The Disease Tracker

As recent as 2021, scattered outbreaks of the frightening Ebola virus have been detected in the Democratic People’s Republic of the Congo. Outbreaks in February of 2021 saw the region of North Kivu report several deaths. In June of 2020, the region experienced one of its worst outbreaks yet, with …

Salmonella is a bacterium that can cause serious gastrointestinal illnesses in humans. Outbreaks of the bacteria strain can occur in the industrial food-packing industry, leading to recalls of various food products. Generally speaking, salmonella can’t be spread from person to person. Instead, someone has to ingest a food item that …

Have you ever thought about how strange it is that there is a flu season? After all, the flu is a virus that lives in a human host at a stable 98 degrees. Your body’s internal temperature doesn’t really change with the season, so why does the flu seem to …

One of the most enduring outbreak warnings that comes back year after year is the warning that E. coli has infected leafy greens like spinach, lettuce, or collard greens. It’s so common, in fact, that numerous food chains have had to alter their intake processes for greens to avoid outbreaks …

Since the Dark Ages, the human race has struggled against a very persistent disease: the bubonic plague. Known simply as the plague for much of human history, this illness has become significantly less dangerous as time has gone on and modern medicine has found new treatments for the once-deadly bacterial …