October 25, 2015 Factbox: How Ebola spreads and started West Africa is struggling with the worst Ebola outbreak on record that has killed at least 4,950 people.
October 25, 2015 Disney gave input on measles health messages, documents show As the measles outbreak spread last month, Disneyland executives sent a series of emails to California health officials asking them to emphasize that the theme park was not responsible for the illnesses and was safe to visit, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.
October 25, 2015 United Nations to deploy Ebola mission in worst-affected states The United Nations will create a special mission to combat Ebola, deploying staff in the worst-affected states - Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone - as the U.N. Security Council declared the outbreak a "threat to international peace and security."
October 25, 2015 Health care worker in New Jersey tests negative for Ebola, state says A health care worker returning from Sierra Leone who had been quarantined in New Jersey as a suspected Ebola case has been discharged after testing negative for the virus, according to a statement from Hackensack University Medical Center.
October 25, 2015 More than 100 students kept out of Long Island school amid flu outbreak More than 100 students at a Long Island elementary school were absent Tuesday after more than 30 reported suffering from flu-like symptoms, CBS New York reported.
October 25, 2015 West Africa Ebola virus is a new strain The Ebola virus that has killed scores of people in Guinea this year is a new strain - evidence that the disease did not spread there from outbreaks in some other African nations, scientists report.
October 25, 2015 Cattle parasite study points to possible way to fight malaria Herds of African cattle may hold the secret to new ways of fighting parasitic diseases like malaria, which kills some 600,000 people a year, scientists said on Friday.
October 25, 2015 Outbreak of 'nightmare bacteria' in Illinois stirs worry The largest outbreak to date of one strain of what authorities have called "nightmare bacteria" is adding to concerns about the spread of such drug-resistant bugs.
October 25, 2015 New Jersey teacher diagnosed with meningitis An elementary school classroom has been sanitized after a central New Jersey teacher came down with viral meningitis.
October 25, 2015 US health official says Ebola has 'upper hand' The Ebola virus has the "upper hand" in an outbreak that has killed more than 1,400 people in West Africa, a top American health official said, adding that experts have the tools to stop it.