October 24, 2015 Spanish nurse who survived Ebola offers blood to treat others The Spanish nurse who contracted Ebola in Madrid, a case that caused alarm and political recriminations, said on Wednesday she hoped her infection could be of use and offered to give blood to treat potential sufferers as she left hospital.
October 24, 2015 Can all US hospitals safely treat Ebola? A breach of infection control resulting in a Dallas health worker getting Ebola raises fresh questions about whether hospitals truly can safely take care of people with the deadly virus, as health officials insist is possible.
October 24, 2015 University of California to require all students to get measles shot Students at all 10 campuses of the University of California will be required to be screened for tuberculosis and vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubella and other diseases under a new health plan set to take effect in 2017, the university said on Friday.Â
October 24, 2015 Spanish Ebola patient gets experimental drug Spain has imported a U.S.-made experimental Ebola drug to treat a Spanish missionary priest evacuated from Liberia last week after testing positive for the killer virus.
October 24, 2015 2 new Ebola cases in Guinea, WHO says Two people have fallen ill with Ebola in Guinea after two weeks with no new confirmed cases of the disease in West Africa, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
October 24, 2015 Michigan woman, 81, dies of West Nile virus An 81-year-old woman in Michigan has died after contracting the West Nile virus, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed.
October 24, 2015 Early smoke exposure tied to increased atrial fibrillation risk People exposed to secondhand smoke in the womb or as children are at an increased risk later in life for atrial fibrillation, a new study hints.
October 24, 2015 3 things you probably didn’t know about measles Last fall, you’d have been forgiven for thinking that measles was a disease of the past, but one infected child at Disneyland was enough to change all that.
October 24, 2015 Worst Ebola outbreak on record tests global response Global health authorities are struggling to contain the world's worst Ebola epidemic since the disease was identified in 1976.
October 24, 2015 Spread of plague slows in Madagascar, death toll at 71, says WHO An outbreak of plague in Madagascar has slowed but 71 people among the 263 known to have caught the disease since last September have died, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.