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October 24, 2015

Struggles with sleep linked to heart disease risk

Adults who get too much or too little sleep may have the beginnings of "hardening" of the arteries, which can be an early sign of heart disease, according to a new study.

October 24, 2015

Modern housing could cut risk of malaria by up to half, study says

Modernizing mud huts and other traditional housing could significantly cut the risk of malaria for people living in some of the highest risk areas of Africa, Asia and South America, according to new research.

October 24, 2015

Another lead doctor dies from Ebola in Sierra Leone

A leading physician in Sierra Leone's fight against Ebola has died from the disease, an official said Wednesday, as it emerged that another top doctor had been considered to receive an experimental drug but did not get it and later died.

October 24, 2015

25 years ago, a different Ebola outbreak in US

It had all the makings of a public-health horror story: an outbreak of a wildly deadly virus on the doorstep of the nation's capital, with dozens of lab monkeys dead, multiple people testing positive, and no precedent in this country on how to contain it.

October 24, 2015

Ebola still spreading in western Sierra Leone, Guinea's forest, UN says

Ebola is still spreading quickly in western Sierra Leone and deep in the forested interior of Guinea and more foreign health workers are needed to help tackle the epidemic, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.

October 24, 2015

El Salvador says nearly 30,000 infected with mosquito-borne chikungunya

El Salvador has detected nearly 30,000 cases of the painful mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya, and has undertaken measures to prevent the disease-carrying mosquitoes breeding, the head of the country's emergency services said on Wednesday.

October 24, 2015

Watch out for nasty global flu surprises, WHO warns

The world remains highly vulnerable to a possible severe flu pandemic and governments should increase surveillance, vigilance and preparedness, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

October 24, 2015

Why you should, and shouldn't, worry about measles

Measles has become relatively rare in the United States, thanks to very effective vaccine. A recent outbreak tied to Disneyland has shown that even among some doctors, knowledge of the once-common illness is spotty.

October 24, 2015

KinderCare requiring measles shots for infants' caregivers

A national day care center operator says it's requiring staff members working with children under 15 months old to be vaccinated against measles.

October 24, 2015

West Africa Ebola deaths near 4,500, WHO says

A total of 4,493 people have died from the world's worst Ebola outbreak on record by Oct. 12, statistics released by the World Health Organization showed on Wednesday.