We're leaving today for our annual pilgrimage to Sointula, a lovely little town up the BC coast on Malcolm Island. It's an all-day trip, so I'll be offline until this evening (Pacific Daylight Time) or even tomorrow morning. Until then, enjoy exploring the site—especially the News Gatherers and Hot Zone links. Posts will be intermittent until July 1, but I'll try to cover at least the key current stories: cholera in Haiti, nodding disease in Uganda, the Bihar encephalitis outbreak, and dengue around the world.
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June 21, 2012
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News Gatherers
- ABYZ News Links
Extensive links to news sources worldwide. - Bird Flu (NewsNow)
- Chikungunya (NewsNow)
- Cholera (NewsNow)
- CIDRAP: Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
- Coronavirus (NewsNow)
- Dengue (NewsNow)
- E. coli outbreaks (NewsNow)
- Ebola (NewsNow)
- Encephalitis (NewsNow)
- H5N1 (NewsNow)
- H7N9 (NewsNow)
- H7N9: New Avian Influenza
- Hand-foot-mouth disease (NewsNow)
- HealthMap: The Disease Daily
- HIV/AIDS (NewsNow)
- Influenza (NewsNow)
- IRIN
- Malaria (NewsNow)
- Marburg fever (NewsNow)
- NDM-1 (Google News)
- Nodding syndrome (NewsNow)
- ProMED-mail
- ReliefWeb
- ReliefWeb Updates
- Risk = Hazard + Outrage: The Peter M. Sandman Risk Communication Website
- Tuberculosis (NewsNow)
- Vaccine News Daily
- Virology News
Curated by South African virologist Ed Rybicki.
Bloggers
- A Time's Memory
Offers highly detailed surveys of news stories and scientific reports. - Aetiology
Excellent medical blogging. - Avian Flu Diary
Excellent news coverage and even better analysis. - Big Medicine
- Blog de Medicina Cubana (español)
- blog.AIDS.gov
- Body Horrors
- Contagions
- Controversies in Hospital Infection Prevention
- Dying in Haiti
A doctor working in Cité Soleil. - E. coli Blog
Surveillance & analysis on E. coli news & outbreaks - End the Neglect (Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases)
- Face of the Matter
- Haiti MPHISE
- Haiti Relief and Reconstruction Watch (CEPR)
- Haiti Resilience System
- Infection Landscapes
- Information Security Biweekly (H7N9)
- Journalist's Corner
Science blog in China - Laurie Garrett
- My Health Beijing
- Nigeria Health Watch
- Novel Coronavirus NCOV
- Pandemic Information News
Wide-ranging coverage in several languages, with computer translations of many reports. - PLOS Public Health
- Random Analytics
Shane Granger crunches the H7N9 numbers. - Roll Back Malaria
- Rosemary Drisdelle
Expert on parasitic diseases. - Scott McPherson
A Flublogian old-timer, happily returned. - Superbug
Maryn McKenna's great blog on antibiotic resistance. - The Bird Flu Report
Daily news about avian influenza - ViroBlogy
Dr. Ed Rybicki at the University of Cape Town - Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca
A Scoop.it site with many expert contributors. - virology blog
Dr. Vincent Racaniello offers expert comment and analysis in posts that non-experts can understand. - Virology Down Under: H7N9
Dr. Ian Mackay's page.
Forums & Discussions
Twitter Resources
- #Cholera
- #coronavirus
- #Dengue
- #Ebola
- #Ebola Updates
- #Ecoli
- #Encephalitis
- #EV71
- #H5N1
- #H7N9
- #Haiti
- #HIV
- #Leptospirosis
- #Malaria
- #Noddingdisease
Obsolete term for nodding syndrome, but still widely used - #Noddingsyndrome
- #outbreak
- #Tuberculosis
- #WestNileVirus
- FluTrackers
- Lisa Schnirring (CIDRAP)
- Vincent Racaniello
- WHO
- Arkanoid Legent
- CDC
- CIDRAP
- Commonground at Pandemic News
- DokteCoffee
- Dr. John A. Carroll
- Haiti Libre
- Hand-foot-mouth disease (#HFMD)
- Helen Branswell
- MappyHealth
Tracks tweets on specific diseases - Maryn McKenna
- Michael Coston
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
- Nigeria Health Watch
- Ronan Kelly
- Treyfish (Tom Watkins)
- WHO/PAHO EOC
Journals and Technical Sources
- Acta Tropica
- BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- CDC
- Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
- Chinese Medical Association (English)
- CIDRAP: Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
- CIDRAP: Public Health Practices
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- CMAJ Open
- Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
- Doctors Without Borders
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- epidemic
Highly useful site at the University of Edinburgh. - Eurosurveillance
- Global Health Governance
- Global Viral
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
- ISARIC
International Severe Respiratory Infection Consortium - Journal of the American Medical Association
- Malaria Journal
- MalariaWorld
- mBio
- PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
- PLOS ONE: H5N1
- ProMED-mail
- Public Library of Science
- Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
- The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Public Health Agencies & Health Departments
- ASEAN Plus Three Countries: Information Centre on Emerging Infectious Diseases
- BC Centre for Disease Control
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- CDC - Avian Flu
- Center for Public Communication, Secretariat General of the Ministry of Health
In Bahasa Indonesia - Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Direcção-Geral da Saúde (Portugal)
- European Centre for Disease Control
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC)
- Offlu: OIE/FAO Network of Expertise on Avian Influenza
- OIE - World Organisation for Animal Health
- Pan American Health Organization Avian Influenza (English, español e português)
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Robert Koch Institute (Germany)
- Saudia Arabian Ministry of Health
- Smittskyddsinstitutet (Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control)
English-language version of the site. - Uganda Ministry of Health
Recent Posts
- Saudi Arabia: Four more suspected MERS cases?
- France: MERS patients' condition "still worrying"
- Cholera in Haiti: A serious humanitarian crisis
- Australia: Hunt continues for people exposed to drug-resistant TB
- France: How Jean-Bernard Hospital managed its MERS crisis
- Coronavirus patent complicating diagnosis: Saudis
- CIDRAP: Experts mull H7N9 bird market findings, assess rapid tests
- Yang: Developing a vaccine against H7N9
- Dr. Carroll: Cholera alive and well in Cité Soleil
- WHA on pandemic influenza preparedness
Recent Comments
- Aileen Wyse on Saudi Arabia: A second MERS case in Qassim?
- Aileen Wyse on Saudi Arabia: A second MERS case in Qassim?
- Crof on Saudi Arabia: A second MERS case in Qassim?
- charlie on CIDRAP: Unusual pathogens ruled out in Alabama illness cluster
- Aileen Wyse on Saudi Arabia: A second MERS case in Qassim?
- Aileen Wyse on Saudi Arabia: A second MERS case in Qassim?
- Crof on Tunisia: No new cases of MERS
- Aileen Wyse on Tunisia: No new cases of MERS
- charlie on CIDRAP: Alabama officials probe respiratory illness cluster
- Ironorehopper on CIDRAP: Alabama officials probe respiratory illness cluster
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- April 28, 2013 - May 4, 2013
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- April 14, 2013 - April 20, 2013
- April 7, 2013 - April 13, 2013
- March 31, 2013 - April 6, 2013
- March 24, 2013 - March 30, 2013
- March 17, 2013 - March 23, 2013
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May 2013
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MERS Resources
- #MERS
- Arab News
- CDC Coronavirus
- Coronavirus (Google News)
- Coronavirus (NewsNow)
- Doctor KSA
English-language Saudi medical website - La Voix du Nord (français)
- Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health corona page
- Saudi Gazette
- Virology Down Under on MERS-CoV
Virologist Dr. Ian Mackay tracks the coronavirus. - WHO coronavirus updates
H7N9 Resources
- #H7N9
Very current - CDC H7N9 Resources
- CIDRAP H7N9 Avian Influenza Page
A very useful resource - ECDC on Avian Influenza A(H7N9)
- FluTrackers H7N9 Outbreak Tracking
Excellent coverage, including translated reports - GISAID
- Google News on H7N9
Generally useful - H7N9 (NewsNow)
- Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection
Current and reliable; also check HKSAR releases on same page - Hong Kong Government Health News
Good coverage of China as well as Hong Kong - Shanghai Daily
- Shanghai Daily H7N9 page
- South China Morning Post
Subscription required for extended visits - Virology Down Under on H7N9
Excellent site by Australian virologist Ian M. Mackay - WHO H7N9 Page
- Xinhua H7N9 reports
Hot Zone Sources
- AllAfrica.com: Health and Medicine
- Arab News
- Bangkok Post
- Beijing Air Pollution: Real-time Air Quality Index
- Cambodia Daily
- Cambodia Ministry of Health
- CDC FluView (US)
- China Daily
- Dominican Republic Ministry of Public Health (español)
- Dr. Beat Richner, Kantha Bopha Hospitals, Cambodia
- European Centre for Disease Control
- Google Flu Trends
- Hablemos Press
Dissident Cuban news source. - Haiti Epidemic Advisory System (HEAS)
- Haiti Libre
Haitian news in English and French. - Haiti: Ministry of Public Health & Population
- Haiti: Ministry of Public Health and Population: Cholera reports
- Havens of Hope (nodding syndrome)
NGO fighting the syndrome in Uganda - Public Health England (formerly Health Protection Agency)
- Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection
- Hong Kong Government News
- Hope for Humans
NGO working against nodding syndrome - Hoy Digital (Dominican Republic)(español)
- Jakarta Globe
- Jakarta Post
- Japan Times Online
- Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance
- Monitor (Uganda)
- New Vision (Uganda)
- News in English, Kidon Media-Link
- Nodding Syndrome
Ugandan government information site - PAHO Hispaniola cholera page
- Partners In Health
- Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia)
- Radio Dabanga (Sudan)
- Reuters AlertNet
- Saigon Giai Phong (Vietnam)
- Shanghai Daily
- Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau
- South China Morning Post
- Thanh Nien Daily (Vietnam)
- Think Africa Press
- Times of India
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
- UNHCR
- UNITEDengue
- Xinhua (China)
WHO Sites
- Home page, World Health Organization
- Influenza at human-animal interface - Monthly Risk Assessment Summary
WHO reports on new human H5N1 cases. - WHO Bulletin
- WHO coronavirus updates
- WHO H7N9 page
- WHO Pan American Health Organization
- WHO Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A(H5N1)
- WHO Disease Outbreak News
- WHO Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response
- WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record
- WHO Western Pacific Region
Español
- Argentina: Ministerio de Salud
- Blog de Medicina Cubana
- Chile: Ministerio de Salud
- Colombia: Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social
- El Universal (México)
- España: Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales, e Igualdad
- Honduras: Secretaría de Salud
- México: Secretaría de Salud
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- Organización Panamericana de la Salud
- Panamá: Ministerio de Salud
- Paraguay: Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social
- Perú: Ministerio de Salud
- Prensa Latina
- Prensa Latina (Salud)
- Salud CiberCuba
- Venezuela: Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud
Français
General International
My Blogs
- Ask the English Teacher
Questions and answers about English usage. - Bridging the Income Gap
Why inequality is hazardous to your health. - Camila Vallejo in English
Tracking a political phenomenon - H5N1
News and resources about avian flu - Jou Tou and Silk Road Music
About a couple of remarkable Vancouver world-music groups. - Neat Stuff
Serendipitous discoveries around the Web. - On Education
Schools for a civil society. - Pioneers
Blogging the Black pioneers of British Columbia - Sointula
"Place of Harmony"—a remarkable community on BC's central coast. - Write a Novel
An online guide for fiction writers. - Sell Your Nonfiction Book
And use online resources to research, write, and publish it. - Writing Fiction
Advice and suggestions on how to write and sell short stories and fiction. - Writing for the Web
About the surprising new genres emerging on the Web.
Some of My Books
The Fall of the Republic
In a parallel timeline, 1990s America discovers the chronoplanes: parallel worlds at different points in history.Rogue Emperor
The hijacking of the Roman Empire, 100 AD, by 21st-century Christian fundamentalists, in the second of the Chronoplane Wars novels.The Empire of Time
My first novel, published in 1978, but the last in the Chronoplane Wars trilogy.Gryphon
"Write a space opera," my editor said. So I did, with some nanotech thrown in.Tsunami
A companion novel to Icequake, set mostly in California.Icequake
A disaster thriller (Antarctic ice sheet surges into ocean), dated but still fun.Eyas
Originally published in 1982, and still the novel I'm most proud of.
