In March 2011, HealthMap reported on several undiagnosed deaths of tourists in Chiang Mai, Thailand. On May 13th we reported that Thai officials continued to
Category: Outbreak News
Forgetting to give your dog a monthly heartworm preventive just got a lot more dangerous. Merial (the Animal Health Division of pharmaceutical giant Sanofi) was
The World Health Organization has sent a team of outbreak investigators to Angola where schoolchildren have been suffering from a non-fatal illness. Reported symptoms may
September’s Emerging Infectious Diseases journal reports that two individuals’ tattoos were infected by a bacteria normally seen only in people with poor immune systems. In
As of yesterday, 30 patients, 3 of which have been confirmed, in Haicheng City and Xiuyan County of Liaoning Province, were admitted to local hospitals
As the Horn of Africa – including Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and Djibouti – faces its worst drought in over 50 years, thousands of Somali refugees
Salmonellosis has swept the nation, with 76 illnesses and 1 death identified across 26 states. Beginning March 9 and continuing into August, the U.S. Department
An outbreak of CSM, commonly known as cerebrospinal meningitis, in the New Nsuta community of Obuasi Municipality in Ghana, has killed 5 and infected 17
Health care professionals on New Zealand’s South Island have been told to be extra vigilant after 4 cases of a rare and aggressive type of
Health care professionals on New Zealand’s South Island have been told to be extra vigilant after 4 cases of a rare and aggressive type of