Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Predicting your risk of infection

Research publishing this week in PLOS Computational Biology analyses the livestock trade in Italy and sexual encounters in a Brazilian prostitution service to find a correlation between loyalty and infection risk.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US modifies Ebola guidelines after quarantine uproar

US health authorities on Monday issued new guidelines for health workers returning from Ebola-hit nations after a firestorm of criticism over state quarantine restrictions, including from the UN chief.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

UN confronts deadly Ebola epidemic

World leaders gathered at the United Nations heard dire warnings and desperate pleas for assistance Thursday as the deadly Ebola virus forced Sierra Leone to quarantine a million people.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

False alarm over suspected Italy Ebola case

A Nigerian woman suspected of being Italy's first Ebola case is in fact sick with malaria, regional health services said Wednesday.

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