Where did Ebola come from? Ebola first appeared in 1976 in Africa near the Ebola River, where the disease gets…
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Nigeria confirms 2 new Ebola cases
Two new cases of Ebola have emerged in Nigeria and, in an alarming development, they are outside the group of…
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Saudi Arabia tackles MERS virus, still hunting source
Saudi Arabia has not yet traced the source of a mysterious camel virus, leaving many questions about a disease that…
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US, South Korean health experts team up to contain North Korean pandemic risk
North Korea’s inflammatory rhetoric and atomic weapons testing aren’t the only concerns for U.S. officials, as an even bigger threat…
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Drugmakers’ use of the tobacco plant as a fast and cheap way to produce novel biotechnology treatments is gaining global…
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Health officials say 12 states now have respiratory illnesses caused by an uncommon virus – enterovirus D68. Centers for Disease…
Read MoreTimeline of world’s worst Ebola outbreak
International agencies and governments are fighting to contain the world’s worst Ebola epidemic since the disease was identified in 1976.…
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Ebola death toll in West Africa rises to 147
The World Health Organization says 147 people have died from the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. In a statement…
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