Category: Outbreak News

This July, Peru experienced its first ever-recorded cases of pneumonic plague. How did the pneumonic plague make its way into Trujillo, Peru? A 29-year-old woman living

Event Overview On Tuesday, January 12th, 2010, Haiti was hit by a shallow, 7.0 magnitude earthquake, leading to staggering numbers of lives lost and severe

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that "Disease activity has peaked and is decliningin North America and has either recently peaked or is currently peaking in

Montenegro and Libya reported their 1st H1N1 deaths. South Korea reported a suspect case of H1N1 reinfection in a young girl. Reports have stated that the United States has likely reached its

Somalia reported its 1st cases of H1N1, while Lithuania, Switzerland, Macedonia, Maldives, Madagascar, Romania, Estonia, and Denmark reported their 1st deaths. The World Health Organization

Burundi and Greenlandhave reported their 1st cases of H1N1, whileNorth Cyprus, Bosnia,Poland, Kosovo, Tunisia, and Morocco have reported their 1st H1N1 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended early administration of antiviral medicines to

Sri Lanka,Pakistan,Slovakia, and St. Luciareported their first H1N1 deaths, whileNigeria,the Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Armenia reported their 1st cases of H1N1. Last week, Ukraine (population 46 million)

Afghanistan, Ukraine, Moldova, Croatia, Belarus, Slovenia,Austria, and the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland andYukon reported their first H1N1 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported the number of global H1N1 deaths jumped to over 5,700 worldwide.

Serbia, theCzech Republic,Turkey,Finland,Russia, and the U.S. state of North Dakotahave all reported their first H1N1 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that there have

Trinidad & Tobago andIceland have reported their first H1N1 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the ongoing H1N1 pandemic remains a cause for concern because of