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 ...

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.

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.

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 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:

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 ( ...

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:

HR 6523, NDAA Conference Report FY 2015, Sec. 714

Global Influenza Summary: April 25, 2015

This is a biosurveillance summary of West Africa Ebola as of April 23, 2015. Since the previous summary (16 APR), there has been an increase of 34 confirmed and 230 suspected and/or probable Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases, (+106 total deaths), bringing the total to 26,097 cases (10,828 deaths). Read more:

HR 4870, SAC Report for FY 2015, 113-211, Pg. 253

This is a biosurveillance summary of Chikungunya as of April 22, 2015. Based on multiple reliable sources, as of 17 APR 2015, 45 (+1) countries or territories in the Americas are reporting locally transmitted chikungunya cases. In the region, there have been at least 1,365,626 (+28,651) suspected, probable, or confirmed cases of the disease (190 ...