October 24, 2015 Missionaries returning to US after working with Ebola patients to be quarantined Missionaries returning to the United States after working with patients infected with Ebola will be put in quarantine and monitored, health officials said Sunday.
October 24, 2015 India reports bird flu virus at duck farm in Kerala state India reported two outbreaks of a highly pathogenic bird flu virus at duck farms in the southern state of Kerala, the first occurrence of the disease since February this year, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday.
October 24, 2015 WHO says it can't evacuate Sierra Leone doctor with Ebola virus The World Health Organization said Saturday it could not meet a request from Sierra Leone to evacuate a doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola disease.
October 24, 2015 South Korea confirms two deaths due to MERS outbreak South Korea on Tuesday confirmed the country's first two deaths from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome as it fights to contain the spread of a virus that has killed hundreds of people in the Middle East.
October 24, 2015 British, Dutch slaughter poultry to fight bird flu Chickens were being killed in the Netherlands, and Britain was preparing to kill ducks, after two cases of bird flu were discovered in Europe - but officials insisted Monday that the risk to public health was very low.
October 24, 2015 U.N. says $600 million needed to tackle Ebola as deaths top 1,900 The United Nations said $600 million in supplies would be needed to fight West Africa's Ebola outbreak, as the death toll from the worst ever epidemic of the virus topped 1,900 and Guinea warned it had penetrated a new part of the country.
October 24, 2015 8th E. Coli case linked to South Carolina day care South Carolina health officials say an eighth case of E. coli has been traced to a daycare center that's now temporarily closed.
October 24, 2015 3rd doctor dies from Ebola in Sierra Leone A third top doctor has died from Ebola in Sierra Leone, a government official said Wednesday, as health workers tried to determine how a fourth scientist also contracted the disease before being evacuated to Europe
October 24, 2015 Indoor pesticide exposure tied to childhood cancers A new analysis of existing research finds that kids exposed to pesticides indoors are at higher risk for childhood cancers.
October 24, 2015 Hospital workers often transfer germs when removing gloves, gowns Florescent lotion and black light revealed that health care workers often contaminate their skin and clothing while removing their protective gear, researchers say.