October 27, 2015 US finds first case of lethal bird flu in commercial chicken flock A flock of 200,000 hens in Wisconsin is the first commercial U.S. chicken operation to become infected with a lethal strain of bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said, widening the impact of a virus that has killed hundreds of thousands of turkeys this year.
October 27, 2015 Woman dies of H5N1 bird flu in Egypt, fourth death this year An Egyptian woman died of H5N1 bird flu, the health ministry said on Monday, the fourth person to die of the illness in the country this year.
October 27, 2015 Ohio mumps outbreak grows to 116 cases, mainly at Ohio State The number of mumps cases from an outbreak in central Ohio has more than quadrupled over the last two weeks, to 116, mostly students at Ohio State University or people connected to the school, authorities said Tuesday.
October 27, 2015 Basic hygiene can help prevent MERS spread, says WHO A World Health Organization official on Thursday urged millions of Muslims making the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to exercise basic hygiene as mass gatherings pose risks of spreading the Middle East respiratory syndrome.
October 27, 2015 Children with TB at risk of dying amid slow progress on child-friendly treatment More than half a million children who fall ill with tuberculosis each year are at risk of dying because of a lack of child-friendly treatments, experts said.
October 27, 2015 About 70 hospital staffers cared for Ebola patient They drew his blood, put tubes down his throat and wiped up his diarrhea. They analyzed his urine and wiped saliva from his lips, even after he had lost consciousness.
October 27, 2015 US, Canada allow emergency use of Tekmira's Ebola treatment Canadian drugmaker Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp said on Monday that U.S. and Canadian regulators have authorized the use of its Ebola treatment in patients who have confirmed or suspected infections from the deadly virus.
October 27, 2015 US may use heat to kill poultry if bird flu strikes again U.S. agriculture officials seeking to control deadly bird flu have approved a method of killing infected poultry that entails sealing barns shut, turning up the heat and shutting off ventilation systems, an option that has been condemned by animal rights groups as cruel.
October 27, 2015 18K California nurses to strike over Ebola Kaiser Permanente hospitals aren't ready for Ebola, say its nurses, and tomorrow 18,000 of them are set to begin a two-day strike over that and other issues.
October 27, 2015 US bots flagged Ebola outbreak before outbreak announced The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is focusing a spotlight on an online tool run by experts in Boston that flagged a "mystery hemorrhagic fever" in forested areas of southeastern Guinea nine days before the World Health Organization formally announced the epidemic.