As of Monday, an outbreak at a school must have three or more associated cases. For the past 18 months, an outbreak consisted of two or more cases. The new definition will not be applied to older ...

Mysterious ‘Disease X’ Outbreak Might Be Malaria. What We Know Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are racing to identify a deadly illness that is affecting malnourished children ...

Since some diseases become more prevalent or lethal over time, while others become less severe, the CDC must adjust its statistical models to alter the definition of what’s truly more than expected.

That was the question posed to me countless times at the height of the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak. As an infectious disease physician, I was interviewed on outlets such as CNN, NPR, and Fox ...

Louisiana State University. "Outbreak science: Infectious disease research leads to outbreak predictions." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 01 / 200108134011.htm (accessed ...

Illinois is updating how it defines an outbreak of COVID-19 in schools. Illinois adopting CDC recommendations for school outbreak definition; here's what changes | Coronavirus | wrex.com Skip to ...

The World Health Organization has accused China of “under-representing” the severity of its Covid outbreak and criticized its “narrow” definition of what constitutes a Covid death, as top ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health is recommending schools follow new federal guidance that would redefine the number of cases needed to constitute a school outbreak of COVID-19.