The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Friday the discovery of a new virus that may be spread…
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How to stay healthy while traveling
Spring break and summer vacation will be here before we know it, and getting sick while traveling is certainly no…
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Hong Kong confirms second case of H7N9 bird flu in a week
Hong Kong has confirmed its second case of the deadly H7N9 bird flu, days after the first, as the virus…
Read MoreNew ‘vomiting virus’ strain behind recent US outbreaks
A new strain of norovirus — a stomach bug that causes diarrhea and vomiting — was responsible for most outbreaks…
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4th student contracts meningitis at UC Santa Barbara
Authorities say a fourth student has come down with meningitis at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where an outbreak…
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Newark Airport passenger being tested for Ebola does not have virus, CDC says
A passenger who arrived at Newark Airport from West Africa Tuesday and was being evaluated for possible Ebola does not…
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Why Ebola kills some, while others survive
People who shared an apartment with the country’s first Ebola patient are emerging from quarantine healthy. And while Thomas Eric…
Read MoreLiberians fast, pray for three days to break Ebola ‘curse’
Liberians began three days of fasting and prayers on Wednesday to seek salvation from the “curse” of the Ebola epidemic,…
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2 sick Orlando health workers test negative for MERS virus
Two U.S. hospital workers who fell ill after contact with a patient suffering from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) have…
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Sierra Leone to pay families of health workers who die of Ebola
Sierra Leone will make a one-off payment of $5,000 to the family of any health worker who dies as a…
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