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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
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The mosquito-borne disease has already been reported in 46 countries
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February 24, 2016
Zika: Pregnant Woman Is Australia's Third Case
The patient, from Queensland, had traveled outside the country recently
By Rishi Iyengar
February 10, 2016
Sierra Leone Confirms Second Ebola Case
It is the second case recorded in a week
By Rishi Iyengar
January 21, 2016
Chipotle Tweaking Food Prep After E. Coli Outbreak
Some ingredients will be prepared at a centralized location before arriving at restaurants
By Nolan Feeney
December 23, 2015
Starbucks Recalls Sandwich Due to E. Coli Concerns
No cases of the illness have been linked to the company so far
By Nolan Feeney
December 3, 2015
Typhoid Fever Cases Traced to Qdoba in Colorado
All patients have recovered and there is no current public health risk
By Nolan Feeney
November 4, 2015
Scottish Nurse's Condition Deteriorates From Ebola Relapse
"She is now critically ill"
By Rishi Iyengar
October 15, 2015
Scottish Nurse Who Had Ebola Placed Back in Isolation Unit
Authorities say the risk of contagion is very low
By Rishi Iyengar
October 9, 2015
Second Yosemite Tourist Diagnosed With Plague
"The risk to human health remains low," California's public health department says
By Nolan Feeney
August 19, 2015
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
February 4, 2015
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
January 21, 2015
Guinean Priests Assaulted in Local Village
They had gone to a local village to spray insecticides
By Rishi Iyengar
January 20, 2015
Cambodian Medic Charged With Murder for HIV Spread
212 HIV cases were found in the community where he practiced
By Charlotte Alter
January 10, 2015
Avian Flu Spreads In Canada
The virus has affected 155,000 birds in the past week
By Rishi Iyengar
December 11, 2014
How to Save More Than 14 Million Newborns By 2030
We would be wise to target neonatal deaths and cervical cancer
By Bjørn Lomborg
December 9, 2014
Malaria Deaths Nearly Halved Since 2000
But eliminating the disease altogether remains an uphill task
By Rishi Iyengar
December 9, 2014
Heathrow Starts Ebola Screenings
A health official says he expects a "handful" of cases to enter the UK
By Laura Stampler
October 14, 2014
Liberia's Ebola Community Care Centers
The new Ebola Community Care Centers pioneered by Save the Children strike a compromise between home care and hospital-grade treatment. But will they work?
By Aryn Baker
October 9, 2014
Liberia Burns its Bodies as Ebola Fears Run Rampant
In an effort to stem Ebola’s spread, Liberia’s government has all but banned burials in favor of cremation.
By Aryn Baker
October 7, 2014
People Are Prank Calling Liberia's Ebola Hotline
While others ring to report a dead body or a sick family member
By Aryn Baker
October 3, 2014
One Man's Story of Surviving Ebola
An ambulance team supervisor in the Liberian capital Monrovia describes his ordeal, and how he made it through
By Aryn Baker
October 2, 2014
HOPE House Shelters Ebola Orphans
Ebola's toll includes children who lose their parents to the disease. One charity is coming up with a solution
By Aryn Baker
October 1, 2014
Ebola in the US? Liberians react
“Now the Americans know Ebola can go there, maybe they will send more doctors to Liberia”
By Aryn Baker
October 1, 2014
Gates Foundation Gives $50 Million to Fight Ebola
The foundation said it would give funds to U.N. agencies combatting the disease
By Rishi Iyengar
September 11, 2014
2 People Die of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo
But the deaths are not related to the current outbreak in West Africa, health officials in Congo say
By Sam Frizell
August 24, 2014
These Protective Suits Help Doctors Treat Ebola Victims
While people rely on doctors to stop the Ebola outbreaks in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia, doctors rely on suits to protect them.
By Salima Koroma
August 5, 2014
Ebola Diagnosis 'Unlikely' in New York Patient
New York Health Department officials said the patient had none of the known risk factors for Ebola
By Alexandra Sifferlin
August 4, 2014
Liberia Closes Borders to Curb Ebola Outbreak
Outbreak is already the largest on record
By Charlotte Alter
July 28, 2014
Officials Say Ebola Virus Is Suspected in Nigeria
Samples have been sent to the WHO for testing
By Justin Worland
July 25, 2014
Study Finds New Way to Kick HIV From Infected Cells
The technique addresses the problem of hidden reservoirs of HIV in the body, and could herald a new way of battling the viral infection
By Alice Park
July 21, 2014
Scientists to Test Dogs and Cats for MERS Virus
Camels are thought to be the main carriers of the virus that has killed at least 200 people, mainly in Saudi Arabia, but researchers now believe other animals could also be spreading the infection
By Eliana Dockterman
May 26, 2014
Measles Vaccine Cures Woman of Cancer
Mayo Clinic researchers have wiped out a 49-year-old Minnesota woman’s blood cancer with a radical new virus-based treatment that involved injecting her with “the highest possible dose” of a measles vaccine, suggesting virotherapy could treat some cancers
By Markham Heid, Prevention
May 16, 2014
Egypt Reports First Case of MERS Virus
As Saudi Arabia experiences a spike in the number of confirmed cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Egypt has now identified its first case of the often deadly virus: a man who was living in Saudi Arabia
By Nolan Feeney
April 26, 2014
20 New Cases of MERS Confirmed in Saudi Arabia
About 49 people have been infected in the past six days by the incurable Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus, which has claimed 76 lives in Saudi Arabia. The country's Health Minister said he did not know the cause of the sudden rise in cases
By Nolan Feeney
April 20, 2014
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