Search Tag: epidemics

ICU Management

Lessons-from-ebola-planning-for-health-emergencies

2015 21 Jul

The Chicago Ebola Response Network's (CERN) response to the Ebola epidemic in 2014-2015 has provided a roadmap for how a regional public health network can anticipate and manage public health emergencies, according to a study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases . CERN — composed of Rush University Medical Center, University of Chicago...Read more

ICU Management

Mosquitoes-reared-in-cooler-temperatures-more-susceptible-to-viruses-that-can-affect-human-health

2013 07 Jun

Urban epidemics resulting from viral diseases, such as West Nile fever and chikungunya fever, are transmitted by infected mosquitoes. According to Virginia Tech scientists, mosquitoes reared in cooler temperatures have weaker immune systems, making them more susceptible to dangerous viruses and more likely to transmit them to people. The connection...Read more