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.

Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever in Guinea

September 3, 2021 Background Marburg virus is a zoonotic RNA virus from the same family as Ebola, the flavovirus...

Ongoing Multistate Investigation of Melioidosis Cases

August 26, 2021 Background Melioidosis, also known as Whitmore’s disease, is a neglected tropical disease caused by...

Tobi Skotnes

Tobi Skotnes is currently pursuing her Masters in Health Policy from Harvard School of Public Health. She joined HealthMap in 2013 as a curator for the Spanish feed and contributing author to the Disease Daily. Her interests lie in violence prevention, access to health care and disease outbreak prevention in low income communities.