October 28, 2015 Seventh Sierra Leone doctor killed by Ebola, senior health worker says A Sierra Leonean doctor died of Ebola on Tuesday, a medical source said, bringing to seven the number of doctors killed by the virus savaging the nation's healthcare system.
October 28, 2015 Tuberculosis testing interrupts Ohio school's spring break A northeast Ohio school associated with a probable case of tuberculosis is opening during its spring break week so that families associated with the facility can get health care screenings.
October 28, 2015 Benzene in traffic emissions tied to childhood leukemia Traffic pollution near the home - and specifically, benzene in the air - increases the risk of one type of childhood leukemia, according to a nationwide study in France.
October 28, 2015 US allows use of Ebola test overseas as crisis deepens United States health regulators on Wednesday authorized the use of an Ebola diagnostic test developed by the Pentagon to help contain the world's worst outbreak of the deadly virus
October 28, 2015 Spain to repatriate priest with Ebola virus Spain's Defense Ministry says a medically equipped Airbus 310 is ready to fly to Liberia to repatriate a Spanish missionary priest who has tested positive for the Ebola virus
October 28, 2015 New bird flu cases probable in Iowa, millions of birds affected Initial tests have found probable avian influenza outbreaks at five new commercial poultry sites in Iowa, affecting more than 6 million birds, the state's agriculture department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday.
October 28, 2015 Loud noise exposure linked to heart disease risk People with long-term exposure to loud noise at work or in leisure activities may be at increased risk of heart disease, a U.S. study finds.
October 28, 2015 Liberia short on ambulances for Ebola patients The man with reddened eyes sat in his underwear outside his thatched home. He was weak from diarrhea, so his wife called the Ebola hotline for an ambulance. Now that it was here, though, he didn't want to go.
October 28, 2015 3 more Bronx sites test positive for Legionnaires' bacteria Three more sites in the Bronx have tested positive for the bacteria that cause the potentially deadly Legionnaires' disease.
October 28, 2015 Saudi minister says MERS cases are reducing before haj A recent surge in cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a sometimes deadly virus, in Saudi Arabia has ebbed in the run-up to Islam's annual haj pilgrimage, the kingdom's Health Minister Khaled al-Falih said on Thursday.