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On April 18th, 2018 federal jurors convicted three men for plotting to bomb an apartment complex where Muslim Somali refugees lived and prayed. The three men, Curtis Allen, Gavin Wright, and Patrick Stein were actively involved in the same militia that has been plotting the attack for some time.…

The outbreak has been traced to the Yuma, Ariz., growing region, but has not been pinned down to a specific grower, supplier, distributor or brand. (iStock)

Los Angeles Times: Coachella police have deployed drones at the two-weekend-long music festival that attracts over 125,000 individuals each weekend. Following the Las Vegas music festival attack that left 58 individuals dead, over 14 federal agencies and local law enforcement have beefed up…

The Cholera outbreak that first hit Somalia in December of 2017 is continuing to ramp up and as of March 18th of this year, has reached 1,613 cases including nine deaths. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease that is transmitted by consumption of food or water contaminated with the bacteria…

The ongoing Listeriosis outbreak in South Africa that began in January of 2017 has infected over 978 individuals as of March 14th of this year. The majority of these cases came from a province known as Gauteng. Over 183 patients have died from this outbreak that is still not fully under control.…

abc News: In late February of 2018, North Port Florida reported an outbreak of Legionnaires disease. Doctor Farouq, an infectious disease physician became worried when several patients presented with similar pneumonia-like symptoms living in the Islandwalk Community in North Port. He alerted the…

A Turkish court has sentenced 24 journalists to prison due to an association with a religious sect that the government calls a terrorist group. This same group was blamed for a failed coup just two years ago in 2016. Many of these journalists were linked to news outlets that were friendly with…

According to the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 13 million Americans live within a 100-year flood plain zone which is an area with a 1% chance of flooding during a given year. However, a new study published in the Environmental Research Letters shows that this number has likely…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is an endemic country for cholera. Since November of 2017 to mid-February 2018, 1065 cases including 43 deaths were reported in Kinshasa province. Although Cholera is common in some regions, heavy rainfall in January 2018 followed by widespread flooding lead to a…

Lassa Fever is endemic in Liberia and has continued to spread throughout the country. On January 9, 2018, a patient from Guinea with a fever, neck pain, and body pain was admitted to a local hospital and passed away two days later due to an infection with Lassa Fever. Between January 1, 2017, and…

On February 14, 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) was notified of an individual infected with Avian influenzaH7N4. This marks the first reported human infection nationwide. The 68-year-old female who was infected had a preexisting history of heart disease and hypertension and was…

The San Diego Union-Tribune: In the beginning of 2017, San Diego faced one of the largest hepatitis A outbreak in decades. On September 19th, over 27,000 people were vaccinated in hopes of preventing the spread of the hepatitis outbreak that began in March. One week later, over 52,000 individuals…

Washington Post According to US government officials, the CDC is cutting back on preventing global disease due to fund shortages in 39 out of 49 countries. Most of the funding for the CDC comes from a one-time emergency package approved by Congress. In 2014, 600 million dollars was provided and…

The culmination of hurricanes, earthquakes, fires and several other natural disasters cost 306.2 billion dollars in damage last year. 2017 broke the 2005 record of 214.8 billion in costs during hurricanes Katrina, Dennis, Rita, and Wilma. According to the National Centers for Environmental…