Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Ukraine measles outbreak kills 11, infects 30,000

Eleven people have died and more than 30,000 have been infected this year in a major measles outbreak in Ukraine, the European country worst hit by the disease, Kiev said Monday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

San Diego County sees slowdown in Hepatitis A cases

San Diego County is seeing a slowdown in the number of cases of Hepatitis A from an average of 84 per week this summer to only two in the first three weeks of December.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Up to one million facing hunger in Ebola-hit countries: UN

Border closures, quarantines and crop losses in West African nations battling the Ebola virus could lead to as many as one million people going hungry, UN food agencies said on Wednesday.