October 24, 2015 Cancer survivor clinics linked to fewer emergency room visits Specialized clinics for childhood cancer survivors may help reduce the odds these patients will need emergency medical care as adults, a Canadian study suggests.
October 24, 2015 Canada resident tests positive for H7N9 avian flu virus A Vancouver area resident has tested positive for the H7N9 avian flu virus in the first documented case of the infection in a human in North America, the Canadian government said on Monday.
October 24, 2015 Congo's Ebola outbreak 'almost over', prime minister says An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of Congo, unrelated to the epidemic in West Africa, is "almost over" with no new cases detected for several days, Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo said.
October 24, 2015 Nigeria delays start of school year amid Ebola outbreak Nigerian officials ordered all schools to remain closed until October, as the country grapples with a deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus blamed for more than 1,400 deaths in West Africa.
October 24, 2015 Health officials tracking down measles outbreak origin looking at Philippines, report says California health officials working to track down the origins of a measles outbreak are reportedly looking to the Philippines, as the number of cases in the U.S. continues to rise.
October 24, 2015 Guinean security forces break up riot in Ebola-racked south Riots broke out in Guinea's second-largest city Nzerekore over rumors that health workers had infected people with the deadly Ebola virus, a Red Cross official and residents said on Friday
October 24, 2015 3rd US Ebola survivor says may return to Liberia The third U.S. patient to be treated in the United States for Ebola, which he contracted while working in Liberia, said on Friday that he would like to return to Africa to continue to fight the outbreak.
October 24, 2015 Ebola death toll rises to 4,546 in hardest-hit countries, WHO says The death toll in the Ebola outbreak has risen to 4,546 out of 9,191 known cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
October 24, 2015 FDA Commissioner says measles outbreak 'alarming' Describing the latest measles outbreak as "alarming," Dr. Margaret Hamburg, outgoing commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said on Tuesday that the measles vaccine "should be used by everyone who has not been vaccinated."
October 24, 2015 Doctor who treated source of second Mali Ebola outbreak dies A doctor in Mali who treated the patient that sparked a second wave of Ebola in the West African country has died, the government said in a statement on state-owned television on Thursday.