Zika virus (ZIKV), a rare but benign mosquito borne illness, is spreading across the islands of the south pacific. The Disease Daily recently published a
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After three years of relative quiet, measles has reemerged with vengeance in Vietnam. Since January 2014, an outbreak that has spread through twenty-four cities and
At Rutgers University, my alma mater, saying that you have scarlet fever is a good thing. The state university of New Jersey is home to
For the first time since 2007, a case of atypical Bovine spongiform Encephalitis (BSE) was identified in a beef cow in the German state of
As the polar vortex continues to bring frigid temperatures to many parts of the northeast, increasing reports of flu-related hospitalizations in Oregon have health officials
Throughout the month of December scientists have been working to determine the cause of twenty-nine bald eagle deaths in the state of Utah. Many of
During the month of December, the island nation of Madagascar reported cases of both bubonic and pneumonic plague. Mandritsara, a remote village in northeast Madagascar,
‘Tis the season for the obligatory “best of” lists for 2013. We thought we’d take a look back at some of this year’s notable outbreaks.
Just because summer is over doesn’t mean mosquitoes are out of the picture. On December 10, the World Health Organization reported two locally acquired cases
On December 9, Australia’s Northern Territory health department warned residents that this season’s mosquito numbers and high tide do not bode well for risk of