October 24, 2015 Liberian nurses working on Ebola ward must improvise gear Nurses on an Ebola ward in Liberia must cut up old overalls to serve as makeshift head-coverings to protect themselves from infection, despite international promises of more equipment, a health worker said Thursday.
October 24, 2015 Doctor calls for blood donations to treat Liberian Ebola patients The head of a treatment center in Liberia, the country worst-hit by West Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak, has urged survivors of the disease to donate their blood for use in treating infected patients.
October 24, 2015 GSK Ebola vaccine fast-tracked into US, UK and African trials An experimental Ebola vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline is being fast-tracked into human studies and the company plans to build up a stockpile of up to 10,000 doses for emergency deployment, if results are good
October 24, 2015 Infant in Georgia diagnosed with measles An infant in Georgia has been diagnosed with measles, marking the state's first reported case of the disease since 2012, health officials said on Monday.
October 24, 2015 At least 20,000 infected in southeast Congo measles outbreak, UN says A measles outbreak in the copper-mining Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 315 people and infected at least 20,000, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
October 24, 2015 Mumps outbreak linked to Idaho university spreads to Washington state An outbreak of mumps that started at an Idaho university and infected 21 people across the state has now spread to neighboring Washington state, health officials said on Monday.
October 24, 2015 Colleagues: US doctor with Ebola was very careful An American doctor who caught Ebola while treating patients in Guinea was a hard worker who conscientiously followed safety procedures, two colleagues said Saturday.
October 24, 2015 Ever-present endemic Ebola now major concern for disease experts West Africa's Ebola epidemic is the largest the world has ever seen, but infectious disease experts are almost as fearful of a long-term legacy in humans as they are about the deaths it is causing right now.
October 24, 2015 More than 200 sickened on San Diego-bound cruise ships Federal health officials say about 200 people have come down with vomiting and diarrhea aboard two San Diego-bound cruise ships.
October 24, 2015 CDC urges measles vaccinations amid nationwide outbreak; 100 cases confirmed so far Amid an outbreak of at least 100 measles cases originating at Disney theme parks in December, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the White House are urging vaccination and defending the safety of the vaccine.