On 11 September 2018, HealthMap noted a news- media report of a mystery disease in Kanchanrup Municipality of Saptari in Nepal. The original report
Category: Outbreak News
On 5 September 2018, HealthMap noted multiple news-media reports and twitter posts of sick passengers on an Emirates flight, which had landed at John
Since the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak that claimed more than 11,000 lives, the mere mention of Ebola hemorrhagic fever is enough to send
On September 3, 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a single confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS Co-V or MERS)
While first discovered in the African country of Uganda in 1947, Zika virus, carried by mosquitos and endemic in many tropical areas of the
What You Might Have Missed in History Class: Black Death is Still Here and Closer Than You May Think
In case you haven’t been in a history class in a while, let’s set a scene for you. The year is 1347 and
What You Might Have Missed in History Class: Black Death is Still Here and Closer Than You May Think
In case you haven’t been in a history class in a while, let’s set a scene for you. The year is 1347 and
An outbreak of typhoid fever has been reported in El Salvador, with 644 suspected cases from January to the end of May, according to
Since the beginning of June, Kenya has been experiencing an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) with 26 reported human cases and six deaths
One confirmed case and three suspected cases of polio have been reported in Venezuela, the first cases to emerge since polio was eradicated from