The following was published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Thursday to assist health practitioners when making the decision to discharge a suspected Ebola patient: The decision...

Mike Coston is the Owner/Editor of Avian Flu Diary Despite its horrific impact on West Africa, Ebola – since it is not an `airborne virus’ – is unlikely to spark the next great pandemic.  None...

The US Government has issued a moratorium on gain-of-function research in viral disease labs across the country.  This moratorium suspends all funding for research that involves giving viruses such as...

A report by a website called, National Report published four days ago, saying that 17 kindergarten students fell violently ill and tested positive for the Ebola virus in Wortham, TX is absolutely false. The...

Mike Coston is the Owner/Editor of Avian Flu Diary Roughly six weeks ago, after a relatively quiet July and August, we began to see a slow uptick in the number of MERS-CoV infections being reported out...

Two weeks ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the document, “Interim Guidance for Specimen Collection, Transport, Testing, and Submission for Persons Under Investigation...

Last week I was telling my website business partner that if I didn’t already know better, after watching all the cable news that airs 24/7 and listening to talk radio, I’d be scared to death...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Friday a document that reviews the hot topic of human-to-human transmission of Ebolavirus. A good section on the issue of airborne transmission...

By Vincent Racaniello, PhD WHO and CDC recommend that individuals who are potentially infected with Ebola virus should be quarantined for 21 days. Where does this number come from? Charles Haas at Drexel...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in general and director Dr. Thomas Frieden, in particular, have come under harsh criticism of late with their handling of Ebola in the US, and some...