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October 28, 2015

Number of US plague cases unusually high this year, CDC says

There's been an unusually high number of plague cases in the United States this year, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

October 28, 2015

Despite US efforts, bird flu thought to spread between farms

Poultry veterinarians in Minnesota believe an outbreak of avian flu has spread between farms, indicating the implementation of a U.S. strategy to contain the deadly bird disease failed in at least some cases.

October 28, 2015

524 sickened by Salmonella outbreak linked with Foster Farms chicken

A total of 524 people in the United States have become ill with Salmonella Heidelberg likely related to Foster Farms raw chicken – in an outbreak that has spanned more than one year.

October 28, 2015

Woman a passenger on ill-fated cruises for 2 straight years

A southern New Jersey woman doesn't seem to have much luck when it comes to cruise ships.

October 28, 2015

CDC anthrax scare conjures up real Friday the 13th nightmare

It is a Friday the 13th Dr Paul Meechan will not soon forget.

October 28, 2015

US doctor stricken with Ebola said to be improving

Dr. Kent Brantly was able to walk, with help, from an ambulance after he was flown on Saturday to Atlanta, where he is being treated by infectious disease specialists at Emory University Hospital.

October 28, 2015

Ebola's persistence in survivors fuels concerns over future risks

A growing awareness of how the Ebola virus can hide in parts of the body such as eyes, breasts and testicles long after leaving the bloodstream raises questions about whether the disease can ever be beaten.

October 28, 2015

Fear, hope mark life inside Ebola center in Sierra Leone, doctor says

(Benjamin Black is a British doctor working as a volunteer with medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone, the country now at the epicentre of the outbreak.

October 28, 2015

Liberia to give two doctors experimental Ebola drug as death toll hits 1,013

Liberia said on Tuesday it would treat two infected doctors with the scarce experimental Ebola drug ZMapp, the first Africans to receive the treatment, while authorities in Spain said a 75-year-old priest had died of the disease.

October 28, 2015

Timeline: World's worst Ebola outbreak tests global response

International agencies and governments are struggling to contain the world's worst epidemic of the Ebola hemorrhagic virus, which has killed over 1,900 people in West Africa.