JEFFSelects: Emerging Infectious Diseases

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Current Alerts

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Outbreak Alerts

• Delaware Department of Health and Social Services Press Releases
  This is a monthly list of health related press releases that specifically concern Delaware residents. Included are alerts for infectious diseases.
• Disease Outbreak News (WHO)
  This is a daily international disease outbreak alerting service that includes the disease and country of outbreak. Included are archives organized by disease, date, and country.
• HealthMap (Harvard, Children's Hospital Boston)
  A global disease alert map generated algorithmically--the project received support from Google.org--from traditional (ProMed, CDC, WHO) and "noisier" sources (blogs, chat rooms) resulting in up-to-the-hour currency.
• MEDLINE Plus: News
  This site includes all types of health news of the past 30 days. Information is from major news outlets such as the New York Times, Reuters Health, and United Press International. Stories are arranged by date, with a by subject option also available. Outbreak related news is included.
• News from CDC & WHO (International Society of Travel Medicine)
  This is a compendium of WHO and CDC infectious disease alerts, not necessarily restricted to travel.
• NJ LINCS: Public Health Alerts and Advisories (NJ Dept. Health & Senior Services)
  This is a public health alerting service for the state of New Jersey. It includes disease outbreak information and other public health concerns for the state's local health departments.
• Pennsylvania Health Alert Network (PA Dept. Health)
  This alerting service is part of the Pennsylvania Department of Health's Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Program. It includes current public health alerts, along with links to Community Health District contact information. Disease reporting information and related links are also found on this page.
• Philadelphia Department of Public Health: Division of Disease Control
  The homepage of this division of the Department of Public Health lists Public Health Alerts for the city of Philadelphia, in addition to other departmental information resources.
• ProMED (International Society of Infectious Diseases)
  A free daily report, available by email and Web, summarizes information on outbreaks of infectious diseases and acute exposures to toxins that effect human health. Sources of information include media reports, official reports, online summaries, local observers, and ProMED-mail subscribers. Messages are screened before posting by a team of experts. The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) was established in 1994, and is now a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases.
• Traveler's Health: Outbreaks (CDC)
  This is a listing of disease outbreak warnings for both international and domestic travel.
• Weekly Infectious Diseases News Brief (Health Canada)
  This site includes international disease outbreak alerts, with a focus on North America.