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A New Mom Became a Quadruple Amputee From Flesh-Eating Bacteria. Here's What You Need to Know

By Amanda MacMillan

Your Cell Phone Is 10 Times Dirtier Than a Toilet Seat. Here's What to Do About It

By Abigail Abrams

Some Doctors Now Say to Stop Antibiotics When You Feel Better

By Amanda MacMillan

Bats Are the Number-One Carriers of Disease

By Alexandra Sifferlin
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How Ebola Got So Deadly

The virus developed a dangerous mutation

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Here's Some Promising News on World Polio Day

We're tantalizingly close to wiping out the disease

By Jeff Kluger / Atlanta

Thai Concerns Over Zika's Impact on Tourism

Twenty-two cases were confirmed in Bangkok alone on Sunday

By Tekendra Parmar

Zika Mutates Extremely Quickly, Which Is Why It's So Scary

Scientists are also questioning how it spreads

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Good News: Zika Can’t Hurt Future Pregnancies

Many people are confused about key characteristics of the Zika virus

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's Rapid Spread Explained in 3 GIFs

Here's how mosquitoes spread the disease

By Alexandra Sifferlin and Lon Tweeten

FDA: Travelers to Zika Areas Should Wait to Donate Blood

Those at risk for Zika infection should not donate blood for one month

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Zika: Pregnant Woman Is Australia's Third Case

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

By Rishi Iyengar

Ground Zero of Brazil's Zika Outbreak

Inside the city where doctors helped uncover a spike in babies with birth defects

By TIME Photo

See the Impact of Zika in Brazil

Authorities are targeting mosquitoes associated with a virus that is believed to cause brain damage in babies

By TIME Photo

Europe Sees First Zika Case

The virus is spread by mosquitoes and has no cure or vaccine

By Nash Jenkins

Ebola Death Confirmed After West Africa Declared Virus Free

The two-year epidemic has killed 11,000 people

By TIME Staff

Ebola Could Be Back in Nigeria

A man has died of Ebola-like symptoms and his blood samples sent for testing

By Mark Rivett-Carnac

30,000-Year-Old Virus Discovered in Siberia

Researchers will revive the virus in the safety of a lab

By Alexandra Sifferlin

200 to Be Vaccinated for Ebola in Sierra Leone

The country had begun a 42-day countdown to being declared Ebola-free

By Helen Regan
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