infectious diseases

NEW YORK (AP) — An outbreak of E. coli linked to Chipotle that originated in the Pacific Northwest has spread south and east and has now infected peop...

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Health officials in Liberia said Friday they had confirmed a new case of the deadly Ebola disease, more than two months after...

NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Sheen issued the following statement Tuesday. What follows is the complete, unedited letter: Roughly four years ago, I suddenl...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When a 2-year-old returned sick from a visit to India, U.S. doctors suspected tuberculosis even though standard tests said no. It wo...

SEATTLE (AP) — Chipotle said Tuesday that it is reopening the 43 Pacific Northwest restaurants it closed amid an E. coli outbreak after tests at the M...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Cheers erupted and people danced in the streets Saturday as Sierra Leone marked the end of the Ebola outbreak within its...

SEATTLE (AP) — A spokesman for Chipotle says the company plans to keep all 43 of its Mexican restaurants closed in Oregon and Washington state until h...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lady Gaga is continuing her jazzy period. The entertainer performed an hour-long jazz set Thursday at the American Foundation for A...

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says it's worried that millions of doses of polio vaccine might be wasted in Ukraine after a patient group...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq, which is already facing a prolonged battled against the Islamic State group and mass protests against government corruption and i...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — The 19-year-old mother clutched her newborn son as she arrived at the Ebola holding center. The child's father was gone,...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama state health officials say a patient whose symptoms caused concerns about Ebola has tested negative for the virus. The...

LONDON (AP) — The United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response is officially winding down Friday, handing its leadership role and senior staff ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Once stigmatized as the world's polio epicenter, Nigeria on Friday celebrates its first year with no reported case of the crippl...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Samples taken from the 17-year-old boy who died from Ebola in Liberia nearly two weeks ago show the virus is genetically similar...

LONDON (AP) — The Ebola outbreak exposed the U.N. health agency's organizational failings, a panel reported Tuesday — but it didn't blame any individu...

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberian authorities on Tuesday quarantined an area where the corpse of a 17-year-old boy was found with Ebola, sparking fear...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The governor of California has signed a contentious bill to impose one of the strictest school vaccination laws in the count...

NEW YORK (AP) — He refuses to go quietly into that good night. Larry Kramer continues to rage. The playwright and activist turns 80 on Thursday and ne...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday it faces a budget shortfall of more than $2.5 billion, mainly because of increased ...