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October 25, 2015

CDC sending 50 specialists to West Africa

As Ebola continues to spread in West Africa, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans to increase the response to an outbreak that has already killed over 700 people.

October 25, 2015

Mali on high alert with new Ebola cluster

It all started with a sick nurse, whose positive test for Ebola came only after her death. In a busy clinic that treats Mali's elite as well as wounded U.N. peacekeepers, what patient transmitted the virus?

October 25, 2015

New Ebola clinics useless without more trained staff, aid agencies warn

A shortage of volunteers to staff the new Ebola clinics and hospitals the international community is building in West Africa threatens efforts to bring the deadly virus rapidly under control, aid agencies have warned.

October 25, 2015

Ebola virus: Why isn't there a cure?

Ebola first appeared more than three decades ago, but there is still no cure or specific treatment for the disease, in part because the dangerous nature of the virus makes it difficult to study, experts say

October 25, 2015

California confirms 119 cases of measles in state

Public health officials said on Wednesday that six more cases of measles had been confirmed in California, bringing to 119 the total number of people infected by a strain of the virus that has also been linked to a large outbreak in the Philippines.

October 25, 2015

Peace Corps tells volunteers to leave West African countries affected by Ebola outbreak

The largest recorded Ebola outbreak in history has led the U.S. Peace Corps to evacuate hundreds of volunteers from three affected West African countries, and a State Department official on Wednesday said two volunteers were under isolation after having contact with a person who later died of the virus.

October 25, 2015

Sierra Leone area to hold 2-week Ebola ‘lockdown’

Health workers sent to Sierra Leone to investigate an alarming spike in deaths from Ebola have uncovered a grim scene: piles of bodies, overwhelmed medical personnel and exhausted burial teams.

October 25, 2015

Cameroon has closed borders with Nigeria in bid to halt Ebola

Cameroon has closed all its borders with Nigeria in a bid to halt the spread of the Ebola virus, state radio said on Tuesday.

October 25, 2015

Ebola could arrive in US as soon as this month, study says

Dr. Rick Sacra, the third American to contract Ebola, landed in Nebraska last week and will be moved to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha for treatment.

October 25, 2015

Number of people sickened in listeria case grows

The number of people sickened by a foodborne illness linked to some Blue Bell ice cream products has grown to include three others in Texas, according to federal health authorities.