The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment
Jan 4, 2021 | Outbreak NewsTuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease similar to COVID-19: both respiratory illnesses are spread from person-to-person via droplet transmission [1]. Contrary to the massive influx of COVID-19...
The Future of Telehealth after the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dec 23, 2020 | Outbreak NewsWith more than sixteen million cases and over three hundred thousand deaths from COVID-19 in the United States, the advancements of telehealth services have created a new opportunity for healthcare...
The 2020-2021 Influenza Season and COVID-19
Oct 27, 2020 | Outbreak NewsThe world may be focused on COVID-19, but health officials and countries are looking ahead to the current 2020-2021 influenza season in order to anticipate demand on health systems in context of the...
COVID-19 Cases Rise Across the U.S. as Universities Resume Play
Sep 23, 2020 | Outbreak NewsOn September 10th, 2020, sources from Boston news channels reported several positive COVID-19 tests. These results came from Boston College Men and Women’s Division 1 swim teams (1). There were 13...
Poliovirus found in sewage near vaccine manufacturing facility in the Netherlands
Sep 4, 2020 | Outbreak NewsOn September 2nd Danish news outlets reported on health ministry inspectors investigating the source of Poliovirus detected in sewage near a pharmaceutical company in Utrecht (1). The Poliovirus...
Zoonotic Disease on Mink Farms
Aug 24, 2020 | Outbreak NewsAfter reporting alarmingly high mortality rates among minks, five live mink from two different Utah mink farms have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Upon the Utah Veterinary Lab completed...
Dengue Outbreak in the Florida Keys
Jul 16, 2020 | Outbreak NewsOn July 11, 2020, the Florida Department of Health in Monroe County (DOH-Monroe) received conformation on a laboratory confirmed case of dengue fever in Florida Keys [1]. This is the 14th case of...
EpiCore RFIs: Trichinosis in Santa Fe Province of Argentina
Jun 26, 2020 | Outbreak NewsOn June 12, 2020, Healthmap was alerted to a local newspaper article that announced a potential outbreak of Trichinosis in Nelson, Argentina. The article identified 20 potential cases originating...
Pediatric Vaccination during COVID-19
Jun 9, 2020 | Outbreak NewsIn January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a known outbreak of an undiagnosed pneumonia-like illness, later identified to be caused by a novel coronavirus, COVID-19 [1]. In March...
New Ebola Outbreak in Northwest Democratic Republic of Congo
Jun 8, 2020 | Outbreak NewsCurrent Situation There is a new outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the western Equateur province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As of June 2, 2020, this outbreak...
COVID-19 Vaccine Development
May 20, 2020 | Outbreak NewsAmid the chaos, grief, and sadness during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease) pandemic, there is hope for a possible vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative...
Measles Outbreak in the Pacific Islands
Apr 27, 2020 | Outbreak NewsSeveral months before the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease) pandemic began, schools across the Pacific Islands had closed and large social gatherings had been banned in an effort to control a measles...
First Acute Rubella Case in Ireland in Over a Decade
Mar 3, 2020 | Outbreak NewsOn February 21, the initial report of an acute Rubella case in Ireland was released [1]. This is the first reported case of acute Rubella in Ireland in eleven years, with the last confirmed case...
Reply to: Measles in America: Why vaccination matters
What a shame this outbreak is! We had eradicated measles in the US with measles vaccine! Then...5 years 11 months ago
Reply to: Just the Vax, Please: Vaccines and Hospital Acquired Infections -- Using old techniques to address new issues
Yet another vaccine - when will enough be enough. A very proven method of curing C Diff is fecal...6 years 10 months ago
Reply to: The P. Vivax Comeback -- Is Malaria Beating Natural Defense?
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