October 24, 2015 Inspector testing positive for deadly bacteria didn't get it at Louisiana lab: CDC A federal investigator who tested positive for a deadly bacteria that affected five monkeys at a Louisiana primate research facility did not contact it while she was at the lab, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
October 24, 2015 Mali says has no remaining Ebola cases as last patient recovers Mali has no remaining cases of the Ebola virus as the last patient in the country has recovered and left hospital, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday.
October 24, 2015 WHO official urges airlines to lift flight restrictions amid Ebola outbreak The World Health Organization's assistant director-general for emergency operations is urging airlines to lift most of their restrictions about flying to Ebola-hit nations because a predictable "air link" is needed to help deal with the crisis.Â
October 24, 2015 British officials report two people infected with TB by pet cat England's public health agency says two people have caught tuberculosis from a pet cat, the first time the bacterial disease has been documented to spread from cat to human.
October 24, 2015 From red pepper paste to quarantine: South Korean village shut by MERS Fear in South Korea over the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus has kept crowds down at baseball games, prompted churchgoers to bow instead of shake hands and led to an entire village being placed in quarantine.
October 24, 2015 6 cases of chikungunya virus reported among travelers in Cuba Cuban health authorities on Wednesday said they detected six cases of chikungunya fever, a debilitating, mosquito-borne virus that is suspected of afflicting tens of thousands across the Caribbean since its arrival in the region last year.
October 24, 2015 NYC mayor says Legionnaires' outbreak has been contained Five more buildings in the Bronx have tested positive for the bacteria that cause the potentially deadly Legionnaires' disease, though there is no sign that anyone has grown ill from the new sites, New York City officials said Saturday.
October 24, 2015 Senegal confirms first Ebola case as outbreak accelerates A man infected with Ebola traveled to Senegal, becoming the first recorded in this country of an outbreak that has hit four other West African countries and has killed more than 1,500 people, the Ministry of Health said Friday.
October 24, 2015 New York, Missouri patients test negative for Ebola virus Two travelers who returned recently from separate West Africa trips tested negative for Ebola on Thursday at hospitals in New York and Missouri and will stay under observation while awaiting additional confirmation of the results, health officials said.
October 24, 2015 Chronology: Worst Ebola outbreak on record tests global response International agencies and governments are fighting to contain the world's worst Ebola epidemic since the disease was identified in 1976.