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October 24, 2015

Health officials monitoring about 80 people for Ebola in Texas

About 80 people are now being monitored for symptoms of Ebola in Texas, a Dallas County Health and Human Services spokeswoman said Thursday.

October 24, 2015

Nebraska doctors say Ebola patient making progress

The wife of an American doctor infected with the Ebola virus was described by his wife as being "very sick and weak, but slightly improved" late Saturday. 

October 24, 2015

Global life expectancy rises, but people live sicker for longer

People around the world are living longer, but many are also living sicker lives for longer, according to a study of all major diseases and injuries in 188 countries.

October 24, 2015

Foreigner with MERS in Philippines now free of the virus

A 36-year-old foreigner who tested positive for MERS after arriving in the Philippines from the Middle East is now free of the virus and will leave the hospital this weekend, officials said Friday.

October 24, 2015

New international effort aims to fight infectious disease outbreaks

The U.S. and 26 other countries began a new effort Thursday to prevent and fight outbreaks of dangerous infectious diseases before they spread around the globe.

October 24, 2015

Foreign doctors, nurses in Saudi Arabia could take MERS global

The biggest risk that Middle East Respiratory Syndrome will become a global epidemic, ironically, may lie with globe-trotting health care workers.

October 24, 2015

Doctor who died from Ebola endured treatment delays

A surgeon who contracted Ebola in his native Sierra Leone did not receive aggressive treatment until nearly two weeks after he first started showing symptoms — a delay that doctors said probably made it impossible for anyone to save his life.

October 24, 2015

FDA says investigating latest cyclosporiasis outbreak

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it is investigating the latest outbreak of cyclosporiasis in the United States.

October 24, 2015

South Korea reports two more MERS deaths, Thailand says no new cases

South Korea's health ministry reported on Monday two more deaths in the country's Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak, which the World Health Organization said was "large and complex," bringing the number of fatalities to 27.

October 24, 2015

Doctor confirmed as 2nd Ebola case in Nigeria

Nigerian authorities say they have confirmed a second case of Ebola in Africa's most populous country, an alarming development after a man who flew by plane to the country died of Ebola.