infectious diseases

Here's What We Could Be Doing to Stop Pandemics Like Zika and Ebola

By Katie Fehrenbacher / Fortune

Why the Return of Polio to Nigeria is Such Bad News

By Kate Samuelson

Nigeria to Roll Out Emergency Polio Vaccinations

By Kate Samuelson

Russia Had a Fatal Anthrax Outbreak. Could It Happen in the U.S.?

By Kate Samuelson
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5 Mysterious Diseases You Should Know About

Other infections of concern beyond Zika

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Zika Crisis 'Could Get Worse,' WHO Chief Says

The mosquito-borne disease has already been reported in 46 countries

By Rishi Iyengar

Zika: Pregnant Woman Is Australia's Third Case

The patient, from Queensland, had traveled outside the country recently

By Rishi Iyengar

Sierra Leone Confirms Second Ebola Case

It is the second case recorded in a week

By Rishi Iyengar

Chipotle Tweaking Food Prep After E. Coli Outbreak

Some ingredients will be prepared at a centralized location before arriving at restaurants

By Nolan Feeney

Starbucks Recalls Sandwich Due to E. Coli Concerns

No cases of the illness have been linked to the company so far

By Nolan Feeney

Typhoid Fever Cases Traced to Qdoba in Colorado

All patients have recovered and there is no current public health risk

By Nolan Feeney

Scottish Nurse's Condition Deteriorates From Ebola Relapse

"She is now critically ill"

By Rishi Iyengar

Scottish Nurse Who Had Ebola Placed Back in Isolation Unit

Authorities say the risk of contagion is very low

By Rishi Iyengar

Second Yosemite Tourist Diagnosed With Plague

"The risk to human health remains low," California's public health department says

By Nolan Feeney

U.S. Lags Much of the World in Measles Immunization

Babies in desperately impoverished Libya and Zimbabwe, and in many other nations, are vaccinated more effectively, the WHO says

By Helen Regan

Don't Go to Disneyland If You Haven't Been Vaccinated

State health officials say 42 of California's 59 cases are linked to exposure at Disneyland

By David Stout

Guinean Priests Assaulted in Local Village

They had gone to a local village to spray insecticides

By Rishi Iyengar

Cambodian Medic Charged With Murder for HIV Spread

212 HIV cases were found in the community where he practiced

By Charlotte Alter

Avian Flu Spreads In Canada

The virus has affected 155,000 birds in the past week

By Rishi Iyengar

How to Save More Than 14 Million Newborns By 2030

We would be wise to target neonatal deaths and cervical cancer

By Bjørn Lomborg
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