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October 28, 2015

Plague cases in California: What's behind the rise?

After nearly 10 years without any cases of plague, California has seen two people contract the age-old illness already this summer. 

October 28, 2015

Flu season continues to worsen, could peak this month, CDC says

Health officials say the flu is rampant in most of the country and could peak soon.

October 28, 2015

American Ebola doc: 'I am recovering in every way'

Dr. Kent Brantly, the American doctor infected with Ebola released a statement Friday — his second since being brought back to the U.S.

October 28, 2015

US hospitals unprepared to handle Ebola waste

U.S. hospitals may be unprepared to safely dispose of the infectious waste generated by any Ebola virus disease patient to arrive unannounced in the country, potentially putting the wider community at risk, biosafety experts said.

October 28, 2015

China military-linked firm eyes quick approval of drug to cure Ebola

A Chinese drugmaker with close military ties is seeking fast-track approval for a drug that it says can cure Ebola, as China joins the race to help treat a deadly outbreak of a disease that has spread from Africa to the United States and Europe.

October 28, 2015

Death toll from Congo Ebola outbreak rises to 31

The death toll from an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Djera region of northern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 31, Minister of Health Felix Kabange Numbi told Reuters on Tuesday.

October 28, 2015

Sixth Oregon college student stricken by meningococcal disease

A sixth University of Oregon student has contracted the potentially deadly meningococcal disease amid an outbreak that erupted in January, and more cases could emerge, public health officials said on Thursday.

October 28, 2015

California links 26 measles cases to Disneyland outbreak

California has confirmed more cases of measles in people who visited Disneyland or its adjacent California Adventure park last month, health officials said on Monday, raising the number of infected people to 26.

October 28, 2015

Uganda says free of Ebola-like Marburg after outbreak in September

Ugandan authorities said the east African country was free of Marburg, a virus similar to Ebola, after no new cases had been reported more than a month after a hospital worker died of the disease in the capital.

October 28, 2015

Sealed-off Liberia slum calm amid Ebola outbreak

Calm returned Thursday to a slum in the Liberian capital that was sealed off in the government's attempt to halt the spread of Ebola, a day after clashes erupted between residents and security forces, but now the tens of thousands of residents worried about getting food.