Acanthamoeba keratitis and contact lenses: A personal story
Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a rare but serious eye infection caused by a microscopic parasite called Acanthamoeba. It primarily affects the cornea, the clear front surface of the eye, and can lead ...
31 Jul 202516min
Andes hantavirus in Patagonia, Argentina: The use of Rapid Data Collection
Rapid data collection can provide an insight into causation, the socio-cultural reality, and complex social processes. This is especially important in disease outbreaks when information is quickly req...
29 Jul 202520min
Yellow fever outbreak in Tolima, Colombia
In today's news cast, I look at the growing yellow fever outbreak in Tolima Department, Colombia.
28 Jul 20254min
Outbreak News This Week: Chikungunya in China, CCHF in Iraq, Brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina and more
In this end of week news cast, I look at some of the news I found most most interesting to includes news from Cambodia, south China, Vietnam, Bolivia and the United States, among others.
26 Jul 202532min
Battling antibiotic resistance in Rwanda: The work of AMR Initiative Rwanda
AMR Initiative Rwanda is a nonprofit organization implementing the One Health approach to prevent, mitigate, and control the spread of resistant microorganisms, while ensuring the availability of safe...
24 Jul 202512min
Senegal eliminates trachoma
Senegal has eliminated the blinding disease trachoma as a public health problem, the World Health Organization announced last week. This means that more than nine million people in the country are no ...
23 Jul 202521min
Florida: Conditions exist for indigenous T. cruzi transmission, according to study
Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Nuisance blood-sucking insects known as kissing bugs spread the parasite to humans when exposure to their feces penetrates the muc...
16 Jul 202522min
Rhodesia anthrax epidemic of 1978-1980: A natural outbreak or the result of biowarfare?
Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe since 1980, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa. From 1978-1980, Rhodesia experienced one of the largest anthrax epidemics in recorded history. This led to the deaths of...
15 Jul 202521min
