Infectious Disease

CDC: Tough Mudder Participants Caught Stomach Bug

By Nolan Feeney

Deadly Virus MERS Arrives in U.S.

By Andrew Katz

Saudi Arabia Reports 26 More Cases of MERS as Egypt Reports First Infection

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Measles Outbreaks Have Hit 13 States This Year

By Alexandra Sifferlin
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Saudi Arabia Reports 4 More MERS Deaths

Nearly 300 people have been infected so far, including a 65-year-old Turkish pilgrim in Mecca, a city to which millions of Muslims will make the Hajj later this year, worrying health experts about the virus's spread internationally

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Ebola Virus Death Toll Rises to 142 in West Africa

Doctors Without Borders called the outbreak 'unprecedented', as reported deaths continue to rise in Guinea and Liberia. However, the number of new infections has slowed

By Eliana Dockterman

Guinea Claims Ebola Outbreak Nearly Under Control

Health experts in the west African country say there are fewer new cases of the virus, which has no cure and which is fatal for a significant portion of those who contract it, suggesting the outbreak that has killed over 100 people there may be close to being contained

By Alexandra Sifferlin

MERS Death Toll Climbs as Man Killed By Virus in Saudi Arabia

The deadly virus, whose origins may be linked to camels, has claimed 68 lives in Saudi Arabia and caused a panic among health workers

By Nolan Feeney

Guinea's Ebola Outbreak Spreads to Liberia

Health officials in the West African country say the outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever is suspected to have killed at least 78 people so far. Nearly six weeks had passed before authorities identifying the outbreak as Ebola, allowing it to spread

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Report: Tuberculosis Severely Underreported in Kids

The author of a study published in the journal Lancet said that while previous estimates for the number of TB cases in children were about 500,000, it's likely that one million children develop the disease per year when one accounts for underreporting

By Alexandra Sifferlin

4 Diseases Making a Comeback Thanks to Anti-Vaxxers

These should be avoidable

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Thanks to Climate Change, West Nile Virus Could Be Your New Neighbor

A new study shows how climate change will contribute to the spread of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus

By Bryan Walsh

Report: Camels Play Key Role in Spread of Deadly Virus in Middle East

Researchers remain stumped about the origin of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome but now say the virus (or a close relative) has been circulating in camels for more than two decades

By Andrew Katz

California Children Contract Mysterious Polio-Like Illness

Five children experienced sudden paralysis, but all had been vaccinated against polio

By Alexandra Sifferlin
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