INFECTION

An outbreak of yellow fever is wiping out brown howler monkeys, but it gives scientists an opportunity to learn a lot.

An increasing number of people in Brazil have contracted the virus and more than 100 people have already died since the outbreak started in December.

One person has already been killed since the outbreak was detected.

The world is one step closer to defeating the deadly global epidemic.

The study predicts that only 273 survivors would remain within 100 days of a Zombie outbreak.

Milk powder possibly contaminated with salmonella led to multiple companies recalling food products in December.

The infection rate, found in France, has been blamed on high-risk sexual behaviors.

France, the Netherlands, Finland and other countries have reported cases of highly infectious bird flu in poultry stocks.

Doctors think an Austin man may have contracted leprosy from armadillos in Florida.

But the virus is still spreading throughout the globe.

Officials say a man, who had traveled to the U.S. and Central America, returned to China with symptoms of Zika.

New cases of Zika are being reported all the time but so much is still unknown about the virus.

The best time to get a flu vaccination is before the end of October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises.

More than 70 cases of the disease were reported at the University of Illinois alone this semester.

Scientists conducted an experimental treatment on monkeys combining old techniques and new with promising results.

An estimated 1.5 million cases of chlamydia were reported in 2015.

At least 23,000 die every year from antibiotic resistant infections.

Hundreds of people in Arkansas have recently reported symptoms or tested positive for the mumps.

A report published Friday said animal tuberculosis, spread through contaminated food, primarily raw or unpasteurized milk, was “far more common than previously recognized.”

A man in Australia causes an anthrax scare at a Brisbane police station.

A flesh-eating bacteria nearly caused a 13-year-old boy to have his hand amputated.