New Online Disease Database Tracks 125 Years of Outbreaks
http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2013/12/2/new-online-disease-database-tracks-125-years-of-outbreaks
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Johns Hopkins University have created a publicly accessible online database of infectious disease cases from the last 125 years, according to an article published Thursday in the New England Journal of ...
NHS 'must do more on flu outbreaks'
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/nhs-must-do-more-on-flu-outbreaks-29806532.html
The NHS must do "much better" at preventing flu outbreaks, Energy Secretary Ed Davey said as he insisted badly insulated homes were only one factor behind the "disgrace" of high winter deaths.
CDC Issues Alert on Recognizing, Reporting Meningitis Associated with ...
http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2013/12/cdc-issues-alert-on-recognizing-reporting-meningitis-associated-with-university-outbreaks.aspx
Although both outbreaks are caused by serogroup B, additional molecular typing shows that the outbreaks are being caused by two different strains, indicating that the outbreaks are not related. The CDC, the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH), ...
CDC working to import vaccine to fight college meningitis outbreaks
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/cdc-working-import-vaccine-fight-college-meningitis-outbreaks-2D11655365
While it's unusual to have two college-based outbreaks at the same time, there isn't an unusually high number of meningitis cases and the infection doesn't spread easily, says Dr. Amanda Cohn of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Real-Time Flu Forecast Predicts Outbreaks in Each US City
http://www.livescience.com/41647-real-time-flu-outbreak-forecast.html
Borrowing ideas from weather forecasting, researchers have developed a system to predict, weeks in advance, when a city will see the peak of its seasonal flu outbreak. A reliable flu forecast could limit an outbreak by informing people and health ...
What 11 Billion People Mean for Disease Outbreaks
http://www.livescience.com/41479-11-billion-disease-outbreaks.html
Editor's note: By the end of this century, Earth may be home to 11 billion people, the United Nations has estimated, earlier than previously expected. As part of a week-long series, LiveScience is exploring what reaching this population milestone might ...
Princeton meningitis outbreak 'unlikely' to spread
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/19/meningitis-outbreak-vaccine-princeton/3641637/
Health officials say it is "highly unlikely" that the recent meningitis outbreak at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J., will spread during students' holiday travels, but recommend students get vaccinated as soon as possible. After a seventh person ...
Niger, Tanzania probe two unknown-illness outbreaks
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2013/11/niger-tanzania-probe-two-unknown-illness-outbreaks
Health officials in Africa are investigating two separate outbreaks of unknown illness, a small one in Niger that has killed nearly a third of patients and a larger one in Tanzania in which no deaths have been reported so far, the World Health ...
