FUNGAL DISEASE COULD KILL OFF SNAKES AROUND THE WORLD

Although molting can resolve most cases, snakes can die from the infection... READ MORE›

ENGLAND HIT BY 50-YEAR SPIKE IN BACTERIAL INFECTION

A new study says England is seeing a dramatic increase in cases of scarlet fever, an infectious disease that mostly affects children... READ MORE›

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NORTH KOREA CLAIMS IT HAS DISCOVERED CURE FOR AIDS, EBOLA, MERS AND SARS

The North's claim comes as rival South Korea fights an outbreak of Mers that has killed two dozen people and infected more than 160 since last month... READ MORE›

WINNIPEG LAB EMPLOYEE POSSIBLY EXPOSED TO EBOLA VIRUS

An employee at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg has potentially been exposed to the Ebola virus... READ MORE›

HIV SPREADS LIKE COMPUTER WORMS, SAY SCIENTISTS

New model equates spread of worm across local networks and internet with progress of Aids virus through the body, suggesting early treatment is vital... READ MORE›

DOCTORS RUDELY WARN PUBLIC NOT TO SNUGGLE KITTENS

Cat-scratch fever is caused by a bacteria found in fleas... READ MORE›

PAULINE CAFFERKEY THE BRITISH NURSE WHO CONTRACTED EBOLA WHILE VOLUNTEERING IN SIERRA LEONE HAS LEFT HOSPITAL AFTER MAKING A COMPLETE RECOVERY

Miss Cafferkey said she was happy to be alive and thanked staff at the Royal Free Hospital in London who she said had saved her life... READ MORE›

WHO DECLARES END OF ZIKA EMERGENCY BUT SAYS VIRUS REMAINS A THREAT

Officials on WHO's Emergency Committee made clear the Zika still constitutes a global public health threat... READ MORE›

RE-EMERGENCE OF EBOLA IN LIBERIA REMAINS A MYSTERY

The six new infections in Liberia since June 21 include two deaths... READ MORE›

U.S. FDA KNEW DEVICES SPREAD FATAL 'SUPERBUG' BUT DOES NOT ORDER FIX

Last month, Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle said a bacteria spread through contaminated scopes had infected 32 people over two years 11 died... READ MORE›

EBOLA EPIDEMIC FUELLED BY 'SUPER-SPREADERS': STUDY

Most of the people who were infected with Ebola in the 2014 West Africa epidemic contracted the viral disease through super-spreaders, researchers say... READ MORE›

AUSSIE DIAGNOSED WITH ZIKA AFTER BALI MONKEY BITE, EXPERTS WARN OF MISSED CASES

They had stumbled on a 27-year local man who contracted the disease despite having never travelled outside of Indonesia... READ MORE›

U.S. TO ISSUE NEW EBOLA CARE GUIDELINES, WATCH LISTS TO SHRINK

There are still 75 health workers in Dallas who have isolated themselves and are being monitored... READ MORE›

EBOLA NURSE PAULINE CAFFERKEY NEARLY DIED FROM MENINGITIS, DOCTORS SAY

The latent Ebola virus has not previously been known to trigger a life-threatening illness so long after the original infection... READ MORE›

NEW CLUES INTO EBOLA AS ILL NURSE IMPROVES

We've never quite been sure if it was related to the Ebola virus or other illnesses, said John M... READ MORE›

CLIMATE CHANGE MAY HAVE HELPED SPREAD ZIKA VIRUS ACCORDING TO WHO SCIENTISTS

As climate change reaches almost every corner of the Earth's ecology, different diseases could be unleashed... READ MORE›

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, whose disease detectives have investigated duodenoscope-transmitted infections since 2013... READ MORE›

EBOLA IS OVER IN WEST AFRICA, SAYS WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION

The World Health Organisation has declared the end of the Ebola epidemic in west Africa, with all known chains of transmission of the virus stopped... READ MORE›

ZIKA VIRUS COULD BE LINKED WITH 'WHOLE SPECTRUM' OF DISORDERS

The Zika virus is primarily spread by mosquitoes and is currently present in more than 50 countries and territories worldwide, including many in Latin America... READ MORE›

IN LIBERIAN SLUM, EBOLA QUARANTINE MAGNIFIES MISERY

A Liberian Red Cross burial team on the move to pick up a suspected Ebola victim in the impoverished area of West Point, Monrovia, Liberia... READ MORE›

JAPANESE WOMAN DIED FROM TICK-BORNE ILLNESS AFTER CAT BITE, HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS

A woman in western Japan died from a tick-borne disease last year after being bitten by a stray cat, the health ministry said... READ MORE›

EBOLA SCARE AT ASDA AS PATIENT TESTED FOR KILLER VIRUS

We have advised all front line medical practitioners dealing with patients to be alert to signs and symptoms of Ebola in those returning from affected areas... READ MORE›

WHO DECLARES ZIKA VIRUS A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY

The World Health Organisation has declared the mosquito-borne Zika virus to be a global emergency... READ MORE›

WHY WAS THE SICK NURSE ALLOWED TO FLY?

A colleague of Miss Cafferkey, who had sat next to her on the flight into Heathrow, described the screening process at the airport as shambolic ... READ MORE›

BRITISH MILITARY NURSE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED FOR EBOLA

Up to 700 UK defence personnel are in Sierra Leone as part of an effort to tackle the Ebola outbreak... READ MORE›

TREATING EBOLA: INSIDE THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITALS HIGH-LEVEL ISOLATION UNIT

Treating ebola inside the royal free hospital's high-level isolation unit... READ MORE›

PENTAGON TO CREATE MEDICAL SUPPORT TEAM FOR U.S. EBOLA RESPONSE

Three cases of Ebola have been diagnosed in the United States, prompting widespread concern about the potential spread of the virus... READ MORE›

REPORTS OF ZIKA-LINKED BIRTH DEFECT RISE IN BRAZIL

Brazilian researchers then identified the Zika virus in the amniotic fluid of two pregnant women whose fetuses were found to have microcephaly... READ MORE›

BRITISH DOGS WILL NOT BE PUT DOWN IF THEIR OWNERS GET EBOLA

There is currently no cure, but Ebola patients given fluids and food have a better chance of survival... READ MORE›

CHILDREN CAME IN CONTACT WITH PATIENT SUFFERING FROM THE DEADLY VIRUS

The unidentified Ebola patient was placed in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas on Sunday... READ MORE›

BRAIN-EATING AMOEBA ATTACKS JUNIOR OLYMPIAN TRACK STAR MICHAEL RILEY

In the US only three people out of 133 infected in the past 50 years have survived... READ MORE›

CAUTION FOR AUSTRALIAN OVERSEAS TRAVELLERS AMID ZIKA VIRUS OUTBREAK

The good news with Zika virus is that it's transmitted by the Aedes aegyptimosquito which is a mosquito which we don't have in Australia... READ MORE›