October 28, 2015 Staff deaths at leading hospital put India's TB battle in spotlight Campaigners and a former official overseeing Asia's largest tuberculosis hospital in Mumbai say staff deaths there are being under-reported, highlighting India's growing struggle to contain multi-drug resistant forms of the contagious, airborne disease.
October 28, 2015 Seattle hospital joins 'superbug' lawsuit against scope manufacturer A Seattle hospital has joined a lawsuit against the manufacturer of endoscopy medical scopes linked to a "superbug" outbreak at the medical center, claiming the company, Olympus America, put patients lives at risk by failing to disclose design flaws.
October 28, 2015 Can Facebook help stop the spread of Ebola? As Ebola wreaks havoc across the globe in the largest outbreak of the disease ever recorded, countries are scrambling to figure out how to best detect those who are contagious early on, and prevent the spread of disease. Â
October 28, 2015 FACTBOX: Bird flu concerns hit Europe as cases found in poultry Here are some key facts about avian influenza, after cases of H5N8 bird flu were detected on farms in Germany, the Netherlands and Britain.
October 28, 2015 Empty Ebola beds in Liberia pose riddle for health workers Health workers in Liberia are struggling to tell whether a growing number of empty beds at Ebola treatment centers is a sign that the country's ramped up response to the disease is working - or just a lull in the epidemic.
October 28, 2015 Miners in lock-down in Guinea as Ebola death toll hits 84 Foreign mining firms have locked down operations in Guinea and pulled out some international staff, executives said on Wednesday, as the death toll from suspected cases of Ebola there hit 84.
October 28, 2015 8 dead from Legionnaires' outbreak in western Illinois State officials are reporting another death and four new cases of Legionnaires' disease among residents of a western Illinois town, bringing the number of deaths to eight from an outbreak first disclosed last week.
October 28, 2015 WHO says 82 being monitored for Ebola in Mali Health workers are monitoring 82 people who had contact with a toddler who died of Ebola in Mali last week, but no new cases of the disease have yet been reported, World Health Organization spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said on Tuesday.
October 28, 2015 Pakistan arrests parents for refusing children's polio vaccinations Pakistan authorities have arrested hundreds of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children against polio, officials said Tuesday, as community opposition and Taliban threats block efforts to eradicate the crippling disease in one of its last strongholds.
October 28, 2015 Ebola death toll nears 3,000, but spread in Guinea stabilizes The exponential spread of the Ebola outbreak that has now killed almost 3,000 people in West Africa may have been checked in Guinea, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.