TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BANS CDC FROM USING THESE 7 WORDS

There will be nothing science based in budget documents from the nation's top public health agency next year... READ MORE›

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CUDDLING KITTENS CAN KILL YOU, WARN SCIENTISTS

Doctors from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US conducted a large-scale survey of the cat-borne bacterial disease cat scratch fever... READ MORE›

HEALTH CARE WORKER TESTS POSITIVE AT TEXAS HOSPITAL

On October 21, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC announced stringent new guidelines for healthcare personnel who may be dealing with Ebola patients... READ MORE›

1 DEAD, 11 OTHERS HOSPITALIZED IN LISTERIA OUTBREAK LINKED TO DOLE SALADS

Tests from the Ohio Department of Agriculture found listeria bacteria in a package of Dole field greens produced at a processing facility in Springfield, Ohio... READ MORE›

HOSPITAL MISTAKES BLAMED FOR US TRANSMISSION

Farmers in Sierra Leone who have deserted their land because of the Ebola outbreak are being encouraged to go back to work... READ MORE›

CRF FROZEN FOODS RECALL FOR LISTERIA AFFECTS 400 PRODUCTS ACROSS CANADA

Massive Listeria recall affects 400 frozen food products across Canada dating back to 2014... READ MORE›

TEXAS REPORTS FIRST CASE IN THE USA OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED ZIKA VIRUS

Texas health officials reported the first case of sexual transmission of the Zika virus in the USA on Tuesday... READ MORE›

'IT'S GOING TO HIT THE POOREST PEOPLE'

It is real enough, if not widespread according to state health department statistics, 10 Zika cases have been documented in Texas this year and 320 in 2016 and 2015... READ MORE›

CDC REPORTS 279 PREGNANT WOMEN WITH ZIKA IN U.S.

More than 270 pregnant women in the U.S. are also infected with the Zika virus, and are worrying about whether their babies will suffer birth defects... READ MORE›

WOMAN DIES AFTER SCRATCHING HAND DURING GARDENING

It was there, after a simple blood test, that Smith was diagnosed with sepsis, sent to critical care, and put on intravenous antibiotics... READ MORE›

She said her interest in public health was inspired by her parents, who saw patients in a room attached to their four-room house in KwaThema, South Africa... READ MORE›

ZIKA VIRUS 'SCARIER THAN THOUGHT' SAYS US

The Zika virus is scarier than first thought and its impact on the US could be greater than predicted, public health officials have admitted... READ MORE›

OFFICIALS KNEW ABOUT INDIA'S FIRST ZIKA CASE FOR MONTHS. BUT THEY DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY.

Felipe Dana AP Officials in India knew about the country's first case of Zika virus infection months ago... READ MORE›

DALLAS EBOLA PATIENT IN CRITICAL CONDITION AS TWO EUROPEANS RECOVER

Ebola crisis nurse in spain tests positive in first infection outside west africa... READ MORE›

MICROSOFT GIVES AWAY MORE OFFICE SOFTWARE TO ATTRACT MOBILE USERS

She said her interest in public health was inspired by her parents, who saw patients in a room attached to their four-room house in KwaThema, South Africa... READ MORE›

EBOLA CASES IN 3 FAMILY MEMBERS CONFIRMED IN LIBERIA

Declared Sierra Leone free of Ebola transmissions two weeks ago and Guinea released its last known patient from a treatment unit on Monday... READ MORE›

US HEALTH EXPERTS CONFIRM THAT ZIKA CAUSES BIRTH DEFECTS

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC confirms that the Zika virus causes severe birth defects including microcephaly... READ MORE›

ZIKA VIRUS IS NO LONGER A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY, UN HEALTH AGENCY SAYS

If anything, this has been escalated in importance by becoming activities that will be continued in the long-term in the World Health Organization, he said... READ MORE›

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

'DAMAGE DONE TO DNA' -- RT OP-EDGE

We spent a lot of money looking at the uranium levels in the hair of the parents of the children with congenital malformations... READ MORE›

WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES EXCLUDED FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE LAW SAY CAMPAIGNERS

She said her interest in public health was inspired by her parents, who saw patients in a room attached to their four-room house in KwaThema, South Africa... READ MORE›

WHO TO HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING MONDAY ON ZIKA VIRUS

But the WHO never declared a public health emergency with other viruses, such as MERS, or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Adalja said... READ MORE›

ZIKA EPIDEMIC UNCOVERS BRAZIL'S HIDDEN BIRTH-DEFECT PROBLEM

In Rio de Janeiro, authorities are prioritizing Zika-linked microcephaly cases for special treatment at the Paulo Niemeyer State Institute for the Brain... READ MORE›

WHITE HOUSE SEEKS $1.8 BILLION FOR ZIKA RESPONSE

White House Seeks 1.8 Billion for Zika Virus Response... READ MORE›

CDC WORKER MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE EBOLA EXPOSURE IN LAB ERROR

I am troubled by this incident in our Ebola research laboratory in Atlanta, the CDC director, Dr... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: IN FLORIDA ZIKA PROBE, FEDERAL SCIENTISTS KEPT AT ARM'S LENGTH

Florida Governor Rick Scott said the state health department was working with the CDC as it continues its Zika investigation... READ MORE›

JAPAN SAYS HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS WITH MILITANTS DEADLOCKED

But the region is India's litchi center, and the epidemic occurs every year just as the fruit ripen... READ MORE›

WHAT'S REALLY SCARY ABOUT THE ZIKA VIRUS ARE THE THINGS WE DON'T KNOW

Compared to that other big, scary virus of recent years, Zika may seem relatively tame... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: ZIKA VIRUS DISCOURAGES MANY AMERICANS FROM LATIN AMERICA TRAVEL

Six out of 10 Americans aware of Zika said the virus concerned them, including 18 percent who said they were very concerned, according to the poll... READ MORE›

DALLAS EBOLA PATIENT AMBER VINSON 'CLEARED TO FLY' BY CDC AFTER REPORTING A TEMPERATURE

Ms Vinson, 29, had been treating Ebola victim Thomas Duncan at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital before flying to Ohio... READ MORE›

CRITICALLY ILL MAN WAS FIRST SENT HOME FROM HOSPITAL WITH ANTIBIOTICS

Ebola in the US Critically ill man was first sent home from hospital with antibiotics... READ MORE›