October 27, 2015 WHO says currently no Ebola cases in Mali, 39 contacts sought Thirty-nine people who traveled on buses with a toddler who died from Ebola in Mali are still being sought for checks, although the country is believed to be free of the disease, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
October 27, 2015 News guide: The latest on Ebola Health officials announced early Wednesday that a second health care worker at a Dallas hospital had preliminarily tested positive for Ebola.
October 27, 2015 Norovirus sickens 150 at Boston elementary school School officials in Boston confirmed that an outbreak of Norovirus has sickened about 140 students and 10 staff.
October 27, 2015 Official: Hospital could have prevented TB panic An official at a Texas hospital where a nurse assistant potentially exposed more than 750 infants to tuberculosis said Tuesday that her symptoms were discovered in July but that more than a month passed before she was tested for the infectious lung disease.
October 27, 2015 International institutions ready funds for Ebola-hit countries International financial institutions are preparing funding packages for Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea hard hit by the deadly Ebola virus, development bank officials said on Monday as African leaders gathered for the first day of a U.S. summit.
October 27, 2015 Why some people are more contagious than others When it comes to spreading viral and bacterial infections, some people are more contagious than others—much more contagious.
October 27, 2015 Is it too late to get a measles vaccination? The current measles outbreak in the United States has highlighted the dangers of skipped vaccinations, and some people may be wondering whether it's too late to get vaccinated now
October 27, 2015 New bird flu cases slow, focus turns to preventing repeat No new bird flu cases have been reported in nearly a week on commercial farms in Minnesota and Iowa, giving government officials, scientists and farmers hope that the worst U.S. outbreak of the bird flu is, though not over, winding down.
October 27, 2015 Idaho confirms avian flu cases as Washington imposes new quarantine Idaho officials said avian flu was confirmed in backyard chickens in the southwest of the state on Wednesday as Washington state quarantined poultry and eggs in areas where the virus was detected in chickens, geese and ducks.
October 27, 2015 CDC head criticized for blaming nurse's Ebola infection on 'protocol breach' Some healthcare experts have criticized the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for saying that a "protocol breach" was responsible for the infection of a Dallas nurse with the Ebola virus, claming that the description scapegoats the nurse in a case that shows how unprepared nursing staffs are for dealing with a potential outbreak.Â