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October 28, 2015

PTSD common among female Vietnam-era veterans

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be more common than previously thought among female veterans of the Vietnam War era, suggests a new study.

October 28, 2015

Suit filed against scope maker in superbug infection

A patient has sued the maker of a medical scope linked to the outbreak of a superbug at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

October 28, 2015

Lack of people, supplies and money plague Africa's Ebola fight, experts say

Three Ebola-stricken countries will seek nearly $700 million in aid at a U.N. conference this week to rebuild their devastated health care systems, the World Health Organization said.

October 28, 2015

Could statins treat Ebola?

Statins should be considered as a possible treatment for Ebola, some researchers argue.

October 28, 2015

Death toll from Legionnaires’ disease up to 12, NYC Mayor says

The reported number of deaths from the largest outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York City has increased from 10 to 12, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a press conference Monday.

October 28, 2015

4 more measles cases reported in California

California public health officials on Monday reported four new cases of measles, bringing the total number people infected in the state so far to 123, most of them linked to an outbreak that began at Disneyland in December.

October 28, 2015

On Ebola's front line, doctor finds grief and inspiration

After a month on the front line battling Ebola in a hospital in Sierra Leone, the memories that both haunt and inspire British doctor Tim O'Dempsey are of the children.

October 28, 2015

Cholera will plague Haiti until water, sanitation crisis solved, experts say

Cholera will continue to kill and infect Haitians as long as they lack access to clean water and sanitation, with a thousand new cases reported each week, health experts say. 

October 28, 2015

Debt and hunger at birthplace of Ebola in Guinea

When 2-year-old Emile Ouamouno caught a fever, started vomiting, passed blood in his stool and died two days later, nobody knew why.

October 28, 2015

UN scientist with Ebola in Germany for treatment

A scientist who was infected with Ebola while working for the World Health Organization in Sierra Leone has arrived in Germany for treatment in a Hamburg hospital, officials said Wednesday.