October 26, 2015 More Ebola cases in past week than any other, WHO says The World Health Organization says the past week has seen the highest increase of Ebola cases since the outbreak began, more evidence that the crisis is worsening
October 26, 2015 Liberia gives food to residents in slum sealed to stop Ebola Hundreds of residents of a Liberian slum lined up to receive rice and water from government officials Thursday in their neighborhood which was sealed off from the rest of the capital in an attempt to halt the spread of Ebola.
October 26, 2015 Iowa extends bird flu disaster proclamation through August Iowa Governor Terry Branstad on Tuesday extended the state's bird flu disaster proclamation by a month until Aug. 30, keeping in place a raft of state resources for poultry farms recovering from an outbreak of the disease, country's worst-ever.
October 26, 2015 University of Oregon athlete who died suddenly may have had meningitis, officials say Health officials in Oregon are investigating whether the sudden death of a college student may be linked to a meningitis outbreak in the state, the Oregonian reported.
October 26, 2015 New Ebola infections continue to drop; Guinea still a concern The three nations hardest hit by West Africa's Ebola epidemic recorded the lowest weekly total of new cases so far this year in the week leading up to March 22, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
October 26, 2015 Illness outbreak affects 400 people in Nevada schools An outbreak of gastrointestinal illness has sickened nearly 400 people at 10 Nevada public schools and several daycare centers.
October 26, 2015 Chimerix says antiviral shows promise against Ebola Chimerix Inc said its lead experimental drug showed promise against the deadly Ebola virus in laboratory testing at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health.
October 26, 2015 Atlanta hospital receives its third American Ebola patient The fourth American aid worker sickened with the Ebola virus arrived Tuesday morning to a mostly calm scene at Emory University Hospital, where two others had been successfully treated.
October 26, 2015 Japan confirms bird flu case, culls 4,000 chickens Japan's Agricultural Ministry on Tuesday confirmed a case of a highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza at a poultry farm in Miyazaki prefecture in southwestern Japan.
October 26, 2015 Fears of Ebola spread in West Africa as 2nd American infected with virus Health workers in West Africa are scrambling to contain a possible widening of an Ebola outbreak after a man believed to be affected by the virus traveled by plane from Liberia to Ghana to Togo to Nigeria, where he died on Friday.Â