, 2015

New pig virus found in Ohio

A new swine virus, distinct from the deadly PEDv pig virus, has been found in fecal samples taken from four different farms in Ohio last month and early this month, the Ohio Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.

October 28, 2015

Tuberculosis now rivals AIDS as leading cause of death: WHO

For the first time, tuberculosis infections rivaled HIV/AIDS as a leading cause of death from infectious diseases, the World Health Organization said in a report released on Wednesday.