KUNDUZ, Afghanistan – A frontline hospital in Afghanistan already stretched by rising war casualties is facing another, invisible danger that…
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Tracing the path of South Korea’s MERS ‘patient zero’
Eight days after returning from a trip to the Middle East, a 68-year-old South Korean man developed a cough and…
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US reports outbreak of low-pathogenic bird flu in California, OIE says
The United States reported an outbreak of low-pathogenic H7N3 bird flu on a turkey farm in California, the World Organization…
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Woman dies in Egypt of H5N1 bird flu, second death this year
A 65-year-old Egyptian woman has died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the health ministry said on Wednesday, the…
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Princess Cruises ship returns to Houston port after nearly 200 fall ill
Federal health officials are investigating the outbreak of an illness on Princess Cruises’ Caribbean Princess, just days after another cruise…
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Measles outbreaks hit 18-year high in Washington state
Washington state health officials reported on Thursday the highest number of measles cases since 1996 and urged residents to seek…
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News guide: The latest on Ebola
Health officials announced early Wednesday that a second health care worker at a Dallas hospital had preliminarily tested positive for…
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Liberia hunts escaped Ebola victims as WHO calls for controls
Liberia struggled on Monday to track down 17 suspected Ebola carriers who fled quarantine at the weekend, while the U.N.…
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US to begin human testing of Ebola vaccine next week
WASHINGTON – Federal researchers next week will start testing humans with an experimental vaccine to prevent the deadly Ebola virus.…
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Senegal tracks route of Guinea student in race to stop Ebola
In a dusty street of the Senegalese capital Dakar, a hand emerges from behind the door of a run-down house…
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