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After 18 years, polio back in Papua New Guinea – WHO
PNG has not had a case of the disease since 1996, and was certified as polio-free in 2000 along with the rest of the World Health Organization's Western Pacific region
Kids aged 11-12 need just two doses of cancer vaccine
Those aged 15 26 should continue to receive 3 doses says the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
US extends 6-month warning to men over Zika risk
Men who live in or have traveled to an area of active Zika transmission are now urged to wait half a year before attempting conception regardless of whether they have been diagnosed with Zika or showed any symptoms
Zika-hit Miami neighborhood safe – Florida governor
Florida Governor Rick Scott says authorities are doing a very good job of working to get rid of the mosquitoes which transmit the Zika virus
Continental US records first Zika-related death
Health officials say the elderly victim who had an underlying health condition died in late June after traveling to a country where the mosquito transmitted virus is active
Zika linked to birth defects in 6 US cases
The CDC says it will publish weekly results of women who are pregnant and infected with Zika
Puerto Rico declares first case of Zika-related microcephaly
Puerto Rico says it has counted 925 cases of Zika so far 18 of which involve pregnant women
First US Zika-related death in Puerto Rico
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned of a potential explosion of Zika cases in Puerto Rico possibly reaching into the hundreds of thousands
Men with Zika should wait 6 months before unprotected sex – US
Meanwhile women confirmed to have Zika or who have its symptoms should wait at least 8 weeks after the illness first appears before trying to become pregnant
Eating peanuts helps infants avoid allergy, even after pause
The latest study includes evidence gleaned from following 550 children age 5 to 6 some of whom stopped eating peanuts while others carried on
US details cases of 9 pregnant women with Zika virus
Health officials say two of the women miscarried and two elected to terminate their pregnancies
Birth defects in Latin America spark Zika virus panic
With the sting of a mosquito bite and a fever many pregnant women may not know that they caught the Zika virus – until it strikes their unborn child
'Poisoned' durian candy contaminated with bacteria – DOH
Wendy s Durian Candy tests positive for staphylococcus bacteria One of the victims is still in the hospital but will be discharged soon
US faces measles outbreak, vaccine debate rages
The resurgence of the disease in the US coincides with a movement of some parents refusing to vaccinate their children
New Ebola cases slowing in Liberia, but too soon to celebrate – WHO
UPDATED It appears that the trend is real in Liberia and there may indeed be a slowing of the epidemic s spread there says WHO assistant director general Bruce Aylward
US modifies Ebola guidelines after quarantine uproar
The decision comes after UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and health workers coming from Ebola hit areas strongly criticized the US quarantine guidelines
Number of Ebola cases nears 10,000
With experts warning the rate of infections could reach 10 000 a week by early December researchers around the world are scrambling to beat the tropical fever
Cuba sends more doctors to Ebola-hit west Africa
The death toll from the outbreak nears 4 900 and countries race to get experimental vaccines ready for real world use
Nigeria declared Ebola-free in 'spectacular success'
UPDATED Nigeria s official Ebola free status comes after Senegal was given the all clear on October 17 providing rare good news in the world s worst outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever
CDC cleared Ebola nurse to fly, mulls travel ban
The decision to let her fly was based on in this case the disclosure from the health care worker in terms of her well being says CDC spokeswoman Barbara Reynolds
Texas case forces US to 'rethink' Ebola approach
US CDC head: What we will be doing in the coming days and weeks is doubling down on the amount of education training outreach and support we provide
First US Ebola infection result of 'protocol breach'
UPDATED Top US health officials have said a breach of protocol was to blame for the new Ebola patient – the second person infected outside Africa and the second diagnosed in the United States
Second US Ebola case deals blow to global battle
UPDATED The latest Texas case underlines United Nations fears and growing concerns in the United States about Ebola for which there is no vaccine or widely available treatment
Nations step up measures to stem worsening Ebola outbreak
Countries across the world scrambled Saturday October 11 to stem a deadly Ebola outbreak that UN officials warn is getting worse
US urges action to keep Ebola from becoming 'next AIDS'
UPDATED We have to work now so that it is not the world s next AIDS CDC director Tom Frieden tells the heads of the United Nations World Bank and International Monetary Fund
Ebola quarantines mount in Spain, as nations add airport screenings
EU officials rush to reassure citizens Europe is well armed to prevent an Ebola epidemic but experts point to some gaps in public health systems which could be called upon to ward off contagion of the tropical fever
Man dies of Ebola in Texas, as world toll nears 3,900
UPDATED The spillover of the virus – with the first diagnosis in United States and the first case of infection in Spain – has raised fears of contagion in the West
Africa's uneven health care becomes easy prey for Ebola
While nations like Ivory Coast Kenya and South Africa have well equipped hospitals with specialist units and high tech labs vast expanses of the continent remain health care deserts
US hunts contacts of seriously ill Ebola patient
UPDATED More people may have been exposed to the contagious man after he first sought treatment on September 25 because an apparent miscommunication among staff resulted in his release back into the community for several days
Rare respiratory virus, paralysis spreads among US kids
The nationwide outbreak of enterovirus D68 – which can cause wheezing and coughing – coincided with the hospitalization of 9 children due to limb weakness in Colorado since early August and officials are investigating if there is any link between the two
Obama says West Africa 'overwhelmed' by Ebola epidemic
US President Barack Obama challenges inventors to come up with more comfortable and functional protective gear kits for health workers working in highly infectious areas in West Africa
Sierra Leone quarantines 1.2M ahead of UN Ebola talks
UPDATED World leaders are due to attend a meeting in New York on Ebola convened by UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon with Sierra Leone s Ernest Bai Koroma and Liberia s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf connected by video link
1.4M Ebola cases by January 2015 – US
UPDATED However experts warn the figures are based on data that is three weeks old before the United States and other nations ramped up their responses to the epidemic in West Africa
Ebola zone countries isolated as airlines stop flights
Health ministers from west African nations hit by Ebola will gather in the Ghanaian capital Accra on Thursday to discuss responses to the epidemic
Youths who try e-cigarettes triple since 2011 – study
US CDC: More than a quarter of a million young people who had never smoked a cigarette used e cigarettes in 2013
All doses of experimental Ebola drug sent to West Africa
Mapp Bio: In responding to the request received this weekend from a West African nation the available supply of ZMapp is exhausted
RITM on top of preparations for possible Ebola cases
Health Secretary Enrique Ona says the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine and several other hospitals have enough capacity to test the deadly Ebola virus
Ebola outbreak speeds up efforts to find a vaccine
There is currently no such medication in the pipeline to treat Ebola In the meantime experts can only urge preventive measures
Bariatric surgery yields higher diabetic remission: study
The study also shows that the surgical procedure is linked to fewer diabetes related complications in the severely overweight
PH linked to record-high measles cases in US
Many of the US clusters originated after people traveled to the Philippines where a large measles outbreak has been ongoing since late 2013
In US, gay men clash over HIV prevention pill
The daily pill should be used in conjunction with condoms as a way to cut back on new HIV infections which have stayed steady at some 50 000 new annual cases in the United States in recent years
US reports second case of MERS virus
US health officials are investigating the imported case and are expected to release details at a news conference
New York City imposes strict e-cigarette ban
Retailers as of May 18 will no longer be allowed to sell tobacco products or e cigarettes to anyone under 21
E-cigarettes to be regulated under new US plan
Sellers would be required to enforce a minimum age restriction on those who wish to buy the products including requiring identification
Calls for more US oversight after tainted drug outbreak
A deadly meningitis outbreak in the United States blamed on a tainted drug has triggered outrage and calls for tighter regulation of the loosely controlled pharmaceutical compounding industry
US meningitis outbreak death toll rises to 12
Officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said as many as 13 000 people might have received doses of the contaminated steroid injection that has caused an outbreak of the rare fungal infection
