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: Tuberculosis in a German School District

August 7, 2019 The HealthMap system received a media report on August 2, 2019 that announced a tuberculosis...

EpiCore RFIs: Anthrax in Kisumu, Kenya

July 19, 2019 The HealthMap system was alerted to a media report for suspected anthrax infections in Kisumu,...

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.

What is Tetanus?

August 13, 2019 Tetanus is a non-communicable disease caused by exposure to the toxin-producing spores of the...

EpiCore RFIs: Tuberculosis in a German School District

August 7, 2019 The HealthMap system received a media report on August 2, 2019 that announced a tuberculosis...

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,...