Welcome, dear reader, to the first (of what we hope to be many) post in our new Digital Disease Detection column. My name is Elaine
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In depth looks at infectious disease topics
Don’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of Zika virus. It’s a relatively unknown mosquito-borne infection that causes only mild illness and is barely distinguishable
There’s big news today in the world of public health professionals focused on immunization (or as I like to think of us, vaccinerds.) The updated
We’ve covered a lot of diseases over the past few years, but what we haven’t covered much of are the vectors that carry them. A
It happens often. I’m at a dinner party or book club meeting, and a new acquaintance asks me what I do. “I work in vaccine
With two concurrent university-based outbreaks, meningitis is all over the health news. But what exactly is meningitis and why are we so worried about these
Two out of five. When public health officials make their rounds to encourage everyone six months of age and older to get the flu vaccine
Hi, I’m Jane. And I’m Robyn. We’re public health nerds with one very important thing in common: we’re passionate about vaccines. In the public health
Picture a dark and foggy night. Tall, nearly leafless trees loom around you, and newly fallen leaves whirl around your feet. The silhouette of a
This past summer, The Disease Daily reported on emerging and re-emerging tick-borne illnesses in the United States. Cases of Lyme disease have more than doubled