Global efforts to curb malaria are stalling after a drop in funds to buy bed nets, according to the latest…
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Idaho reports alarming rise in whooping cough cases
Idaho health officials on Tuesday urged vaccination to combat what they said was an alarming rise this year in the…
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Why some flu viruses may be more contagious
Not all flu viruses are the same. Some are hardy survivors. Some influenza viruses can survive and remain infectious on…
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Study questions 21-day Ebola quarantine period
As the 48 patients exposed to the first U.S. Ebola patient near the end of their 21-day incubation period on…
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3rd US Ebola survivor says may return to Liberia
The third U.S. patient to be treated in the United States for Ebola, which he contracted while working in Liberia,…
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Basic hygiene can help prevent MERS spread, says WHO
A World Health Organization official on Thursday urged millions of Muslims making the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to exercise…
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Ebola deaths rise to nearly 4,500 as WHO warns cases will increase to 10,000 per week
The number of cases in the Ebola outbreak has risen to nearly 9,000, with the number of dead climbing to…
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Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, infected with Ebola on mission in Liberia
The third American sickened with Ebola is a Boston-area doctor who decided to return to Liberia after the two others…
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Kitchens may be source of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, study says
Cutting boards used to prepare raw poultry may be an important source of drug-resistant bacteria in hospital kitchens and private…
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Outbreak of Ebola-like Marburg fever kills man in Uganda
KAMPALA – A man has died in Uganda’s capital after an outbreak of Marburg, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar…
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