A brief history of Ebola outbreaks
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/03/25/a-brief-history-of-ebola-outbreaks/
An outbreak of Ebola in Guinea has killed 59 people, according to Doctors Without Borders, which is creating facilities designed to isolate people suspected of having the deadly virus. Possible cases have been reported in nearby Sierra Leone and ...
Sahel meningitis outbreaks linked to wind and dust levels, claim scientists
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/25/sahel-meningitis-outbreaks-wind-dust-levels
An effective new vaccine has driven a decrease in meningitis, but the standard procedure in the region has been to carry out vaccination drives and antibiotic treatment of the disease in districts already suffering outbreaks. In some cases, help ...
Guinea Ebola outbreak thought to have spread to Liberia
http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-epidemic-spreads-guineas-capital-173304833.html
Conakry (AFP) - Aid workers and health officials in Guinea battled Monday to contain west Africa's first outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus as neighbouring Liberia reported its first suspected victims. At least 59 people are known to have died in ...
Big Measles Outbreaks Linked To Troubling Trend
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/20/measles-outbreaks-religio_n_5000252.html
A recent measles outbreak at a religious preschool in Vancouver with a vaccination rate of nearly zero points to a troubling trend. Large outbreaks in the past year are closely tied to pockets of unvaccinated individuals within insular religious ...
Doctors Work to Diagnose Measles
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/doctors-work-diagnose-measles-outbreaks-continue-us/story?id=22971776
Measles, a highly contagious and dangerous virus, was thought to have been eradicated from the U.S. with vaccines -- but in recent years outbreaks have been occurring at an alarming rate. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports there was an ...
Visitors restricted at Freeport ward after outbreak of stomach virus
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4427841-visitors-restricted-at-freeport-ward-after-outbreak-of-stomach-virus/
KITCHENER ? A nasty stomach virus is suspected of making staff and patients ill in two hospital wards and a child care centre over the past week. Sunday, health officials restricted visitors to Union Terrace at Freeport hospital, after three patients ...
Somalia: UN envoy condemns recent outbreaks of deadly violence in Baidoa
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47422&Cr=somali&Cr1
Somalia: UN envoy condemns recent outbreaks of deadly violence in Baidoa. Residents of the village of Modmoday, 40 kilometres east of the town of Baidoa, Somalia, look on as a soldier of the Somali National Army (SNA) keeps guard. Photo: AU-UN/IST.
Outbreaks blamed on vaccine skipping
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/03/22/outbreaks-blamed-on-vaccine-skipping.html
Public-health officials and infectious-disease experts say under-vaccination is leading to more outbreaks of diseases that could have long been eradicated, such as the mumps spreading through Ohio State University. The number of mumps cases at Ohio ...
