October 24, 2015 Polio resurfaces in Mali from Ebola-hit Guinea, WHO says There is a high risk of polio spreading in Ebola-ravaged Guinea and Mali, the World Health Organization said on Monday, after a Guinean toddler traveled to Mali and became that country's first case of the crippling disease in more than four years.
October 24, 2015 New Jersey court rules for nurse who refused vaccine on non-religious grounds A New Jersey appeals court ruled on Thursday that First Amendment protections allowing people to refuse medical procedures on religious grounds also extends to those opting out of treatment for secular reasons.
October 24, 2015 Polio-free countries still face threat, scientists say An outbreak of polio in a previously polio-free region of China shows that the crippling, potentially deadly disease will remain a global threat as long as the poliovirus circulates anywhere in the world, scientists say
October 24, 2015 Unvaccinated infants fueling disease epidemics, researchers say Measles: A highly contagious respiratory virus thought to be eradicated in America.
October 24, 2015 The making of a flu vaccine The annual fight to keep the flu under control starts here.
October 24, 2015 University of California to require all students to get measles shot Students at all 10 campuses of the University of California will be required to be screened for tuberculosis and vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubella and other diseases under a new health plan set to take effect in 2017, the university said on Friday.
October 24, 2015 2 new Ebola cases in Guinea, WHO says Two people have fallen ill with Ebola in Guinea after two weeks with no new confirmed cases of the disease in West Africa, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
October 24, 2015 Trial of Tekmira's TKM-Ebola treatment starts in Sierra Leone A clinical trial of Tekmira's experimental drug TKM-Ebola-Guinea will start on Wednesday in Sierra Leone, Britain's Wellcome Trust global health charity said.
October 24, 2015 GSK Ebola vaccine to start clinical trials soon A clinical trial of an experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus is set to start shortly, according to British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, which is co-developing the product with U.S. scientists.
October 24, 2015 College students reportedly told to inject each other with non-approved solution University of Alaska Fairbanks officials are reviewing procedures after students in a medical assistant program were told to inject each other with a solution not approved for human use.
