Several HealthMap team members gave oral presentations at the International Society for Disease Surveillance’s 9th annual conference in Park City, Utah last week. In addition,
Category: Outbreak News
While originally reported as a dengue fever in our earlier blog post on the subject, an epidemic of what appears to be an unknown disease
Hong Kong reported its first diagnosis of H5N1 (avian influenza) since 2003. The 59 year old female patient had recently returned from a trip to
Last week, a Ugandan newspaper reported a mystery illness had caused 13 deaths in Abim and Agago districts in the north. The article quoted a
Six people died, including 4 children, and more than 90 became ill after consuming meat from the endangered hawksbill turtle. The deaths were a result
In the past week, we have received alerts about whooping cough in numerous states, including Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Oregon,
In Harare, Zimbabwe 1 case of H1N1 has been confirmed and 5 others are suspected. The public was notified of the cases via the state-owned
In Harare, Zimbabwe 1 case of H1N1 has been confirmed and 5 others are suspected. The public was notified of the cases via the state-owned
Australia is one of very few industrialized nations without a national disease control center. For the past 20 years, outbreak investigations have been preformed through
A cholera outbreak in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Daru Island has Austalian official worried. This outbreak is an extension of last year’s cholera outbreak in