disease outbreaks

Who should be considered essential during pandemic flu outbreak

harminka — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:50:07 -0500

Not only are doctors, nurses, and firefighters essential during a severe pandemic influenza outbreak. So, too, are truck drivers, communications personnel, and utility workers. That's the conclusion of a Johns Hopkins University article to be published in the journal of Biosecurity and Bioterrorism.

Measures to limit effects of pandemic flu on nursing homes

harminka — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:34:38 -0500

The greatest danger in a pandemic flu outbreak is that it could spread quickly and devastate a broad swath of people across the United States before there is much of a chance to react. The result could be a nation brought to its knees by a disease run rampant.

Crawling the Internet to track infectious disease outbreaks

harminka — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:51:48 -0500

Could Internet discussion forums, listservs, and online news outlets be an informative source of information on disease outbreaks?

Canine influenza was around as early as 1999

harminka — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:43:49 -0500

The canine influenza virus, first identified in 2004, had been circulating in the greyhound population for at least five years prior to its discovery and may have been responsible for numerous outbreaks of respiratory disease among dogs at racing tracks during that period, according to research presented today (March 18) at the 2008 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in Atlanta, Georgia.

Tropics are next emerging disease hotspot

harminka — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:34:55 -0500

Scientists from four well-known institutions say the next major disease like HIV/AIDS or SARS could occur in any of a number of developing countries concentrated along the equator. They encourage increased surveillance to prevent the spread of a potential outbreak.

Scientists make first map of emerging-disease hotpsots

harminka — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:08:13 -0600

An international research team has provided the first scientific evidence that deadly emerging diseases have risen steeply across the world, and has mapped the outbreaks’ main sources. They say new diseases originating from wild animals in poor nations are the greatest threat to humans.

Battling potential disease outbreaks online

harminka — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:48:34 -0600

Public health officials are constantly in battle mode against illness from food contaminants or a possible pandemic, but to fight these deadly foes they need more complete information and they need it faster.

Simple online methods increase physician disease reporting

harminka — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:00:41 -0600

With emerging diseases like the West Nile Virus, and re-emerging diseases such as the pandemic flu and drug-resistant tuberculosis, it’s increasingly important to promptly detect a potential infectious outbreak within a community. But public health officials can’t act quickly unless physicians report the diseases.

New software to aid early detection of infectious disease outbreaks

harminka — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:48:11 -0600

A newly released software program will let health authorities at the site of an infectious disease outbreak quickly analyze data, speeding the detection of new cases and the implementation of effective interventions.

NASA technology helps predict, prevent future pandemic outbreaks

harminka — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:45:46 -0600

With the help of 14 satellites currently in orbit and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Applied Sciences Program, scientists have been able to observe the Earth’s environment to help predict and prevent infectious disease outbreaks around the world.

Cause of human leptospirosis outbreak in Thailand discovered

harminka — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:54:05 -0500

A single disease-causing clone of the bacterium Leptospira interrogans was behind the recent sustained outbreak of leptospirosis in Thailand, according to a new collaborative investigation by researchers in Thailand, Australia, and the UK.

Dermatologists identify North Texas leishmaniasis outbreak

harminka — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:51:45 -0500

A team of dermatologists and dermatopathologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center has identified nine North Texas cases of an infectious skin disease common in South America, Mexico and in the Middle East, where it is sometimes referred to as a “Baghdad boil.”