This is a biosurveillance summary of West Africa Ebola as of May 14, 2015. Since the previous summary (7 MAY), there has been an increase of 5 confirmed and 115 suspected and/or probable Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases, (+58 total deaths), bringing the total to 26,773 cases (11,080 deaths). Read more:

West Nile Fever in Active Component, Reserve/Guard, and Other Beneficiaries 2005 - 2014

Mosquito-Borne Viral Encephalitides in Active Component, Reserve/Guard, and Other Beneficiaries from 2005-2014

Edgewood Arsenal has been the center of chemical warfare research and development since 1918. Therefore, it is not surprising that Edgewood Arsenal became the research hub for chemical agent testing on human subjects from 1955 through 1975. The great majority of the use of volunteers in medical (chemical) research occurred at this installation.

The U.S. Army established its offensive Biological Warfare program at Fort Detrick in 1943. The purpose of the program was twofold: develop defensive mechanisms against biological attack and develop weapons with which the United States could respond “in kind” if attacked by an enemy who used biological weapons.

Update: Deployment Health Assessments, U.S. Armed Forces, May 2015 report. Since January 2003, peaks and troughs in the numbers of pre- and post-deployment health assessment forms transmitted to the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch generally corresponded to times of departure and return of large numbers of deployers. Between April 2006 and ...

Hallucinogenic agents (principally LSD) were tested on human subjects primarily at Edgewood Arsenal. The aim of this experimentation was to determine the effects of these chemicals on the nervous systems and mental functions of individuals and to evaluate preventive and therapeutic (treatment) agents to combat these effects.

Bari lies along the Adriatic Sea at the top of the heel of the boot of Italy (See Figure 1). During World War II, the port of Bari was under the jurisdiction of the British and was the main supply base for General Montgomery’s Eighth Army as well as the headquarters for the American Fifteenth Air Force which was activated in November 1943.

This is a biosurveillance summary of West Africa Ebola as of May 7, 2015. Since the previous summary (30 APR), there has been an increase of 20 confirmed and 308 suspected and/or probable Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases, (+117 total deaths), bringing the total to 26,653 cases (11,022 deaths). Read more:

This is a biosurveillance summary of Chikungunya as of May 6, 2015. Based on multiple reliable sources, as of 1 MAY 2015, 44 (-1) countries or territories in the America have reported locally transmitted chikungunya cases. In the region, there have been at least 1,407,927 (+40,301) suspected, probable, or confirmed cases of the disease ( 191 deaths ( ...

This is a biosurveillance summary of Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Surveillance Summary #51: May 6, 2015, as reported by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch. As of 6 MAY 2015, 693 ( +6) human cases of avian influenza A (H7N9) including 244 deaths have been reported in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Canada. Read more:

Global Influenza Summary: May 2, 2015

This is a biosurveillance summary of Global MERS-CoV Surveillance, as reported by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch: April 30, 2015. From SEP 2012 to 30 APR, 1,156 (+3) cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have been reported including 446 (+2) deaths in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Jordan, Qatar, United Arab ...

DOD Approps for FY 2015 Joint Explanatory Statement, Pg. 101

This is a biosurveillance summary of West Africa Ebola as of April 30, 2015. Since the previous summary (23 APR), there has been an increase of 31 confirmed and 197 suspected and/or probable Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases, (+77 total deaths), bringing the total to 26,325 cases (10,905 deaths). Read more: