First Responders are often the first to witness signs of an emerging health crisis — an unusual number of overdoses in one neighborhood, a surge in heat-related illness, or a wave of respiratory ...

The events of fall 2001, particularly the mailing of anthrax spores to public officials and the consequent anthrax cases, have had a dramatic and immediate effect on the perception of public health in ...

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has announced that a new 'syndromic surveillance' plan aims to catch the next ...

Indian Council of Medical Research’s syndromic surveillance tracks symptom clusters to detect outbreaks early, improving ...

Given that funding for syndromic surveillance clearly emanates from a desire to be able to detect and respond more promptly to a future bioterrorist event than would otherwise be possible, a key ...