October 23, 2015 MERS infects 10 in South Korea but no virus mutation, WHO says Ten people in South Korea are confirmed as having the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus, transmitted by a traveler, but there has been no sustained human-to-human spread, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
October 23, 2015 3rd American aid worker infected with Ebola arrives at Nebraska hospital A doctor who became infected with Ebola while working in Liberia -- the third American aid worker sickened with the virus -- arrived Friday at a Nebraska hospital for treatment.
October 23, 2015 Red Cross official says Ebola outbreak could be contained in four to six months A top Red Cross official said Wednesday that he is confident the Ebola epidemic that has killed thousands of people in West Africa can be contained within four to six months.
October 23, 2015 Meningitis epidemic threat in West Africa, but few vaccines International health officials are scrambling, without much success, to find meningitis C vaccines as an outbreak of the child-killing disease threatens to balloon into an epidemic.
October 23, 2015 Ohio officials closer to finding source of deadly botulism Officials say they are closer to finding the source of botulism that killed one person and sickened many more after a church picnic in central Ohio last weekend.
October 23, 2015 Pittsburgh hospital looks for mold source after 3 deaths A Pittsburgh hospital is working to find and eradicate the source of a rare mold that may have contributed to the deaths of three transplant patients and left a fourth person in "guarded condition," a hospital spokeswoman said on Monday.
October 23, 2015 Spanish priest infected with Ebola returns to Madrid Spain on Sunday repatriated from Sierra Leone a Spanish Catholic priest working in the African country who has tested positive for the Ebola virus.
October 23, 2015 Hong Kong reports another H7N9 bird flu death A 75-year-old man infected with the H7N9 bird flu virus has died in Hong Kong, the government said on Wednesday, the third such death in the city.
October 23, 2015 Ebola drug trials to be fast-tracked in West Africa Several experimental Ebola drugs, including compounds from Mapp Biopharmaceutical, Sarepta and Tekmira, will be tested in West Africa for the first time in a bid to fast-track trials, the Wellcome Trust charity said on Tuesday.
October 23, 2015 Patient with possible Ebola symptoms in isolation unit at Hawaii hospital Hawaii health officials said late Wednesday that a person showing possible symptoms of the Ebola virus is currently undergoing testing in an isolation unit at a Honolulu hospital.