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.
October 28, 2015 UN says it will try to identify all Ebola cases by June The World Health Organization says it aims to identify all new Ebola cases in West Africa by the end of May to stop the spread of the lethal virus before the rainy season.
October 28, 2015 Ukraine outbreak brings polio back to Europe, WHO says Two children in southwestern Ukraine have been paralyzed by polio, the first outbreak of the disease in Europe since 2010, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, in a setback for a global eradication campaign.
October 28, 2015 Nigerian doctor with Ebola treated patients, left dozens at risk A Nigerian doctor with Ebola carried on treating patients and met scores of friends, relatives and medics before his death, leaving about 60 of them at high risk of infection, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday.
October 28, 2015 Child tests negative for Ebola at NYC hospital A child who recently returned from West Africa and was transported to Bellevue Hospital Sunday with possible Ebola symptoms has since developed a fever, hospital officials say.
October 28, 2015 FDA orders safety studies from scope manufacturers Federal health authorities are ordering manufacturers of specialized medical scopes to study how the reusable devices are cleaned following a series of life-threatening bacterial outbreaks at U.S. hospitals.
October 28, 2015 Aid groups urge faster, grassroots Ebola response as world leaders meet Every 30-day delay in isolating Ebola patients will cause a tripling in daily cases of the deadly epidemic sweeping West Africa, according to new forecasts released on Tuesday.
October 28, 2015 35 sickened with norovirus at Phoenix VA hospital The Phoenix VA Hospital at the center of the 2014 Veterans Health Administration scandal confirmed that 35 people at the hospital have been sickened by norovirus.
October 28, 2015 Nigeria revels in removal from list of polio-endemic nations Nigeria on Saturday celebrated the announcement by the U.N. health agency that polio is no longer endemic in the West African country.
October 28, 2015 The spread of an antibiotic-resistant 'superbug' A week after grilling hamburgers in his backyard in November 2011, business consultant Kenneth Koehler became violently ill.