The 2015 Disneyland measles outbreak in the United States, which started in late December and spread to more than 100 people in just 6 weeks,
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Disease Control, Elimination, and Eradication Smallpox and rinderpest are two infectious diseases that have been successfully eradicated. Smallpox was eradicated in 1980 and rinderpest in
H5N1 has resurfaced in Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria. As of January 30, 2015, 11 out of 36 states across the nation have reported cases
In the middle of December 2014, the CDC announced an outbreak of Listeria linked to commercially produced caramel apples. The outbreak resulted in 32 individuals
In an article published in Nature Communications in January of 2015, a connection was revealed between the presence of antibiotics in human blood and increased
As of January 16, 2015, Avian Influenza H5N1 has officially arrived in the United States. H5N1, a flu strain known to be highly pathogenic —
What is Measles? Measles is a vaccine-preventable, highly communicable (easy to spread) disease caused by the measles virus. The reason why measles is so contagious
What is Measles? Measles is a vaccine-preventable, highly communicable (easy to spread) disease caused by the measles virus. The reason why measles is so contagious
Ebola may have made its mark in 2014, but influenza is dominating in early 2015. Having been already declared an epidemic by the Center for
On December 16th, 2014, HealthMap first received news reports of a mysterious outbreak of HIV in a small village in Cambodia’s Battambang province. The realization