October 26, 2015 Canada Ebola vaccine shipment to Africa stymied by logistics Canada's experimental Ebola vaccine was stuck in the government lab that developed it as officials puzzled over how to safely transport it, three weeks after it was offered to Africa to fight the deadly epidemic.
October 26, 2015 Infants most likely to catch whooping cough from siblings Infants are now most likely to catch whooping cough from their brothers and sisters, a new study says.
October 26, 2015 South Korea reports 10th death from MERS virus South Korea reported a 10th death from the MERS virus on Thursday, although officials say they believe the disease has peaked.
October 26, 2015 Sierra Leone capital at standstill as Ebola lockdown begins Sierra Leone began a three-day lockdown on Friday in an effort to halt the spread of the Ebola virus, as President Ernest Bai Koroma urged residents to comply with the emergency measures.
October 26, 2015 Indian hospitals warned not to turn away dengue patients As India's capital struggles with its worst outbreak of dengue fever in five years, officials threatened Wednesday to cancel private hospitals' licenses if they turn away patients.
October 26, 2015 WHO shuts Sierra Leone lab after worker infected with Ebola The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it had shut a laboratory in Sierra Leone after a health worker there was infected with Ebola, a move that may hamper efforts to boost the global response to the worst-ever outbreak of the disease.
October 26, 2015 Liberian health authorities confirm 2 cases of Ebola, WHO says The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Sunday that Liberia has confirmed two cases of the deadly Ebola virus that is suspected to have killed at least 70 people in Guinea.
October 26, 2015 Dutch to cull another 50,000 chickens near bird flu outbreak Dutch authorities will slaughter 50,000 birds at a poultry farm after a highly contagious strain of bird flu was discovered nearby, taking to around 300,000 the number of chickens and ducks culled in the Netherlands in recent weeks.
October 26, 2015 Britain confirms bird flu on northern England farm is H5N8 strain Bird flu on a duck farm in northern England is the highly contagious H5N8 strain, the same form of the virus already discovered in Germany and the Netherlands, Britain's farm ministry confirmed on Tuesday.
October 26, 2015 FDA clears wider use of rapid test for influenza As the United States grapples with a flu season that has killed 21 people so far, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday cleared the way for greater use of a molecular test designed to quickly detect the presence of the virus in a nasal swab.