Don't Freak Out About Ebola Coming to America
The disease is scary, but the risks are low.
Disease
Quarantine in Liberia
The Liberian president has closed border crossings and quarantined areas affected by the Ebola outbreak.
Addicted to Brain Scans
The debate about sex addiction reflects a larger cultural confusion.
Researchers: Polio Outbreak Could Spread From Africa and Middle East to Europe
Disease discovered in Syria, Israel, and Somalia
Experts Fear Polio May Have Returned To Syria
As if people there didn't have enough to worry about
UN Being Sued Over Causing, Covering Up Cholera Outbreak in Haiti
UN peacekeepers from Nepal stationed near a river introduced a disease that hadn't been observed on the island in centuries
Antifungal Cream Discovered to Eradicate HIV
Could be important breakthrough, as it's already approved for use on humans
Tulsa Dentist Charged with Hep. C Outbreak
First outbreak associated with dental care
NH Hospital Patients Exposed to Deadly Brain Disease
Risk is extremely low, though
Lyme Disease 10 Times More Common Than Previously Reported
Says The Centers for Disease Control
Somalia Polio Outbreak Spreads
Has 105 cases, more than the rest of the world combined
Researchers Find Two New Genetic Mutations Connected to Epilepsy
Had never before been linked to the disease
Man Dies from Rabies Transmitted Via Organ Transplant
Eighth-known victim of such an unusual transmission method
WHO Sets Up Committee to Tackle MERS Virus
Middle East coronavirus has killed 40
American Medical Association: Call Obesity a Disease
Does that make a cheeseburger a "controlled substance"?
American Medical Association: Obesity Is Not a Disease
Treating it as one undermines prevention efforts
Porn Actor Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail over Syphilis Scare
A scandal with shockingly good timing
Scientists Alter Mosquitoes' Attraction to Humans with Gene Switch
Can have them turn to other animals instead. Sucks for those other animals.
By All Means, Let's Try to Start Another Flu Panic
The World Health Organization needs its own tabloid
Number of Bird Flu Cases in China Rises
According to the World Health Organization the number of patients has risen to 102 and 20 have died
HIV Tests Urged for Thousands of Oklahoma Dental Patients
Instruments were not being properly cleaned
Vial Containing Rare Venezuelan Virus Missing From Texas Laboratory
Public health risk low because the virus is not known to transmit between humans
Build a Better Condom and the World Will [Censored] a [Censored] to Your [Censored]
Innovation, not Nanny-Statism
UK Rail Workers Unearth Suspected Black Death Burial Pit
13 skeletons uncovered
People Still Dying from Contaminated Steroids
Two more deaths logged, bringing the total to 50
CDC Warns Health Officials of New Virus
Says the virus that has killed eight so far can be passed from person to person
UN Refuses to Pay for Bringing Cholera to Haiti
Thousands died after exposed soldiers were brought in
Patient With "Sars-Like Virus" Has Died in the UK
Virus thought to have originated in the Middle East
