More than 5,000 dengue cases and 17 deaths have been reported in Pakistan, with 4,400 of those cases and 12 of the deaths occurring in
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On Friday, Sept. 9, the HealthMap team hosted a screening of "Contagion", the new hit movie from Warner Bros. Pictures, Participant Media, and Imagenation Abu
In July 2011 The Guardian (UK) explored the Central Intelligence Agency’s fake vaccine campaign, which rolled out in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in an attempt to acquire
On August 31st, we reported that four children were diagnosed with polio in Xinjiang, China, a country that had been polio-free for eleven years.
In an unprecedented act, Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc. filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration on August 22. The food production
Rugby fans from around the world are flocking to New Zealand for the 2011 Rugby World Cup (RWC), and HealthMap is watching for outbreaks
On September 2nd, the CDC and the Pennsylvania Department of Health announced 2 similar cases of novel influenza A. Both cases, one in Pennsylvania
The HealthMap team is very excited about its upcoming screening of Contagion, to be held at AMC Loews Boston Common Theatre this Friday, September
The European Union is considering lifting the embargo on 15 varieties of Egyptian seeds and beans after a delegation was sent to Egypt to investigate
Australia’s Bellarine Peninsula has seen a large increase in the number of Buruli ulcer (also known as Bairnsdale ulcer or Searl ulcer) cases caused by