Commentary

Commentary: Thoughtful insight on the infectious disease scene.

Food Insecurity in Eastern and Southern Africa due to El Niño

March 23, 2016 The United Nations Children’s Fund has stated that approximately 11 million children in eastern and...

Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Cambodia

January 27, 2016 An NIH study published in The Lancet Infectious Disease earlier this month indicates that the anti-...

Series

Series: In depth looks at infectious disease topics.

EpiCore RFIs: Dengue Fever in São Joaquim da Barra, Brazil

January 28, 2019 At this time of year, it is dengue season in Brazil, and the city of São Joaquim da Barra...

EpiCore RFIs: Mysterious Illness Found to be Influenza in Nepal

September 17, 2018 On 11 September 2018, HealthMap noted a news- media report of a mystery disease in Kanchanrup...

Research & Policy

Research & Policy: Intelligible summaries of current infectious disease research and health policies.

FDA Requires a Class-Wide Label Changes of Fluoroquinolones

August 8, 2018 On July 10th, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reinforced the warning of drug...

Lyme Disease Vaccine Candidate VLA15 Advances Through Phase 1 Trials

July 16, 2018 Valneva, a French biotech company focused on developing vaccines, has announced it has obtained...

Outbreak

Outbreak: Daily coverage on breaking infectious disease news from all over the world.

EpiCore RFIs: Dengue Fever in São Joaquim da Barra, Brazil

January 28, 2019 At this time of year, it is dengue season in Brazil, and the city of São Joaquim da Barra...

EpiCore RFIs: Hantavirus in Epuyén, Argentina

December 18, 2018 Argentina recently observed a unique occurrence of successive Hantavirus cases in Epuyén, all of...

Democratic Republic of Congo

2 articles

An Update on the Current Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sep 13, 2018 | Lauren Goodwin

Since 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...

August 21 Update on Ebola in DR Congo

Aug 21, 2012 | Anna Tomasulo

This morning, WHO reported 15 suspected cases and ten deaths in the Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Of the suspected cases,...