Disease outbreaks

Disease outbreaks

• Report: NPS hantavirus response followed policy

  Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommended on Monday that design changes to ... 

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  Measles surges in UK years after flawed research

  More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked ... 

• Correction: New Virus story

  In a story May 15 about a new SARS-like virus spreading from patients to health care workers in Saudi Arabia, The Associated Press reported ... 

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  2 new viruses could both spark global outbreaks

  Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials — a novel coronavirus in the Middle ... 

• 200 sickened after dining at Vegas restaurant

  A new report shows 200 people who dined at one of Las Vegas' most popular restaurants about a block off the Strip have reported food poisoning ... 

• Lawyers: Haiti cholera lawsuit threatened at UN

  A Boston-based human rights group said Wednesday it will sue the United Nations in 60 days if the world body does not agree to compensate Haitian ... 

• Meningitis outbreak kills at least 40 in Guinea

  Health officials say a meningitis outbreak has killed at least 40 people in the West African nation of Guinea. Conde Lansine, a doctor in the eastern ... 

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  FDA finds safety issues at specialty pharmacies

  The Food and Drug Administration says it has uncovered potential safety problems at 30 specialty pharmacies that were inspected in the wake of a ... 

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  4-year-old boy recovers from new bird flu in China

  A 4-year-old boy has recovered from a new strain of bird flu that has killed nine people in China, a doctor said Wednesday, as the country's premier ... 

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  Nev jury orders HMO to pay $500M in hepatitis case

  A Nevada jury ordered the state's largest health management organization on Tuesday to pay $500 million in punitive damages to three plaintiffs in a ... 

• Egyptian students protest mass food poisoning case

  Hundreds of Egyptian students angered by a mass outbreak of food poisoning at a Cairo university stormed on Tuesday the offices of the country's top ... 

• CDC: 24 E. coli illnesses linked to frozen foods

  Health officials say at least 24 people have become sick from an outbreak of E. coli infections linked to frozen snack foods marketed to children. 

• Europe's financial crisis leads to suicide surge

  The harsh spending cuts introduced by European governments to tackle their crippling debt problems have not only pitched the region into recession — ... 

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  CDC: Frogs with salmonella could still be in homes

  They live underwater, eat bloodworms, and are promoted on pet websites. But African dwarf frogs can carry salmonella. An outbreak tied to the frogs ... 

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  Feds indict 4 in peanut butter salmonella outbreak

  Four former peanut company employees have been charged with scheming to manufacture and ship salmonella-tainted peanuts that killed nine, sickened ... 

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  CDC app lets you solve disease outbreaks at home

  You may not be a disease detective, but now you can play one at home. The nation's public health agency has released a free app for the iPad called ... 

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  Stranded cruise passengers facing dirty conditions

  The head of Carnival Cruise Lines said Tuesday his company was working hard to ensure the thousands of passengers stranded on a disabled ship in the ... 

• Mass. pharmacy owners got $16M in final months

  The owners of a pharmacy linked to a fatal meningitis outbreak received more than $16 million in wages and payments as the company grew increasingly ... 

• Cuba acknowledges 51 cholera cases

  Cuba's Public Health Ministry on Tuesday acknowledged 51 new cases of cholera in the capital amid growing concerns about the illness' spread and ... 

• DOJ official wants trustee in Mass. pharmacy case

  An independent trustee must be appointed to oversee the bankruptcy of a Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak because of the firm's ... 

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  FDA: New rules will make food safer

  The Food and Drug Administration says its new guidelines would make the food Americans eat safer and help prevent the kinds of foodborne disease ... 

• Mass. Gov. proposes new compounding pharmacy rules

  Gov. Deval Patrick on Friday proposed tighter regulations on sterile compounding pharmacies following a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak linked ... 

• Palestinians say 9 dead from swine flu outbreak

  A Palestinian health official says an outbreak swine flu has killed nine people. Deputy Health Minister Asad Ramlawi also said Monday more than 225 ...