In India, an elusive virus makes a devastating return
Chandipura, a virus in the same family as rabies, is presumed responsible for 32 deaths in less than a month. One week ago, India’s National
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Olympics 2024: Preventing infectious disease outbreaks during mass gatherings
With over 15 million visitors expected to descend into France to attend the Olympic and Paralympic games starting next week, France’s health authorities are on
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Zika: The public health risk hiding in plain sight
Recent confirmation of Zika outbreaks in Pakistan underscores the virus’s potential for undetected spread — with global public health implications. Last week, researchers solved a
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Whooping cough makes a sweeping global resurgence
Also known as pertussis, case counts have been rising for more than a year, with some regions already far exceeding their 2023 totals Cases of
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Oropouche – a little-known virus becomes a sudden cause for concern
While dengue dominates the summer headlines, a rarely-noticed and poorly-understood disease — Oropouche fever — is spreading in record numbers If you live in North
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Why organizations should start preparing for bird flu now
As avian influenza spreads quickly to new species and new regions, its potential threat to humans — and to business operations — is coming into
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Bird flu and beyond: The top 5 infectious diseases to look out for now
In an ever-changing landscape of emerging infectious disease threats, AI has the power to spot them sooner — and sound the alarm earlier — than
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Respiratory disease trends: 2024 and beyond
This year’s peak season showed us what we can expect — and what we still can’t predict — for the years ahead For most of
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The Wastewater Whisperers
Thanks to wastewater surveillance, sewers can double as data pipelines that can help predict infectious disease spread Here at BlueDot, we face a constant paradox
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All the Buzz on Mosquito-borne Diseases
How climate change is expanding mosquito habitat and spreading diseases to new regions — and how AI can help predict their next move Malaria has
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