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Disease surveillance
Disease surveillance is a methodology in where epidemiologists monitor the spread of a specific disease in order to understand how it progresses. The goals of disease surveillance are to predict, observe, and minimize the harm caused by diseases which present as outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics.
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OCT 13, 2022Health & Medicine
In light of a polio outbreak in Rockland County, New York, the United States has been added to the list of countries whe ...Written By: Zoe MichaudSEP 19, 2022Cancer
Smoking remains a major risk factor for several types of cancer. While the association between lung cancer and smo ...Written By: Katie KokolusSEP 14, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Wastewater epidemiology is a field of study in which the water from sewer systems is surveyed to generate data about the ...Written By: Zoe MichaudAUG 11, 2022Cancer
In 1938, Dr. Roy Plunkett made an accidental discovery! He observed tetrafluoroethylene spontaneously polymerize i ...Written By: Katie KokolusAUG 07, 2022Microbiology
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus. Polio can cause flu-like symptoms like nausea, headache, fever, and sore th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2022Cancer
Uterine cancer develops when cells in the inner lining of the uterus, known as the endometrium, undergo uncontrolled and ...Written By: Katie KokolusJUN 06, 2022Health & Medicine
The number of STD cases in America has risen, according to an article published in JAMA based on the CDC’s 2020 ST ...Written By: Alexandria BassMAY 02, 2022Cancer
Hearing the word “cancer” could have a significant psychological impact on a patient waiting on a diagnosis. ...Written By: Katie KokolusAPR 28, 2022Cancer
It is estimated that over 250.000 men in the United States will receive prostate cancer diagnoses in 2022, acc ...Written By: Katie KokolusMAR 10, 2022Cancer
The American Cancer Society estimates that one in eight men will face a prostate cancer diagnosis. While prost ...Written By: Katie KokolusFEB 08, 2022Health & Medicine
According to the American Cancer Society, early-onset colorectal cancer has been on the rise for the past 30 to 50 years ...Written By: Alexandria BassFEB 08, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Viral experts are still unsure where and how the Omicron variant originated, but one thing is clear: it has overt ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 20, 2022Cancer
According to 2021 estimates, prostate cancer will account for more than a quarter of the cancer diagnoses and over 10% o ...Written By: Katie KokolusNOV 30, 2021Immunology
HIV is a master of disguise. Once the virus enters the body, it has a number of sophisticated mechanisms through which i ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 26, 2021Microbiology
On Thursday, November 2021, South African health officials announced that they had identified a new variant of the pande ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2021Microbiology
Zoonosis is a serious health concern, as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown. Viruses that infect one species can acquire ge ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine walking into a party where people were socializing (unmasked) in a confined space. With the ongoing pandemic not ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 30, 2021Microbiology
When health officials are trying to control a disease outbreak, diagnostic tests can be a crucial tool that provides inf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2021Microbiology
Nipah virus is one of the world's deadliest viruses. It has caused several small outbreaks in Southeast Asia since it em ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2021Microbiology
Wildlife management officials check wild populations for pathogenic disease like chronic wasting disease. So researchers ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Since the dawn of the pandemic, one of the biggest challenges has been monitoring the crowned enemy as it spread through ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 04, 2021Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a potentially serious threat to public health. There are a variety of ways that peopl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 19, 2021Cancer
A study from researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago investigates the link between environmental quality and p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 28, 2021Health & Medicine
Globally, more than 2 million people have died with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates ...Written By: Caroline Wallace
OCT 13, 2022
Health & Medicine
In light of a polio outbreak in Rockland County, New York, the United States has been added to the list of countries whe
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
SEP 19, 2022
Cancer
Smoking remains a major risk factor for several types of cancer. While the association between lung cancer and smo
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
SEP 14, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Wastewater epidemiology is a field of study in which the water from sewer systems is surveyed to generate data about the
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 11, 2022
Cancer
In 1938, Dr. Roy Plunkett made an accidental discovery! He observed tetrafluoroethylene spontaneously polymerize i
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
AUG 07, 2022
Microbiology
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus. Polio can cause flu-like symptoms like nausea, headache, fever, and sore th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2022
Cancer
Uterine cancer develops when cells in the inner lining of the uterus, known as the endometrium, undergo uncontrolled and
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JUN 06, 2022
Health & Medicine
The number of STD cases in America has risen, according to an article published in JAMA based on the CDC’s 2020 ST
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
MAY 02, 2022
Cancer
Hearing the word “cancer” could have a significant psychological impact on a patient waiting on a diagnosis.
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
APR 28, 2022
Cancer
It is estimated that over 250.000 men in the United States will receive prostate cancer diagnoses in 2022, acc
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
MAR 10, 2022
Cancer
The American Cancer Society estimates that one in eight men will face a prostate cancer diagnosis. While prost
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
FEB 08, 2022
Health & Medicine
According to the American Cancer Society, early-onset colorectal cancer has been on the rise for the past 30 to 50 years
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
FEB 08, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Viral experts are still unsure where and how the Omicron variant originated, but one thing is clear: it has overt
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 20, 2022
Cancer
According to 2021 estimates, prostate cancer will account for more than a quarter of the cancer diagnoses and over 10% o
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
NOV 30, 2021
Immunology
HIV is a master of disguise. Once the virus enters the body, it has a number of sophisticated mechanisms through which i
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 26, 2021
Microbiology
On Thursday, November 2021, South African health officials announced that they had identified a new variant of the pande
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2021
Microbiology
Zoonosis is a serious health concern, as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown. Viruses that infect one species can acquire ge
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine walking into a party where people were socializing (unmasked) in a confined space. With the ongoing pandemic not
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 30, 2021
Microbiology
When health officials are trying to control a disease outbreak, diagnostic tests can be a crucial tool that provides inf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2021
Microbiology
Nipah virus is one of the world's deadliest viruses. It has caused several small outbreaks in Southeast Asia since it em
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2021
Microbiology
Wildlife management officials check wild populations for pathogenic disease like chronic wasting disease. So researchers
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Since the dawn of the pandemic, one of the biggest challenges has been monitoring the crowned enemy as it spread through
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 04, 2021
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a potentially serious threat to public health. There are a variety of ways that peopl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 19, 2021
Cancer
A study from researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago investigates the link between environmental quality and p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 28, 2021
Health & Medicine
Globally, more than 2 million people have died with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates
...
Written By:
Caroline Wallace