An eastern Iowa resident died Monday from a viral disease similar to Ebola that was likely contracted during a recent trip to ...

A person from Iowa who recently returned to the United States from West Africa has died after contracting Lassa fever, a ...

An Iowa resident who recently traveled to West Africa died after testing positive for Lassa fever, a rare viral hemorrhagic ...

A person from Iowa who recently returned to the United States from West Africa died Monday from a rare viral hemorrhagic ...

As the death rate rose in the Boar’s Head listeria outbreak, one could not help but wonder if this might top the 2008 Maple Leaf listeria outbreak.

Health officials are investigating the case of an Iowa resident who died of Lassa fever after traveling recently to West Africa.

There are no confirmed cases of Marburg virus disease - a rare but deadly hemorrhagic disease similar to Ebola - outside Rwanda, and officials have said that the current risk to the US is low.

Marburg disease is spreading rapidly in Rwanda, causing 11 fatalities so far. The virus, related to the Ebola virus, induces severe symptoms including ...

Emory University in Atlanta recently launched a Healthcare Test Kitchen Lab to examine how pathogens spread in clinical settings and to inform infection prevention protocols.

Alia Citterio and Lane Joslin With living in a globalized world comes the foreboding prospect of disease that threatens our known and valued peace of day to day living. For us, global pandemics are ...

The resident had recently returned from West Africa. Iowa health officials say the risk of transmission is "incredibly low." Also in the news, locally acquired malaria, "walking pneumonia" in children ...