I received an email update from Google Maps about a brilliant initiative that is going to be of special importance in this season of "unknown" acute febrile illness affecting a large cross-section of the society. I am reproducing the full text of the linked post from the Google Maps Local Guides Connect web page. Do … Continue reading Mapping Kolkata’s Hospitals with Google Maps: Crowdsourced GeoHealth
Month: October 2017
Docplexus and the Dicey Email Spam
OK. So, I have not blogged twice in such quick succession in a long long time... that can only mean one thing: I am procrastinating on a deadline! Anyway, that apart, a few things happened over the past few days which prompted me to write this post. So, to start with, this is basically a … Continue reading Docplexus and the Dicey Email Spam
Remembering Prof. Huw Taylor
A couple of months back, my institute hosted a group of scientists from the University of Brighton and Emory University, who had come over to explore the possibilities of collaborating on a research project on enteric fever and its environmental, behavioral and biological determinants. We spent a couple of days trampling through the alleys of … Continue reading Remembering Prof. Huw Taylor
Leptospirosis Hits Puerto Rico in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria
As expected, the news of rising numbers of leptospirosis cases are trickling in from Puerto Rico. Since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, there have been areas which have experienced over 30 inches of rain, which, subsequently, led to flooding. As has been often observed, following the exposure to potentially contaminated water, the reported number of … Continue reading Leptospirosis Hits Puerto Rico in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria
Hepatitis Outbreak in Syrian IDP Camp Follows Cholera Case Detection
In a matter of hours since I wrote about the diagnosis of a child suffering from cholera in the camp for housing the displaced population from Homs, I received yet another ProMED missive, informing us about the diagnosis of a hepatitis outbreak in the same settings. In fact, in addition to the information, there is … Continue reading Hepatitis Outbreak in Syrian IDP Camp Follows Cholera Case Detection
Scepticemia 