Skip to content

The Disease Daily

  • About
    • Terms of Use
  • Authors
  • Categories
    • Commentary
    • DD on Take Part
    • Featured Series
    • Outbreak News
    • Research & Policy
    • The Script

Author: Anna Tomasulo

  • Home
  • Anna Tomasulo
  • Page 2
DD on Take Part

Sex and the Superbug: Meet Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea

May 29, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Here’s a tidbit you probably didn’t know: Gonorrhea is the second-most frequently reported “notifiable” disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (That means

Read More
Outbreak News

Respiratory Illness Outbreaks in China, Saudi Arabia and… Alabama?

May 23, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Respiratory illness is all the rage these days. Among news of novel influenza and coronaviruses in faraway lands, you may find mystery respiratory illness reports

Read More
DD on Take Part

Is MRSA the Godzilla of Superbugs?

May 20, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

It kills thousands of Americans every year and can't be stopped by most antibiotics. Our best defense right now is really good hand-washing. Will that

Read More
Outbreak News

Brief Update on Novel Coronavirus

May 16, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Since our last report on the novel coronavirus, nCoV or MERS, the numbers have risen. There are now 40 cases and 20 deaths attributed to

Read More
DD on Take Part

The Nearly Unstoppable Superbugs

May 13, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

A particularly virulent type of bacteria called CREs, which include E. coli and Salmonella, is gaining in strength. Can we develop better antibiotics to fight

Read More
Outbreak News

France Announces Second Novel Coronavirus, or MERS, Case

May 13, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Since Friday, May 10, a second case of novel coronavirus (now being referred to as MERS or Middle East Respiratory syndrome coronavirus) was detected in

Read More
DD on Take Part

Humans vs. Superbugs: Who Will Win?

May 6, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

More and more, antibiotics are proving useless in the fight against many common diseases. Here's how we got here, and how we fight—and win—against these

Read More
Outbreak News

Measles Cases and Free Vaccines in North Carolina

April 25, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Los Angeles is not the only county offering free vaccines recently – Randolph County Health Department just announced that it is offering free measles vaccines

Read More
DD on Take Part

Antibiotics: The One Drug We Can’t Seem to Get Enough Of

April 24, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

Drugs are more expensive—and therefore more often out of reach for many Americans—than ever. This you probably already know. But there’s one type of drug

Read More
Outbreak News

Steady Increase in China’s H7N9 Cases: Media Reports 38 Cases, 10 Deaths

April 11, 2013January 25, 2023 Anna Tomasulo

At the time of this posting, the official WHO count remains at 33 cases and 9 deaths, but Chinese media reports 38 H7N9 cases and 10

Read More

Posts navigation

Previous 1 2 3 … 13 Next

Recent Posts

  • Norfolk Southern Train Derailment in East Palestine, OH
  • Deadliest Cholera Outbreak in Malawi
  • Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea
  • This Season’s Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) Outbreak
  • Update on Ebola Outbreak in Uganda

Categories

  • Commentary
  • DD on Take Part
  • Featured Series
  • Outbreak News
  • Research & Policy
All Rights Reserved 2022.
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Fairy by Candid Themes.