Planet Labs Inc.(NEW YORK) -- Commercial satellite images have captured the smoky aftermath of an Iranian rocket exploding on a launch pad in northern Iran. Satellite pictures taken earlier this week indicated that Iran was preparing the launch pad for a test of a missile system. The Iranian government did not publicly disclose any details about the rocket's explosion on Thursday. The rocket was apparently being readied to launch a satellite into orbit. A U.S. official confirmed to ABC N..

Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has exceeded 3,000 cases and 2,000 deaths as the yearlong epidemic continues despite access to an experimental vaccine and developmental treatments. A total of 3,004 people have reported symptoms of hemorrhagic fever in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo since Aug. 1 of last year, according to Congolese health officials, and 2,899 of those individuals have tested positive for..

Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has exceeded 3,000 cases, as the yearlong epidemic continues to grow despite access to an experimental vaccine and developmental treatments. A total of 3,004 people have reported symptoms of hemorrhagic fever in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo since Aug. 1 of last year, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service. More than 2,000 of those individuals have d..

Hailshadow/iStock(GENEVA) -- The U.S. is not the only country grappling with continued, record-breaking measles outbreaks. A new report released by the World Health Organization shows that the fight against measles in Europe is on a downward slide. The concern comes as data from 2018 shows that some countries saw an uptick in the number of measles cases, and the region continues to battle a growing number of cases of the disease this year as well. In 2018, four countries lost what the WHO calls ..