A Turkish worker who was working in Saudi Arabia contracted the MERS virus and went back to Turkey to receive treatment. After remaining in intensive care for several days, the patient succumbed to his symptoms to be the first MERS-related death in the country
A United States health worker go was handling fluids from deceased Ebola patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, was tracked down by US State officials on a Caribbean cruise. The ship has now been ordered to turn back and bring the patient home to undergo proper quaranti…
HIV test kits that are used to determine if an infant has the human immunodeficiency virus have run out in India. There is also a reported shortage of HIV drugs and care antiretroviral doctors within the country. Government officials are concerned that Health …
The World Health Organization has confirmed that Senegal is now free from Ebola after the virus was imported into the country by a Guinean man who became sick while traveling from Ebola-stricken Guinea.
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Twenty-six-year-old Nina Pham, one of the two health workers that are currently being treated from Ebola after contracting it upon taking care of Thomas Eric Duncan, appeared on a personal video shared by Dr. Gary Weinstein.