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Top Infectious News Stories of the Decade 2010-2019

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By Robert Herriman  @infectiousdiseasenews Not only was Dec. 31, 2019 the end of the year, but it was also the end of the 2010s decade (Jan. 1, 2010-Dec. 31, 2019). In this post, I list what I believe...

Outbreak News Today: Most Viewed Stories of 2019

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Now that 2019 is officially over and all the data has been tabulated, the numbers are available to create the “Most Viewed Stories of 2019” on the website....

10 Most Important Infectious Disease Stories of 2019: Outbreak News Today

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By Robert Herriman  @bactiman63 As 2019 comes to a close, the number of big, important infectious disease news and outbreak was in no shortage since January. So, it becomes my annual task to try to...

Smallpox eradication: December 9 was the 40th anniversary

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During a press briefing at United Nations Information Service in Geneva, the following was commemorated: Dr. Rosamund Lewis, Head of the Smallpox Secretariat at the World Health Organization (WHO), said...

Ebola news update: Aid worker killings, Miscommunication issues

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Democratic Republic of Congo: Ebola Virus Disease – External Situation Report 67 Over the last three months, there has been a steady decrease in confirmed cases...

Measles in the Pacific Islands: Fiji, Samoa and Tonga

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Measles in Fiji To date the measles outbreak is confined to the Serua/Namosi Subdivision, and specifically the Wailali Settement in Wainadoi. A Measles Taskforce has...

Rabies update: Rabies in the Americas (RITA) to host webinar on current guidelines and recommendations

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Rabies in the Americas (RITA) has announced an upcoming webinar scheduled for November 1, from 9 am-1230 pm CDT, which will go over recent World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations on human rabies...

Norovirus in the news: Ireland, Australia and the University of Alabama in Huntsville

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Nine patients and two staff with Norovirus symptoms at Limerick hospital THERE ARE two confirmed cases of the winter vomiting bug at a Limerick city hospital following...

The Public Health Crisis You Haven’t Heard Of: It Takes a Life Every 2 Minutes in the U.S.

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By Dr. Steven Q. Simpson Sepsis is a public health crisis in the United States and around the world. There is no doubt about it. Each year, an estimated 270,000 people in the U.S. die from sepsis and another...

ACLS Guide to Dengue Fever

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Written by: Sarah Gehrke, MSN, RN Dengue is a re-emerging public health concern with two-fifths of the world population being at risk of infection. It is a mosquito-borne viral infection primarily transmitted...