February 5, 2015 Deaths from measles outbreak may be 'inevitable' as cases surge in US Health officials are worried about recent U.S. measles outbreaks that so far have caused more illnesses than at the same point of any year since 1996.
February 5, 2015 Mumps outbreak at Ohio State grows to 23 cases Health officials say 23 cases of mumps are confirmed in an outbreak at Ohio State University. Eighteen students and a staff member are among those infected.
February 5, 2015 Experimental Ebola drug heals all monkeys in study An experimental Ebola drug healed all 18 monkeys infected with the deadly virus in a study, boosting hopes that the treatment might help fight the outbreak raging through West Africa -- once more of it can be made.
February 5, 2015 Health official says two dead from Ebola in Congo Two Ebola-related deaths have been confirmed in Congo, the country's health minister said Sunday, though local officials believe the cases are unrelated to the outbreak in West Africa that has killed more than 1,400 people.
February 5, 2015 3 meningitis deaths reported in Los Angeles county Three of eight people who contracted bacterial meningitis this year have died, and all three had sex with other men, Los Angeles County health officials said.
January 13, 2015 Vaccine possible in Cal campus meningitis outbreak State and federal officials are considering whether to provide students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, with an unlicensed vaccine to prevent further spread of a bacterial meningitis outbreak on campus, a newspaper reported Saturday.
January 8, 2015 Egypt reports first case of MERS virus Egypt's state news agency says authorities have detected the first case of a SARS-like virus in the country.