October 26, 2015 Grim Ebola prediction: Outbreak is unstoppable for now, doc says A doctor who just returned from treating Ebola patients in West Africa predicts the current Ebola outbreak will go on for more than a year, and will continue to spread unless a vaccine or other drugs that prevent or treat the disease are developed
October 26, 2015 Commuter infected with measles is San Francisco LinkedIn employee The Northern California commuter who health officials say may have exposed tens of thousands of people to measles while riding San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit system while infectious is an employee of LinkedIn Corp, the social networking company said on Thursday.
October 26, 2015 Laws deny leprosy sufferers right to work, travel, marry, study finds Leprosy sufferers worldwide face discriminatory laws affecting their right to work, travel and marry, according to an advocacy group which called upon governments to follow U.N. guidelines and abolish such legislation.
October 26, 2015 Ebola spread fears rise as clinic looted, Liberian officials say Liberian officials fear Ebola could soon spread through the capital's largest slum after residents raided a quarantine center for suspected patients and took items including blood-stained sheets and mattresses.
October 26, 2015 35 people test positive for tuberculosis at El Paso school Additional testing will take place after nearly three dozen students and staff at a West Texas school tested positive for tuberculosis, according to public health officials.
October 26, 2015 Woman dies in Egypt of H5N1 bird flu, second death this year A 65-year-old Egyptian woman has died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the health ministry said on Wednesday, the second victim of the virus this month.
October 26, 2015 The Ebola vaccine: Are we there yet? As the death toll for Ebola nears 5,000 in West Africa, scientists are scrambling to design and approve a vaccine that can halt this epidemic.
October 26, 2015 Doctors Without Borders staffer contracts Ebola, will be evacuated to France Doctors Without Borders: French staffer contracts Ebola in Liberia, being evacuated to France.
October 26, 2015 WHO changing staff response to Ebola outbreak The World Health Organization has changed how its staff are responding to an Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone after a scientist working with the agency was infected with the disease last month, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.
October 26, 2015 How anti-vaccination trends vex herd immunity When large segments of a population are immunized against measles, it reduces the risk of exposure for everyone in the community, including families who refuse vaccines.