October 26, 2015 MMR vaccine not linked to autism, even in high-risk kids The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is not linked to development of autism spectrum disorders, even among children considered to be at risk, a large new study finds.
October 26, 2015 Liberia health care workers strike, complicating Ebola fight Scores of health care workers at Liberia's main hospital have gone on strike over unpaid wages, complicating the fight against the world's worst Ebola epidemic that the U.S. disease prevention chief said was spiraling out of control.
October 26, 2015 Poverty may increase odds of repeat hospitalizations When patients are hospitalized more than once in the same month, it may have more to do with their income or education levels than the quality of care they received, a U.S. study suggests.
October 26, 2015 Spanish priest treated for Ebola dies in Madrid hospital A Spanish missionary priest being treated for Ebola died Tuesday in a Madrid hospital, authorities said.
October 26, 2015 Brain-eating amoeba found in Louisiana parish's water system Health officials confirmed a potentially deadly brain-eating amoeba has been found in the water supply of a suburban New Orleans parish.
October 26, 2015 Syria polio cases spread to Damascus and Aleppo, WHO says The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that additional polio cases had been confirmed in two new areas of Syria, including near Damascus and in the northern city of Aleppo near Turkey.
October 26, 2015 Saudi Arabia tackles MERS virus, still hunting source Saudi Arabia has not yet traced the source of a mysterious camel virus, leaving many questions about a disease that has killed 346 people in the Kingdom.
October 26, 2015 US bird flu virus seen under control within four months, OIE says An epidemic of bird flu that has devastated U.S. poultry flocks this year is likely to be under control within four months as the United States steps up measures to contain the virus, the head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said.
October 26, 2015 Saudi Arabian man tested for Ebola dies in hospital A Saudi national, who fell ill after returning from Sierra Leone, died early Wednesday in his hospital isolation ward where he was being tested for the Ebola virus, said the Saudi Health Ministry.
October 26, 2015 5 dead in Sierra Leone's first Ebola outbreak as disease continues to spread Five people have died in Sierra Leone's first confirmed outbreak of Ebola virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, signaling a new expansion of the disease which regional officials said had been brought under control.