Highly pathogenic H5N5 avian flu has been detected in a backyard poultry flock in Newfoundland and Labrador, according to ...

China has reported two more human infections involving H9N2 avian flu, and, unlike most earlier patients, the latest are ...

Uganda discharged on Tuesday the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola, health authorities reported, and there were no other positive cases in the outbreak declared last month.

Ebola scare in Manhattan was a false alarm; two patients at CityMD did not have the virus despite exhibiting symptoms and ...

Here’s a look at Ebola, a virus with a high fatality rate that was first identified in Africa in 1976. Facts Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by one of five different Ebola viruses. Four of ...

Former CDC Director Tom Frieden warns that cutting the Public Health Associate Program and Laboratory Leadership Service ...

Two patients were isolated and transported to a hospital after showing possible signs of Ebola at an urgent care center in ...

Advances in medical sciences have reduced infectious disease mortality, but emerging pathogens pose global health threats.

Ugandans who always dismiss disease outbreak announcements as alarmist are experiencing epidemic fatigue, Dr Richard Kabanda, ...

Two patients in New York City were initially feared to have Ebola, but tests confirmed they are suffering from norovirus. The ...

As Uganda’s Ministry of Health reports a surge in Ebola infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised against ...