WHO supplies personal protective equipment to health workers responding to Ebola. (WHO) As the number of new Ebola cases continues to rise, health officials have admitted that they need even more help to contain the virus, the World Health Organization said on Friday. (MORE: What You Need to Know About Ebola) The latest report states the number of probable, confirmed and suspected cases in the current outbreak is 4366, including 2218 deaths. The countries affected are Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal...

Simple Mistakes Costing You Energy ((Thinkstock)) It probably happens more often than you’d like: You get a good night’s sleep, but still have to slog through the next day, and fight to stay awake. Sometimes, overwhelming heat might make you lethargic, or brutal cold might keep you indoors. Summer's long days of sun can keep you up at all hours, while winter's darkness makes you feel exhausted. Sometimes, regardless of the weather, you can’t seem to explain this upsetting lack...

As of Sept. 15, 10 states have confirmed severe cases of enterovirus D68 in children, a rare respiratory infection from the same viral family that often causes late-summer colds. The 10 states are Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri and New York, the CDC reported on its website, with tests to confirm the virus currently underway in areas including Michigan, Georgia, Ohio, Oklahoma and Utah, according to CNN. These states likely hold cases of the virus, but...

India Flooding An Indian villager carrying his goat on his shoulder walks through a flooded road at the Chaygaon village in Kamrup district of northeastern Assam state, India, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) Recent flooding in theHimalayan region of Kashmir, divided between India and Pakistan,has left an"unprecedented catastrophe" in the region, local officials said Tuesday, as fears over health problems brought on by the onslaught of water take center stage. With hundreds of thousands of individuals displaced, and...

Critter Lore You're Falling For (Thinkstock/Bananastock) The end of summer means no more camping trips, barbecues, picnics and campfires — limiting our exposure to spiders and insects as the weather gets colder. (MORE: 9 Signs You Have Lyme Disease — and Don't Know It) If you spent your summer swatting pests and running for the bug spray, you may have heard a few myths about the creepy crawlies underfoot. Are daddy long-legs really poisonous? Do chiggers burrow in your skin?...

Among fitness professionals, fall is notorious for its fitness slump. Cooler temperatures, darker days and busier schedules can keep individuals out of the gym — and perhaps push some toward quick, not-so-healthy convenience foods. But a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that staying away from the gym isn't the best strategy. Even though body mass indexes (BMIs) around the country have flatlined, we're still gaining weight in our midsections, founda new report from...

Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, receives his 2014-2015 flu shot at a CDC press conference Thursday. (Courtesy CDC) It is still technically summer, but this year's flu shot is already available in pharmacies and medical offices around the country. And the best time to get vaccinated? That's now, infectious disease experts said in a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention press conference Thursday. The flu season kicks off in earnest in...

Where you live has a lot to do with how happy, healthy and prosperous you are. Your region's economy and community might be the largest drivers of happiness. It might come as no surprise that access to green spaces and nature, plus pleasant temps, can influence joy as well.Tropical Panama, known for hot, humid year-round weather, its mountains and that canal, clocked in as the country with the best well-being. But prosperity is largely unrelated to the weather. "More year-round...

50. Colorado: This state is expected to be the 50th most obese state in 2030 with an obesity rate of 44.8 percent, according to data from Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (John P Kelly/Thinkstock) A recent study from the University of Texas found that warm weather could be linked to obesity, because muggy summer months lead adults to be less physically active. That's bad news for the warming planet — and the current obesity epidemic....

If you’re worried about packing on the pounds as the weather gets colder and the holidays start creeping closer, here’s a great motivational story for you. British chef Matt Bradley says he started gaining weight in his teens, his heaviest at more than 250 pounds. All this, by the time he was 23. While he was happy and secure with his fiancée Hannah, he was self-conscious about his weight and wasn’t feeling very confident about himself. So 18 months before...

Tens of thousands of mosquitoes are being released in neighborhoods — on purpose. You could say it’s like fighting fire with fire. It’s rarely fatal, but symptoms include fever, severe muscle and joint pain, and a skin rash similar to measles. The mosquito-born disease is rare in the continental U.S., but according to this study published in July, Brazil has reported 7 million cases of dengue fever between 2000 and 2013. On Wednesday, scientists released mosquitoes carrying the wolbachia bacteria,...

(Thinkstock) Chances are that at some point you'll twist open the cap on a plastic bottle of water and then take a sip. Bottled water is a billion dollar industry in the U.S., with Americans consuming an average of 21 gallons of the stuff every year. But a new study by scientists from Nanjing University and the University of Florida may make you think twice before you take your next drink. According to the study, as the temperature increases, so...