Since June, there have been 48 deaths and another 130 cases of Leismaniasis (known as “kala azar”) in Juba in Southern Sudan. Leishmaniasis is a
On August 6th, Brazilian news sources reported a case of measles in a 19 year old in Belém, Pará, Brazil. The last indigenous infection was
Bats are critically important for insect control and pollination of many agriculturally important crops. White-nose Syndrome has been devastating the population of little brown bats,
More than one-third of the world’s population lives in areas at risk for transmission of dengue infection, and as many as 100 million people are
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
Visit our special surveillance page for the World Cup! As soccer/football fans turn their attention to South Africa, HealthMap is watching for signs of outbreaks besides World
The HealthMap team recently published Information Technology and Global Surveillance of Cases of 2009 H1N1 Influenza in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The online paper
The HealthMap Website has been redesigned, and is now live at http://healthmap.org. The new site features many improvements focusing on removing clutter and allowing for greater
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