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Source Identified for the Deadliest Listeria Outbreak in History

April 10, 2018March 23, 2022 Jackie Sheridan

  South Africa has experienced 978 lab-confirmed cases of listeria poisoning since January 2017 [1], in what the United Nations has declared the largest listeria

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Vancouver Island Puzzled by Rare Cholera Outbreak

April 2, 2018March 23, 2022 Jackie Sheridan

  Four human cases of cholera have been identified on Vancouver Island, an island on the western coast of British Columbia, Canada[1]. The outbreak was

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Madrid Reports Locally Transmitted Malaria Case in Infant

March 14, 2018March 23, 2022 Jackie Sheridan

  A case of malaria in a three-month old infant was confirmed on Wednesday, February 24th, 2018. The infant was originally admitted to the hospital

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Multiple Outbreaks Threaten the 2018 Winter Olympics

February 14, 2018March 23, 2022 Jackie Sheridan

  The 2018 Winter Olympics began on Thursday, February 8th in PyeongChang, South Korea. The games bring 206 countries to participate [1], comprising of nearly

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Diphtheria Outbreak Among Rohingya Refugees Enters Third Month

January 25, 2018March 23, 2022 Jackie Sheridan

  Escalating violence in Myanmar has caused over 800,000 Rohingya to come to Bangladesh as refugees since August 2017, the majority of which are residing

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Unexpected Hepatitis A Outbreaks Spread Throughout the U.S.

December 15, 2017March 23, 2022 Jackie Sheridan

  In 2017, several states have experienced acute outbreaks of Hepatitis A, namely Michigan, Kentucky, Utah, Colorado, and California. Each state varies in regards to

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Yemen Faces Worst Cholera Outbreak in Recent History

July 27, 2017March 23, 2022 Jackie Sheridan

  A cholera outbreak rages on in Yemen, a war afflicted nation of almost 30 million people on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.

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Human-to-Human H7N9 Transmission

July 24, 2017March 23, 2022 Emily Cohn

  Over the past four years, since its emergence in 2013, China has experienced seasonal epidemics of avian influenza subtype H7N9. The country has been

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Lyme Disease Cases Triple in the US

July 14, 2017March 23, 2022 Kristy Leker

  Lyme disease has been strongly concentrated in the North American Midwest and Northeastern regions, where ticks and contact with ticks are common. According to

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European Foulbrood – What’s all the buzz?

July 14, 2017March 23, 2022 Emily Cohn

  Bees are dying at alarming rates (42% of colonies in the US collapsed in 2015, but has been a worldwide issue)[1] and the drop-off

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