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(AP) -- U.K. health officials are increasing their surveillance for any potential disease outbreaks that could disrupt the London Olympics this summer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-uk-boost-health-olympics.html Health Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:53:40 EST news252687213 Foodborne disease outbreaks caused by imported food appeared to rise in 2009 and 2010, and nearly half of the outbreaks implicated foods imported from areas which previously had not been associated with outbreaks, according to research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, presented today at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in Atlanta. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-cdc-outbreaks-linked-imported-foods.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:24:28 EST news250961060 Some 3,000 cases of typhoid have been reported in Zimbabwe's capital of Harare since the first case was detected in a working-class suburb in January, state media reported on Sunday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-typhoid-cases-soar-zimbabwe.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:23:17 EST news250060982 Noroviruses are believed to make up half of all food-borne disease outbreaks in the United States, causing incapacitating (and often violent) stomach flu. These notorious human pathogens are responsible for 90 percent of epidemic nonbacterial outbreaks of gastroenteritis around the world. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-countdown-introduction-norovirus-vaccine.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:06:38 EST news248709984 Water-associated infectious disease outbreaks are more likely to occur in areas where a region's population density is growing, according to a new global analysis of economic and environmental conditions that influence the risk for these outbreaks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-high-population-density-greatest-factor.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:00:06 EST news248449192 Closing elementary and secondary schools can help slow the spread of infectious disease and should be considered as a control measure during pandemic outbreaks, according to a McMaster University led study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-school-closures-ph1n1.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:02 EST news247768548 At least 90 people were admitted to hospital and over 600 affected in a typhoid outbreak in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, a health official said on Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-typhoid-outbreak-zimbabwe.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:58:38 EST news246599901 A research team led by St. Michael's Hospital's Dr. Kamran Khan is teaming up with British authorities to anticipate and track the risk for an infectious disease outbreak at the London Olympics this summer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-disease-outbreaks-olympics.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:28:30 EST news246018503 It has been the cause of infamous international foodborne disease outbreaks and yet it is the most studied bacterium in science, an essential part of the human digestive tract, and a backbone of the biotech industry. To enhance public understanding of the bacterium Escherichia coli, the American Academy of Microbiology brought together the nation's leading experts to consider and answer some of the most frequently asked questions about this multifaceted microorganism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-coli-good-bad-deadly.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:43:09 EST news240576181 Facebook, Twitter and other social media websites boost public awareness of disease outbreaks but also make it more difficult to separate fact from fiction, world health officials said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-social-media-epidemics.html Health Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:25:28 EST news237713118 An outbreak of listeria in farm-grown cantaloupes has killed 23 people and sickened 116 more in the United States since late July, health authorities said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-death-toll-cantaloupe.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:10:31 EST news237658223 Cantaloupes infected with listeria have sparked the deadliest US foodborne disease outbreak in over a decade and are likely to claim more victims in the weeks ahead, officials said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-killer-cantaloupes-infect-people.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:35:34 EST news236446523 Mobile phone positioning data can be used to monitor population movements during disasters and outbreaks, according to a study published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The study, conducted by Linus Bengtsson and colleagues from the Karolinska Institute, Sweden and Columbia University, USA, finds that reports on the location of populations affected and in need of assistance can be generated within hours of receiving data. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-mobile-track-populations-disasters.html Health Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:51:21 EST news233945462 (AP) -- World Health Organization officials said Friday that famine-hit Somalia faces a cholera epidemic as dirty water and poor sanitation are leading to an increase in outbreaks of the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-cholera-epidemic-somalia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:19:11 EST news232370335 With increased trade in livestock products offering a possible antidote to high food prices, livestock experts from the Middle East and 12 African countries are meeting this week in Dubai to develop a strategy that eliminates the need to impose devastating bans on livestock imports from the Horn of Africa, as prevention against the spread of Rift Valley fever. The strategy should expedite the flow of livestock products while increasing safety of the overall livestock trade in the region. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-east-africa-middle-animal-diseases.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:32:27 EST news227244706 Combining the cutting-edge technology of whole genome sequencing of bacteria with social networking analysis, public health officials can get a more detailed picture of disease outbreaks that will better help track and stop them, say researchers today at the 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-genomics-social-network-analysis-team.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 22 May 2011 13:00:38 EST news225288008 It is important for health care providers to report health issues, such as influenza outbreaks, to public health authorities. But there is evidence of a reluctance to share patient data for public health purposes due to concerns for both patient privacy and provider confidentiality. Dr. Khaled El-Emam and his research team at the CHEO Research Institute have developed a secure protocol and system that would solve this problem. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-cheo-protocol-disclosure.html Other Tue, 17 May 2011 11:11:28 EST news224849450 Had a large stockpile of oral cholera vaccine been available and deployed to inoculate the majority of Haitians most at risk after the outbreak following last year's earthquake, the illness and death from the cholera epidemic could have been reduced by about half, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-haiti-cholera-epidemic-blunted-mobile.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:05:23 EST news221756714