October 25, 2015 Mother's Ebola should spark push for cure, son says Missionary Nancy Writebol, one of two known Americans stricken with Ebola, wasn't looking to abandon her overseas work.
October 25, 2015 Britain says tests on suspected MERS cases prove negative Tests on two people in Britain suspected of being infected with Middle Eastern Respiratory Virus Syndrome (MERS) have proved negative, hospital officials said on Tuesday.
October 25, 2015 CDC report predicts as many as 1.4 million cases of Ebola by January The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report Tuesday predicting as many as 550,000 to 1.4 million cases of the Ebola virus in Liberia and Sierra Leone alone, by the end of January.Â
October 25, 2015 US bird flu causes egg shortage, emergency measures As a virulent avian influenza outbreak continues to spread across the Midwestern United States, some egg-dependent companies are contemplating drastic steps - importing eggs from overseas or looking to egg alternatives.
October 25, 2015 NYC names hotel as source of deadly Legionnaires' outbreak A historic hotel's rooftop air-conditioning unit is the source of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak that has killed 12 people and sickened more than 100 in the Bronx, city Health Commissioner Mary Bassett said Thursday.
October 25, 2015 Oklahoma resident second confirmed case in US of rare tick-borne illness Health officials in Oklahoma have confirmed that a resident contracted a rare tick-borne illness, making it the second case in the country.
October 25, 2015 Ebola toll jumps to 467 as ministers mull response The number of deaths attributed to an epidemic of Ebola virus in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone stood at 467 by Monday, out of 759 known cases in total, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
October 25, 2015 Death toll in South Bronx Legionnaires' disease outbreak rises to 7, officials say New York City health officials announced Monday that the death toll from an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the South Bronx had risen to seven.
October 25, 2015 Ebola survivors face fear from communities, families The medical school professors no longer want Kadiatou Fanta in the classroom. Her boyfriend has broken up with her. Each day the 26-year-old eats alone and sleeps alone. Even her own family members are afraid to touch her months after she survived Ebola.
October 25, 2015 WHO reduces Ebola death toll in Sierra Leone The World Health Organization on Wednesday announced it was changing the way it reports fatalities from the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone at the request of the government.