On Friday night, four children in China’s Xinjiang province were diagnosed with polio, a virus absent from China for over a decade. The poliovirus can
Today, the United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned of a possible major resurgence of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza due to the spread
With Hurricane Irene threatening much of the US Eastern seaboard, people and governments are preparing for the flooding, destructive winds, and powerful storm surge. After
Yesterday Nature magazine published an article covering two Australian studies that showed the ability of Wolbachia pipientis bacteria to stop reproduction of dengue virus
An outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Vietnam has caused 35,000 cases and 83 deaths this year. 52 out of 62 cities
Despite the heat of the summer, people in balmy Florida steer clear of lakes and other bodies of water for fear of being attacked by
For the last month, Panama’s Social Security Hospital (CSS) is experiencing an outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) infections among its patients. On Tuesday, August
On September 3, the WHO will officially declare the Compostela Valley province free of lymphatic filariasis (LF). Compostela Valley will be the first province in
A recent rise in C.difficile cases across multiple hospitals in Ontario, Canada has led to several outbreak declarations of thisconcerning and increasingly common hospital-acquired infection.
In March 2011, HealthMap reported on several undiagnosed deaths of tourists in Chiang Mai, Thailand. On May 13th we reported that Thai officials continued to