MEDICINE

As South Korea continues to deal with the disease, which currently has no vaccine or treatment, Samsung has apologized for not doing enough to curb its spread.

The measles outbreak in Sudan is the country's biggest one in years, and it has mostly affected children under 15.

Former U.S. Army doctor John Henry Hagmann's medical license was revoked, after he was accused of sexual exploitation and performing dangerous experiments.

North Korean scientists once again claim to have a drug that prevents all kinds of deadly diseases afflicting the immune system.

The virus was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and since then, 458 people have died due to the disease.

Three new cases of MERS were also diagnosed in South Korea on Thursday, taking the total number of infected people to 165.

The disease can be traced back to a single-humped camel in the Arabian peninsula.

The man, recently returned from a trip to Abu Dhabi, had nearly recovered after being treated for the virus.

Nineteen people have succumbed to the virus and the South Korean government will provide over $358 million in relief funds to affected businesses and hospitals.

South Korean officials said the spread of the disease appeared to be slowing but more cases are still anticipated.

Officials claimed Monday that the outbreak had already peaked.

Necrotizing fasciitis is a serious skin infection whereby flesh-eating bacteria kills the body’s soft tissue.

But officials in South Korea should remain "vigilant" in the face of the deadly virus outbreak, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

Deaths from the drug known as "spice" have tripled so far in 2015, compared with the same period in 2014.

The disease, which has led to the quarantine of over 3,800 people in South Korea, has infected 122 people in the country so far.

Infections in South Korea have been traced back to one man who was infected after a trip to the Middle East in early May.

South Korea's health ministry on Wednesday said two more people have died in its Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak and reported 13 new cases, taking the total to 108.

Health officials found that resistance among another common variety of Salmonella jumped from 18 percent in 2011 to 46 percent in 2013.

The United Nations has closed the Ebola response center in Ghana as the outbreak fades.

South Korea's health ministry said on Tuesday there were eight new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), bringing the total to 95 but representing a sharp fall in the number of daily new cases from 23 reported a day earlier.

MERS is a viral respiratory illness spread through close contact with infected patients, usually through coughing or sneezing.