Cases of deadly mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis have risen nearly five-fold in five years in India’s northeast Assam state as a…
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Blue Bell to now inform states of positive listeria tests
Blue Bell Creameries has signed agreements with health officials in Texas and Oklahoma requiring the company to inform the states…
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30 babies placed under home isolation as California grapples with measles outbreak
Thirty babies have been placed under home isolation in Alameda County after possible exposure to measles, as California grapples with…
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CDC: Risk low for human infection from US strains of bird flu
CHICAGO – The strain of avian flu that has been identified in 12 U.S. states and led to the extermination…
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Norway finds first case of mad cow disease, says food safe
OSLO – Norway reported its first ever case of mad cow disease on Thursday, saying the instance was an isolated…
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How anti-vaccination trends vex herd immunity
When large segments of a population are immunized against measles, it reduces the risk of exposure for everyone in the…
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Stinky urine may signal bladder infection in kids
Your child’s stinky urine may be more than just unpleasant: A new study suggests kids with terrible smelling urine should…
Read More‘AIDS in Africa’ tag out of date as progress differs
Progress in the battle against AIDS is widely divergent in different African countries, so much so that to talk about…
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Fear, hope mark life inside Ebola center in Sierra Leone, doctor says
(Benjamin Black is a British doctor working as a volunteer with medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) fighting…
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Ethical questions emerge over who gets Ebola drug
In a development that raises a host of ethical issues, Spain announced it had obtained a scarce U.S.-made experimental Ebola…
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