World Health Organization

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  Saudi health workers sickened by SARS-like virus

  By Mike Stobbe  |  May 16, 2013

  The new virus is distinct from SARS, but health officials worry it has potential to flare into a SARS-like international outbreak.

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  WHO: New flu passes more easily from bird to human

  By Gillian Wong  |  April 24, 2013

  The strain of avian flu has infected more than 100 people in China, killing more than 20.

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  H7N9 flu infects at least 24 in China, kills 7

  By Gillian Wong  |  April 9, 2013

  WHO has no proof that the virus can spread easily from one human to another.

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  The most exciting committee you’ve never heard of

  By Stephen D. Forman  |  March 28, 2013

  The author has discovered a group that's trying to do something about LTCI.

• Alzheimer’s seen on scans decades before dementia, study shows

  By Staff Writer  |  March 11, 2013

  All Alzheimer’s sufferers have abnormal protein deposits in the brain, which scientists believe trigger the disease.

• How one man tried to slim down big soda from the inside

  By Staff Writer  |  January 28, 2013

  Get an object lesson in the old saying: No good deed goes unpunished.

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  5 worst influenza pandemics

  By Noah Guillaume  |  November 30, 2012

  Seasonal flu still claims a couple hundred thousand victims worldwide each year; pandemic outbreaks have claimed millions.

• Oh, great, SARS is back

  By Staff Writer  |  September 24, 2012

  Three cases of a new SARS strain is no reason to panic say health officials.

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  When your client asks a claims question…

  By Margie Barrie  |  August 1, 2012

  "Sometimes my clients ask about what happens with LTCI claims. What should I say?"

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  Harder, better, faster, stronger

  By Bill Coffin  |  April 1, 2012

  Since losing his legs in an IED explosion, USMC Cpl Matias Ferreria has redefined what it really means to be disabled.