Don’t worry. Officials at the University of Texas Medical Branch say they’re pretty sure a missing vial containing a deadly virus native to Venezuelan rats was inadvertently destroyed during a lab cleaning. Maybe the missing vial of the lethal virus just got misplaced or something. They’re almost positive that it is no threat to the public, and odds are, there was not a security breach. So just relax everyone. What are you so nervous about? Vials go missing every day. Can't throw a rock these days without hitting a vial containing some deadly toxin that scientists misplaces. They’re sure it will turn up somewhere … Discuss

14 people have died in a Ugandan outbreak of the Ebola virus, and the World Health Organization is saying 36 cases have been reported. Health officials are in Uganda, attempting to contain the outbreak and care for those infected with the disease, which can have anywhere from a 25% to 90% fatality rate. However, one Ugandan prisoner—suspected of being infected—has escaped confinement and is currently at large, which has Dr. Jackson Amune, commissioner at the Ministry of Health, concerned. "Should his results come back and he is positive, that causes us a lot of worry. So right now, we have resolved that the remaining prisoners will be cuffed on the beds for fear that they might also escape." Little is known of the Ebola virus, which was first discovered in the now-Democratic Republic of the Congo back in 1976, but it causes severe hemorrhagic fever and, researchers suspect, is easily communicated through close bodily contact with the infected. At present, WHO thinks it is unlikely that the outbreak will spread very far past Ugandan boarders ... Discuss

Cholera continues to afflict Haiti, with almost 1000 deaths and nearly 15,000 hospitalized with the disease. Officials are worried that the disease could eventually spread to more than 200,000 people. Additionally, protests against the government's response to the outbreak has left several people dead ...

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Officials in Haiti are worried that a cholera outbreak has spread to the capital city of Port au Prince. The outbreak has already infected 7,000 and there are fears of an epidemic if it reaches the capital ...

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