October 28, 2015 Minnesota governor declares state of emergency over bird flu outbreak Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton declared a peacetime state of emergency Thursday to fight a deadly form of bird flu that has already killed millions of birds in the country's top turkey-producing state.
October 28, 2015 US suspends some Canadian poultry imports due to bird flu The United States has suspended imports of live and raw poultry from Canada's British Columbia due to an outbreak of bird flu virus there, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief veterinary officer told Reuters on Monday.
October 28, 2015 How does salmonella get into sushi? Raw tuna is the suspected source of a new outbreak of Salmonella, but how does tuna become contaminated with the bacteria in the first place?
October 28, 2015 British Ebola patient being treated with survivor blood plasma A British nurse diagnosed with Ebola earlier this week is being treated with blood plasma from a survivor of the virus and an experimental antiviral drug, the London hospital treating her said on Wednesday.
October 28, 2015 Bird flu outbreak hits Nebraska poultry farm The fast-spreading avian flu virus was confirmed for the first time in Nebraska, at a commercial egg-laying farm that housed a flock of 1.7 million chickens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday.
October 28, 2015 Bird flu found in UK, Netherlands but authorities say little risk to humans Bird flu was found on a duck farm in England on Monday days after it was discovered in Dutch chickens, forcing authorities to destroy poultry and restrict exports, although it was not a strain known to be deadly to humans.
October 28, 2015 'Kissing disease' outbreak closes Oklahoma school district A small Oklahoma school district has ordered all of its students to stay away from classes until December due to an outbreak of mononucleosis, officials said on Thursday.
October 28, 2015 Minor changes turned Black Death germ from mild to murderous The bacterium Yersinia pestis has inflicted almost unimaginable misery upon humankind over the centuries, killing an estimated 200 million or more people and triggering horrific plagues in the 6th and 14th centuries.
October 28, 2015 Berlin measles traced to refugees, but 2 cases linked to US Authorities in Berlin say a spike in measles infections has been traced to unvaccinated refugees but at least two measles cases appear to have come from the United States.
October 28, 2015 Indiana HIV outbreak, hepatitis C epidemic sparks CDC alert The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is issuing an alert to warn that a hepatitis C epidemic and a rise in intravenous drug use nationwide could spark new HIV outbreaks similar to one in a southern Indiana county with 142 new cases this year.