Commentary

Commentary: Thoughtful insight on the infectious disease scene.

Epidemics MOOC: Expanding Free Access to Education

September 24, 2014 MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) have been heralded as the future of learning. The New York...

Polio: What Happens to a Vaccine-Preventable Disease When Vaccination Is Prevented?

July 18, 2014 Polio is a highly infectious disease that mainly affects children under age five and leads to...

Series

Series: In depth looks at infectious disease topics.

TODAY: Order a Flu Shot Delivered to Your Door

October 23, 2014 You’ve heard it here before: the flu is serious, and the best way to prevent getting ill is the flu...

VacciNerds Explain: Why You Need a Flu Shot

October 16, 2014 There’s a deadly virus about to sweep through the United States. Over the next few months thousands...

Research & Policy

Research & Policy: Intelligible summaries of current infectious disease research and health policies.

NYC's New Flu Mandate

January 23, 2015 As the festivities at Times Square ushered in the new year, for young children in New York City, it...

New Antibiotics - Near or Far?

January 21, 2015 In the grand scheme of things, antibiotics are fairly new additions to our medical repertoire. Germ...

Outbreak

Outbreak: Daily coverage on breaking infectious disease news from all over the world.

H3N2 Flu & You

January 12, 2015 Ebola may have made its mark in 2014, but influenza is dominating in early 2015. Having been...

Cambodia Investigates Village-Wide HIV Outbreak

January 9, 2015 On December 16th, 2014, HealthMap first received news reports of a mysterious outbreak of HIV in a...

rift valley fever

2 articles

Rift Valley Fever Kills 17 of 34 Cases in Mauritania Outbreak

Nov 6, 2012 | Lauren Edmundson

An outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in Mauritania has now infected 34 humans and caused 17 deaths in the region, according to an update from the...

Rift Valley Fever Re-emerge in South Africa

Jan 26, 2011 | healthmap

A case of rift valley fever has been identified in Groot-Brakrivier in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Although only one case has been...