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October 24, 2015

CDC: Poultry workers at higher risk of infection in bird flu outbreak

The chance that a person will get bird flu in the United States remains very low, but people who come into close contact with infected birds may be at higher risk of infection, officials warned today, in light of the recent U.S. outbreaks of bird flu in poultry.

October 24, 2015

NBC News freelancer diagnosed with Ebola

An NBC News freelancer has been diagnosed with Ebola in Liberia, the network announced Thursday.

October 24, 2015

USDA turkey report hints at fewer birds for Thanksgiving meals

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's monthly turkey hatchery report on Tuesday showed a significant decline in the number of poults, or young turkeys, placed on feed in May, suggesting supplies of fresh whole birds may tighten this Thanksgiving.

October 24, 2015

Israel reports bird flu outbreak at turkey farm, OIE says

Israel has reported the first cases of a highly pathogenic bird flu virus in nearly three years in a village in the northern district of Hazafon, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday.

October 24, 2015

Bodies dumped in streets as West Africa struggles to curb Ebola

Relatives of Ebola victims in Liberia defied government quarantine orders and dumped infected bodies in the streets as West African governments struggled to enforce tough measures to curb an outbreak of the virus that has killed 887 people

October 24, 2015

Latest US doc to get Ebola skipped protective gear in 100-degree heat, says colleague

The latest U.S. doctor to contract Ebola in Africa was working in temperatures approaching 100 degrees and not wearing protective gear when he was exposed to an obstetrics patient stricken with the deadly disease, said another American physician who worked in the same hospital.

October 24, 2015

How contagious is measles? Man catches virus at airport gate

It's no secret that airports are hubs for germs, but one Minnesota man was particularly unlucky during his travels — he appears to have caught measles simply by passing a sick child while exiting his plane

October 24, 2015

Nearly half of Americans think flu shot can make you sick

More than 40 percent of a sample of U.S. adults believe the myth that flu vaccines can give you the flu, and even correcting that misconception might not convince them to get the vaccine, a new survey suggests.

October 24, 2015

CDC insists Ebola under control even as stricken man's relatives quarantined, home awaits scrubdown

Federal health officials rushed Friday to assure a frightened public that Ebola does not pose a serious threat in the U.S., even as the first — and thus far only — diagnosis on American soil exposed potential flaws in border screening, treatment and disposal of contaminated items.

October 24, 2015

4th Sierra Leonean doctor infected with Ebola

Another doctor from Sierra Leone who has tested positive for Ebola will be evacuated for medical treatment, an official said Thursday, making her the first citizen of a hard-hit country to be treated abroad.