The Disease DailyMay 19, 2013
Subscribe to Syndicate

You are here

Home

outbreak

Apr 5, 2013
Comments
2

The New Virus on the Block: H7N9 Case Counts, Explanations and Updates

By Anna Tomasulo
The much-awaited springtime seems to have an unfortunate knack for bringing us scary diseases. Almost exactly ten years ago, surgical masks were à la mode, and the World Health Organization was...
H7N9, bird flu, China, avian influenza, outbreak, WHO, update
Apr 3, 2013
Comments
0

Ebola: Still the Scariest Virus Out There?

By Steven Purcell
Simply uttering the word Ebola is enough to cause a person to cringe, shudder, twitch, or perhaps even recoil in horror. Rightly so. Ebola hemorrhagic fever (Ebola HF), the result of an infection...
Ebola, virus, ebola hemorrhagic fever, outbreak
Mar 27, 2013
Comments
0

Measles Outbreak Spreading at "Alarming Rate" in Wales

By Sumiko Mekaru
This week, Public Health Wales warned the measles epidemic in southwest Wales was growing at an "alarming rate" with 432 cases and 51 hospitalizations. The outbreak shows no signs of fading and...
measles, wales, vaccination, vaccine uptake, outbreak, Europe
Jan 29, 2013
Comments
0

Dengue Bites Back

By Catherine Stecyk
Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that dengue is the world’s fastest-spreading tropical disease. As reported by Reuters, dengue is a threat that is present in more than 125...
Dengue, mosquito, fever, outbreak
Nov 1, 2012
Comments
1

Update on the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

By Robyn Correll Carlyle
The WHO announced Friday that there have been 52 cases and 25 deaths of Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) reported so far in the Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo – up from the 15...
Ebola, DR Congo, outbreak, WHO
Oct 29, 2012
Comments
0

Unknown Fever May Be Spreading Across Sudan

By Katharina Schwan
Radio Dabanga, a news source from central Darfur, reports that a new, unknown fever has killed 37 individuals over the past three weeks in western Sudan, with an additional 125 infected. Residents...
Sudan, fever, outbreak
Aug 10, 2012
Comments
0

CDC Reports Significant Increase in Variant Swine Flu Cases

By Anna Tomasulo
In late July, The Disease Daily reported on a potential outbreak of a variant swine flu (H3N2v), in Indiana, after the State Department of Health reported four new cases. Yesterday, the CDC...
swine flu, H3N2v, influenza, Swine, CDC, outbreak
Jul 27, 2012
Comments
0

New Study Names 40 Airports Most Likely to Spread Disease

By Lauren Edmundson
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently published a report that used mathematical modeling to identify the U.S. airports that, in the event of an infectious disease...
airport, infectious disease, outbreak
Jul 11, 2012
Comments
0

Tuberculosis in Florida and Nowhere to go for Treatment

By Catherine Stecyk
Tuberculosis, the disease once known as consumption, has remained a global source of concern for centuries. And in Florida, the public-health issue has gained yet more momentum. In March 2012,...
Tuberculosis, florida, Rick Scott, outbreak
Jul 6, 2012
Comments
0

Bird Flu Strikes Poultry Farms in Mexico

By Lauren Edmundson
An outbreak of avian flu in western Mexico has killed approximately 870,000 poultry birds since June. The state government of Jalisco has declared a national animal health emergency and is...
poultry, avian influenza, Mexico, bird flu, outbreak
Jun 18, 2012
Comments
0

Math Model to Predict Malaria Outbreaks in Africa

By Lauren Edmundson
Researchers from Ethiopia and Norway have created a mathematical model that can predict a malaria outbreak up to two months before it actually occurs. The computer program, called Open Malaria...
malaria, Africa, outbreak, predict
May 1, 2012
Comments
1

Botulism Kills 23 Horses in Maine

By Katharina Schwan
A rare botulism outbreak caused the deaths of 23 horses at the Whistlin’ Willow farm in Gorham, Maine. Outbreak The 175-acre farm lost 23 of its horses between April 7 and 17 due to the fast-...
horses, clostridium botulinum, botulism, outbreak, Maine
Dec 16, 2011
Comments
0

Global Disease Outbreaks: How Much Do Americans Know?

By Amy Hansen
A recent survey conducted by EcoHealth Alliance has shown that fewer than 1 in 5 people realize that the next pandemic will most likely come from animals. In fact, experts approximate that 75...
global health, wildlife, wildlife trade, outbreak
Oct 27, 2011
Comments
0

Largest U.S. Outbreak of Measles in 15 Years

By Jane Huston
At the annual Infectious Diseases Society of America conference, held last week in Boston, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the United States is in the midst of the...
measles, vaccination, outbreak
Oct 13, 2011
Comments
0

Cholera continues to spread in West and Central Africa

By Anna Tomasulo
Since the beginning of 2011, more than 85,000 cases of cholera and 2,466 resulting deaths have been reported in West and Central Africa. According to IRIN, three multi-country epidemics are...
cholera, West Africa, Central Africa, outbreak
Sep 28, 2011
Comments
0

Listeria death toll rises

By Anna Tomasulo
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports 72 cases and 13 deaths due to listeriosis. Health officials are investigating three more deaths that they believe to be linked. Deaths...
Listeria, cantaloupe, Colorado, outbreak, foodborne illness
Sep 1, 2011
Comments
0

HealthMap partners with Participant Media on Contagion

By Anna Tomasulo
A fast moving, airborne, and lethal virus wreaks havoc world wide, killing its victims within days.  Are you ready?  On September 9th, Contagion, a film from Warner Bros. Pictures, Participant...
HealthMap, Contagion, Participant Media, Film, outbreak