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October 25, 2015

4 US deaths linked to enterovirus D68 respiratory illness

Officials are looking into the role a severe respiratory virus spreading across the country could have played in the deaths of four people infected with the disease. 

October 25, 2015

Florida MERS patient sat in busy ER for hours

The second U.S. patient to be diagnosed with the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) spent at least four hours in the public waiting room of a busy Florida emergency department before he was seen by a doctor, a hospital official said.

October 25, 2015

When the choice isn’t yours: Families of pediatric cancer patients live in fear amidst measles outbreak

Wendy and Gerry Waldron have a jumbo-size jug of Purell at their front door.

October 25, 2015

Separating fact from fiction about Ebola

Let's separate fact from fiction about how Ebola is transmitted and who should be worried about becoming infected

October 25, 2015

More measles cases tied to Disneyland, Illinois day care

Health officials say the number of U.S. measles cases this year has risen to 141.

October 25, 2015

Ebola-infected American doctor releases statement from isolation: 'I am growing stronger every day'

Dr. Kent Brantly, the American doctor infected with Ebola released a statement Friday afternoon— his first since being brought back to the U.S.

October 25, 2015

CDC lays out new plan to counter Ebola exposure in US

Embattled Centers for Disease Control (CDC) director, Dr. Tom Frieden, laid out a new game plan to counter further contamination of health care workers dealing with Ebola patients – including sending rapid response teams to any hospital where a new case is confirmed.  

October 25, 2015

Mistrust and machetes thwart efforts to contain Ebola in Guinea

When Red Cross pickups crawl through the streets of the Guinean town of Lola in search of Ebola victims, crowds of women gather to shoo the medical workers away, young boys throw stones and angry men reach for their machetes.

October 25, 2015

Norovirus sickens 200 people on New Zealand cruise

Health authorities in New Zealand said Monday that about 200 passengers on a cruise ship have been sickened by an outbreak of norovirus.

October 25, 2015

Chicago-area district reopens school buildings after Legionella found

Three school buildings in suburban Chicago will reopen on Monday, days after annual testing of cooling towers found higher-than-normal levels of the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease, school officials said.