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October 24, 2015

UN: Millions of children's lives saved as malaria deaths plunge

Rates of death from malaria have plunged by 60 percent in the past 15 years, meaning more than 6 million lives have been saved - the vast majority of them African children, United Nations agencies said on Thursday.

October 24, 2015

Pet bearded dragons linked to salmonella outbreak in US

A salmonella outbreak that has so far sickened 132 people in 31 states over the last two years has now been traced to a source — pet lizards called bearded dragons, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

October 24, 2015

Italy reports outbreak of H5N8 bird flu in Venice region

Italy has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus on a turkey farm in the northeastern part of the country near Venice, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday.

October 24, 2015

West African nations scramble to contain Ebola threat

West African nations scrambled on Tuesday to contain an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus suspected to have killed at least 59 in Guinea, with people presenting symptoms of the disease reported in neighboring Sierra Leone and Liberia.

October 24, 2015

Third person dies of Ebola fever in Nigeria

A member of the West African regional body Ecowas has become the third person in Nigeria to die of Ebola fever, Ecowas said on Wednesday.

October 24, 2015

Arthritis may be worse in poor countries but seem worse in rich ones

A study of people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) finds that those in wealthy nations are more troubled by it, even though people in poor countries have more severe symptoms.

October 24, 2015

US military to set up field hospital in Ebola-stricken Liberia

The Pentagon will send a 25-bed field hospital to Liberia to help provide medical care for health workers trying to contain the fast spreading Ebola virus that has killed 2,100 people in West Africa.

October 24, 2015

Filipino nurse from Saudi Arabia tests positive for MERS virus

A Filipino nurse, who arrived last week from Saudi Arabia, has tested positive for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), the first case of the deadly virus in the Philippines, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

October 24, 2015

CDC: Risk low for human infection from US strains of bird flu

The strain of avian flu that has been identified in 12 U.S. states and led to the extermination of more than 7 million birds is different from the H5N1 bird flu virus that has spread from birds to humans in the past, an official with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.

October 24, 2015

Disneyland-linked measles outbreak spreads to 8 states, Mexico; 95 infected

Health officials have reported that an outbreak of measles that started at the Disneyland theme part in Southern California has now affected 95 people in eight states and Mexico.