October 24, 2015 Cruise ship docks with Ebola-watched health worker A cruise ship carrying a Dallas health care worker who was being monitored for Ebola returned to port Sunday after an eventful seven-day trip in which passengers had their vacations briefly disrupted with an infectious disease scare.
October 24, 2015 Medications from plant with Legionnaires' bacteria are safe, manufacturer says The medications produced at a GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical plant are safe despite the decision to close the factory after the discovery of the bacteria that causes potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease, the company said Wednesday.
October 24, 2015 Spanish nurse with Ebola slightly better, doctors say The Spanish nurse with Ebola, the first person to contract the disease outside West Africa, is slightly better, doctors said on Tuesday, and she remains the only known case in the country.
October 24, 2015 Bird flu outbreak could set US record with 'probable' cases in Iowa The highly pathogenic H5 avian flu turned up in initial tests at five more farms in Iowa, including a commercial egg operation housing up to 5.5 million birds, Iowa's agriculture department said on Thursday.
October 24, 2015 New vaccine for deadly H7N9 bird flu shows promise Using a technique that allows for making larger vaccine quantities than previous methods, a team of researchers has produced an experimental vaccine for the deadly H7N9 flu strain
October 24, 2015 Second commuter with measles prompts California transit warning Officials in Northern California are warning Bay Area Rapid Transit commuters for a second time this month that they may have been exposed to measles on trains.
October 24, 2015 US officials predict a return of avian flu in the fall U.S. agriculture officials say it is “highly probable” that the virulent avian flu viruses that have hit U.S. poultry operations hard in recent weeks will return next fall when wild bird populations migrate south, potentially spreading the viruses into new regions of the country.
October 24, 2015 Health officials investigating after New Jersey man dies of Lassa fever following Liberia trip A New Jersey man died Monday evening after been diagnosed with Lassa fever — a frightening infectious disease from West Africa that is rarely seen in the United States, a federal health official said.
October 24, 2015 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to spend $50 million on Ebola response The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday that it will spend $50 million — on top of $10 million already committed — to support emergency response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, marking the group's largest donation to a humanitarian effort.
October 24, 2015 75 US government scientists possibly exposed to anthrax As many as 75 scientists working in U.S. federal government laboratories in Atlanta may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria and are being offered treatment to prevent infection, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.