Just days after the first individual infected with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) arrived in Europe, it is learned that he will receive the same experimental treatment as the two Americans that were evacuated...

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A new study from Public Health England (PHE) published in the British Medical Journal Wednesday has found Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine may protect against M. tuberculosis (TB) infection, in...

In a follow-up to the story of a Spanish missionary priest who contracted the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Liberia who was airlifted and transported back home, is in stable condition, according...

A Spanish monk infected with Ebola contracted in Liberia is en route to Madrid for treatment of the virus, according to the Spanish news source, El País, (computer translated). Miguel Pajares is being...

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Koi herpesvirus (KHV) disease has been confirmed in koi carp (Cyprinus carpio) at Goosedale Fisheries and Leisure, Nottinghamshire. An outbreak of KHV disease has been confirmed at Goosedale Fisheries...

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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the United Kingdom has today published the first set of quarterly results from a new survey of Campylobacter on fresh shop-bought chickens. The results show 59% of...

An Ebola outbreak was confirmed in Guinea in March 2014 and quickly spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. Ebola haemorrhagic fever is a rare but severe disease caused by the Ebola virus. Like HIV, Ebola...

Measles has resurfaced in the Czech Republic after being eradicated, according to a Mladá fronta Dnes report (computer translated). The airborne virus is not only affecting children, but also middle...

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Hospital admissions from hepatitis C-related end stage liver disease have risen from 608 in 1998 to 2,390 in 2012, while deaths have risen from 98 in 1996 to 428 in 2012. Liver transplants first registrations...

In the past few days have been unusually high number of cases diagnosed in Iceland diarrhea of ​​campylobacteriosis. In the past year by about 100 people in this country with campylobacter infection...