Until this month, Ebola has remained in central Africa, specifically, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Gabon, and Republic of Congo, with two additional
Category: Outbreak News
In last week’s Morbidity and Mortality Report, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed a likely case of female-to-female transmission of HIV. Although such cases
Zika virus (ZIKV), a rare but benign mosquito borne illness, is spreading across the islands of the south pacific. The Disease Daily recently published a
After three years of relative quiet, measles has reemerged with vengeance in Vietnam. Since January 2014, an outbreak that has spread through twenty-four cities and
At Rutgers University, my alma mater, saying that you have scarlet fever is a good thing. The state university of New Jersey is home to
For the first time since 2007, a case of atypical Bovine spongiform Encephalitis (BSE) was identified in a beef cow in the German state of
As the polar vortex continues to bring frigid temperatures to many parts of the northeast, increasing reports of flu-related hospitalizations in Oregon have health officials
Throughout the month of December scientists have been working to determine the cause of twenty-nine bald eagle deaths in the state of Utah. Many of
During the month of December, the island nation of Madagascar reported cases of both bubonic and pneumonic plague. Mandritsara, a remote village in northeast Madagascar,
‘Tis the season for the obligatory “best of” lists for 2013. We thought we’d take a look back at some of this year’s notable outbreaks.