October 27, 2015 US to begin Ebola hospital equipment lift to Liberia The first planeload of hospital equipment in the U.S. military's battle against West Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak will arrive in Liberia on Friday, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.
October 27, 2015 Massachusetts doctor who beat Ebola heading back to Liberia The Massachusetts doctor who beat the Ebola virus he contracted while working in Liberia is returning to West Africa.
October 27, 2015 South Korea says finds cattle infected with foot-and-mouth South Korea said on Tuesday that foot-and-mouth had spread to a cattle farm in the country for the first time in more than three years, a blow to authorities battling to contain an outbreak of the disease.
October 27, 2015 Ebola case numbers top 20,000, deaths approach 8,000, WHO says The number of people infected by Ebola in the three countries worst affected by the outbreak has passed 20,000, with more than 7,842 deaths in the epidemic so far, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
October 27, 2015 Consignment of experimental Ebola drug arrives in Liberia A consignment of experimental Ebola drugs arrived by plane in Liberia on Wednesday to treat two doctors suffering from the virus, which has killed more than 1,000 people across four West African countries
October 27, 2015 In Pakistan, vaccinating children has become a deadly battle While vaccine distrust has sparked debates amid a measles outbreak in the United States, Pakistan is in a deadly battle to wipe out polio.
October 27, 2015 Ethical questions emerge over who gets Ebola drug In a development that raises a host of ethical issues, Spain announced it had obtained a scarce U.S.-made experimental Ebola drug to treat a Spanish missionary priest infected with the killer virus.
October 27, 2015 CDC investigating fourth possible outbreak of norovirus on cruise ship Health officials are investigating numerous possible cases of norovirus that occurred onboard Holland America’s ms Veendam cruise ship in mid-February.  If the cases are confirmed, it would mark the fourth time this year a cruise ship has suffered an outbreak of the stomach illness.
October 27, 2015 Race and employment tied to US clinic wait times Minorities and the unemployed spend more time traveling to and waiting for medical care, according to U.S. data from 2005 to 2013.
October 27, 2015 Guinea says Ebola outbreak nearly under control The number of deaths caused by Ebola has slowed dramatically in Guinea and the outbreak is nearly under control, the country's health ministry said on Tuesday.