Earthweek - Disease Outbreaks

November 7, 2009 — U.S. researchers report they have discovered that the raccoons raiding your back yard could be the carriers of diseases, such as both the human and bird strains of influenza.

Ebola Vaccine Aiming For Human Trials - April 4, 2008
Dengue Outbreak Causes Health Crisis in Rio de Janeiro - March 28, 2008
Yellow Fever Spreads Across South America - February 22, 2008
Experts Study Human Bird Flu Infections in Pakistan - December 21, 2007
Uganda Ebola Deaths Mount - December 7, 2007

Angolan Mystery Illness May Be Due to Toxic Exposure - November 23, 2007
Zimbabwe Anthrax Outbreak - October 26, 2007
Bird Flu Mutating to More Easily Infect Humans - October 12, 2007
Ebola Outbreak May have Peaked in Congo - October 5, 2007
Ebola Reappears in the Congo - September 14, 2007

A New Virus, Likely Carried by Bats, Infects Malaysian Family - July 6, 2007