October 26, 2015 West Africa Ebola death toll rises to 1,350 The World Health Organization says the death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is now at least 1,350 people.
October 26, 2015 MERS patient who contracted illness in the US is not contagious, experts say An Illinois resident who recently tested positive for the Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is not contagious and cannot spread the virus to the general public, according to officials from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH).
October 26, 2015 Child camping at Yosemite gets the plague Scary news from Yosemite National Park: A child who was on a family camping trip in the national park in mid-July contracted California's first case of plague since 2006, the state's Department of Public Health says in a press release.
October 26, 2015 Liberia president sacks 10 officials told to return to fight Ebola Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has sacked 10 senior officials because they failed to heed a warning to return from overseas travel to help the government's fight against an Ebola epidemic that has killed at least 1,100 Liberians.
October 26, 2015 Rare West African virus confirmed in Minnesota traveler, search on for others exposed A traveler who flew back to the United States from West Africa was diagnosed with the rare and sometimes deadly Lassa fever, said health authorities who on Friday were trying to identify others on the plane who may have been exposed.
October 26, 2015 Avian flu research poses unnecessary risk, experts warn Researchers from Harvard and Yale spoke out against animal research into avian flu, saying these experiments put the public’s health at unnecessary risk, USA Today reported.
October 26, 2015 How to stop Ebola in America: Ban air travel from West Africa In an effort to stop Ebola from spreading within the United States, five airports have begun additional screenings for travelers from West Africa. But despite these efforts, this will not stop an Ebola outbreak in the U.S.
October 26, 2015 Death toll in West Africa Ebola epidemic reaches 2,630, says WHO At least 2,630 people have died in the worst outbreak of Ebola virus in history, which has so far infected at least 5,357 people in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
October 26, 2015 Ebola case stokes concerns for Liberians in Texas The first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. has been confirmed in a man who recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas, sending chills through the area's West African community whose leaders urged caution to prevent spreading the virus.
October 26, 2015 6 things all parents should know about enterovirus D68 There are more than 100 known varieties of non-polio enteroviruses in the world, and they cause 10 to 15 million infections every year, ranging from the common cold (rhinovirus), to hand, foot, and mouth disease (coxsackie), to meningitis and gastrointestinal illness.