Update on Acute Flaccid Myelitis in the US: Cases Continue to Rise
Dec 11, 2018 | Outbreak NewsAccording to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been 158 confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in 2018, with 311 cases currently being investigated [1]. ...
New Drug Approved to Treat Human African Trypanosomiasis
Dec 4, 2018 | Outbreak NewsHuman African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, is a potentially fatal neglected tropical disease.1 The recent approval of a new drug treatment has the potential to play a...
Rise in Acute Flaccid Myelitis Among Children in the US
Oct 10, 2018 | Outbreak NewsAs of September 2018, the Minnesota State Health Department has reported six cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) in children under the age of 10 years old. According to the Centers for Disease...
Candida auris: A Fungal Superbug
Sep 20, 2018 | Outbreak NewsIntroduction: In 2009, a 70-year-old woman in Tokyo, Japan was hospitalized with an ear infection that did not seem to improve with antibiotics [4]. The doctors found a fungus when they swabbed her...
EpiCore RFIs: Mysterious Illness Found to be Influenza in Nepal
Sep 17, 2018 | Outbreak News, Featured SeriesOn 11 September 2018, HealthMap noted a news- media report of a mystery disease in Kanchanrup Municipality of Saptari in Nepal. The original report specified 3 deaths and 400 affected, presenting...
EpiCore RFIs: Influenza on Emirates Flight 203
Sep 14, 2018 | Outbreak News, Featured SeriesOn 5 September 2018, HealthMap noted multiple news-media reports and twitter posts of sick passengers on an Emirates flight, which had landed at John F. Kennedy airport in New York and originated ...
An Update on the Current Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sep 13, 2018 | Outbreak NewsSince the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak that claimed more than 11,000 lives, the mere mention of Ebola hemorrhagic fever is enough to send the public health world into a frenzy. The thought of...
MERS Cases Reported in the United Kingdom, South Korea
Sep 13, 2018 | Outbreak NewsOn September 3, 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a single confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS Co-V or MERS) in a male resident who had recently...
Shedding Light on NTDs: Buruli Ulcer
Sep 12, 2018 | Featured SeriesThis week’s NTD is a condition that is produced by a bacterium belonging to the same family of microbes that cause leprosy and tuberculosis. Buruli ulcer is an infection caused by Mycobacterium...
Shedding Light on NTDs: Foodborne Trematode Infections
Sep 5, 2018 | Featured SeriesSummer is the time of year when public health messaging reminds us of foodborne infections from bacteria like Salmonella, E.coli and Listeria. While these are some of the most widespread foodborne...
Shedding Light on NTDs: Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases
Aug 15, 2018 | Featured SeriesTo further our NTD discussion from last week, this week we will be discussing soil-transmitted helminthiases. These are intestinal infections caused by parasitic worms, which includes Ascariasis,...
FDA Requires a Class-Wide Label Changes of Fluoroquinolones
Aug 8, 2018 | Research & PolicyOn July 10th, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reinforced the warning of drug safety information by making changes to the safety labels for fluoroquinolones [1]. Fluoroquinolones...
Shedding Light on NTDs: Schistosomiasis
Aug 8, 2018 | Featured SeriesAs we continue to dive into the world of neglected tropical diseases, we find ourselves examining schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease whose impact reaches 200 million people globally and is second...
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...3 years 9 months ago
Reply to: Just the Vax, Please: Vaccines and Hospital Acquired Infections -- Using old techniques to address new issues
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Reply to: The P. Vivax Comeback -- Is Malaria Beating Natural Defense?
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