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: Ebola-Like Illness in Tanzania

September 17, 2019 On September 12, 2019, HealthMap was alerted to a press release from the World Health Organization...

EpiCore RFIs: Cholera in Mandera, Kenya

August 21, 2019 On August 14, 2019, the HealthMap system was alerted to a potential cholera outbreak in Mandera,...

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: Trichinosis in Santa Fe Province of Argentina

June 26, 2020 On June 12, 2020, Healthmap was alerted to a local newspaper article that announced a potential...

Pediatric Vaccination during COVID-19

June 9, 2020 In January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a known outbreak of an undiagnosed...

Chris Mantell

Chris Mantell has a background in veterinary medicine and graduated with his MS in Conservation Medicine from Tufts University in 2016. He joined HealthMap in 2016 as a data curator for the Twitter feed. His interests include zoonotic diseases and advancing the One Health approach to disease outbreaks.

Commentary

Food Insecurity in Eastern and Southern Africa due to El Niño

Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Cambodia

Series

EpiCore RFIs: Ebola-Like Illness in Tanzania

EpiCore RFIs: Cholera in Mandera, Kenya

Research & Policy

FDA Requires a Class-Wide Label Changes of Fluoroquinolones

Lyme Disease Vaccine Candidate VLA15 Advances Through Phase 1 Trials

Outbreak

EpiCore RFIs: Trichinosis in Santa Fe Province of Argentina

Pediatric Vaccination during COVID-19

Chris Mantell

Disease Daily Articles

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