France to cull wild boar at Belgium border in swine fever alert
PARIS (Reuters) – France will cull all wild boar in a zone along the Belgian border to try and avoid…
Salmonella outbreak linked to raw turkey leaves over 200 sick across U.S.
(Reuters) – More than 200 people from across the United States have fallen ill, 84 of them hospitalized, from an…
South Sudan health workers to get Ebola shots as Congo outbreak grows
(Reuters) – Some 2,000 healthcare and frontline workers in South Sudan are to be offered Ebola vaccines to try to…
More US beef being recalled over salmonella fears
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Congo approves clinical trials for Ebola treatments
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congolese authorities have authorized clinical trials for four experimental Ebola treatments, which will allow researchers to collect…
Two studies find probiotic therapy ineffective against stomach flu, diarrhea
(Reuters Health) – A widely-used probiotic therapy is ineffective against the diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain of gastroenteritis, two large…
Families often share potentially dangerous antibiotics: study
(Reuters Health) – A substantial proportion of parents confessed to giving their children antibiotics that had been prescribed for someone…
Congo rebels kill 15, abduct kids in Ebola outbreak region
Congolese rebels killed 15 civilians and abducted a dozen children in an attack at the center of the latest deadly…
Bird flu detected at poultry farm in southern Bulgaria
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria has reported an outbreak of bird flu virus on a farm in the southern district of…
Ebola fight has new science but faces old hurdles in restive Congo
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – When Esperance Nzavaki heard she was cured of Ebola after three weeks of…
Two health scares at U.S. airports tied to Mecca pilgrims: U.S. officials
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Two major health scares at U.S. airports involving inbound flights are related to pilgrims returning from the…
South Korean man infected by MERS virus, first case in 3 years
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean man, 61, was diagnosed with the potentially deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and…
Congo records first Ebola case in major eastern city of Butembo
GOMA, Congo (Reuters) – Congo has recorded its first case of Ebola in the eastern trading hub of Butembo, a…
Congo Republic confirms yellow fever near Angolan enclave
BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – Congo Republic has confirmed a case of yellow fever near the border with an Angolan enclave, the…
Doctor in eastern Congo contracts Ebola in ‘dreaded’ scenario: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – A doctor has become the first probable Ebola case in one of the eastern Democratic Republic of…
Many doctors skip meningococcal vaccine talks with teens
(Reuters Health) – Many pediatricians and family physicians don’t discuss the meningococcal B vaccine with teens even though these conversations…
Militia threat hampers Ebola fight in Congo as disease kills 47
GENEVA (Reuters) – Militia violence in Democratic Republic of Congo has prevented aid workers from reaching some potential cases in…
Long-acting injection a shot in the arm for GSK’s HIV business
LONDON (Reuters) – A long-acting injection developed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) and given once a month has proved as effective as…
Health workers in Congo being vaccinated against Ebola: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – Vaccination of health workers against the deadly Ebola virus has begun in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Latest Congo Ebola outbreak is Zaire strain, vaccinations to start
GENEVA (Reuters) – An Ebola outbreak in Congo has been confirmed as the Zaire strain of the virus and vaccinations…
Ebola vaccinations in eastern Congo due to begin on Wednesday
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Vaccinations against a new outbreak of Ebola virus in eastern Democratic Republic of…
Eastern Congo Ebola outbreak believed to have killed 33: health ministry
DAKAR (Reuters) – An outbreak of the Ebola virus declared this week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is believed…
WHO warns there may be no vaccine option for new Ebola outbreak
GENEVA (Reuters) – It may be impossible to use a vaccine to tackle Democratic Republic of Congo’s new Ebola outbreak,…
Experts arrive in region of Congo’s new Ebola outbreak
GENEVA/GOMA (Reuters) – An international delegation has arrived in the town of Beni in Democratic Republic of Congo, 30 km…
Congo declares new Ebola outbreak in eastern province
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Four people have tested positive for Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…
Shingrix vaccine makes shingles less severe, disruptive to quality of life
(Reuters Health) – The vaccine Shingrix prevents shingles, and if people do contract the virus, it reduces the severity of…
Southeast Asia haze tied to hospitalization for breathing problems
(Reuters Health) – People are more likely to be hospitalized for respiratory disorders during the annual haze season in Southeast…
Clamor for GSK shingles shot points to bigger profits
LONDON (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline is facing “unprecedented” demand for its new shingles vaccine Shingrix, suggesting the product could be a…
Medical workers in Congo city finish vaccinating contacts of Ebola patients
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Medical workers in Democratic Republic of Congo have given all the immediate contacts of Ebola patients in…
WHO’s Congo Ebola plan assumes 100-300 cases over three months
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization assumes 100-300 cases of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo between May and…
India steps up hunt for origin of mysterious brain-damaging virus
MUMBAI/KOCHI (Reuters) – India began a fresh round of tests to trace the origin of a rare brain-damaging virus that…
Ebola vaccinations begin in rural Congo on Monday: Ministry
Ebola vaccinations will begin Monday in the two rural areas of Congo where the latest deadly outbreak was declared this…
Third Indian state checks suspect cases in outbreak of rare brain-damaging virus
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Officials in a third Indian state were checking on Friday if two people had been infected with…
Ebola patients slip out of Congo hospital as medics try to control outbreak
MBANDAKA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Three patients infected with the Ebola virus slipped out of an isolation ward…
Two more die of Ebola in Congo, seven new cases confirmed
MBANDAKA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Two more people have died from Ebola and seven new cases were confirmed…
Congo begins giving experimental Ebola vaccine to medics
MBANDAKA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Congo began administering an experimental Ebola vaccine to medical staff in the northwestern…
How does herd immunity work? [CBC News Explainer]
CBC’ Manitoba’s Teghan Beaudette explains how herd immunity works and prevents outbreaks of infectious diseases. To read more: http://cbc.ca/1.3975920 ……
WHO hopes to use Ebola vaccine to stem outbreak in remote area of Congo
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Friday it hopes to deploy an experimental Ebola vaccine to tackle…
Health charity Wellcome pledges funds, calls for rapid response to Ebola in Congo
(Reuters) – Britain’s Wellcome Trust global health charity called for a rapid response to an outbreak of Ebola in the…
Seventeen deaths reported in Congo as Ebola outbreak confirmed
KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least 17 people have died in an area of northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo where health…
Ninety-eight now sick from romaine lettuce-linked E. coli: CDC
(Reuters) – Fourteen more people fell ill from an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, U.S. health officials said…
Fourteen more fall sick from E. coli linked to romaine lettuce: CDC
(Reuters) – Fourteen more sick people from eight U.S. states were added to an investigation of an E. coli outbreak…
EU wants coordinated vaccine push against measles, other diseases
(Reuters) – The European Commission urged EU member states on Thursday to cooperate more closely in fighting diseases such as…
How The World’s Deadliest Pandemics Are Born: VICE on HBO, Full Episode
Somewhere in the world, an unknown virus is growing in the bloodstream of an animal, just waiting to jump to…
Hungarian laboratory worker isolated after exposure to Ebola virus
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – A Hungarian laboratory worker has been isolated at a Budapest hospital after accidental exposure to the deadly…
Global leaders seek to reignite fight against deadly malaria
LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) – Renewed action and boosted funding to fight malaria could prevent 350 million cases of the…
Bulgaria reports H5N8 bird flu outbreak in duck farm
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s authorities reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus on a duck farm…
People with sinus infections stay on antibiotics too long
(Reuters Health) – Most people prescribed antibiotics for sinus infections are on treatment courses of 10 days or longer even…
HPV vaccine coverage on the rise, but still far from 2020 goal
(Reuters Health) – The proportion of boys and young men in the U.S. receiving the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has…