Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health officials work to connect the dots during the early stages of an outbreak. Maxiphoto/iStock via Getty Images Plus A cluster ...

Health surveillance is the systematic, continuous process of collecting, analysing and interpreting health‐related data to inform public health policy and practice. Modern systems integrate ...

The Occupational Health Surveillance System (OHSS) is a computer-based system for conducting a risk assessment and corresponding medical evaluation for employees with exposure to animal biohazards, ...

This fourth installment in our series on U.S. support for global polio eradication highlights the role polio surveillance systems play in detecting global health threats. Disease surveillance is ...

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have increasingly become integral to both clinical care and public health strategies. As digital repositories of patient information, they facilitate rapid data ...

A Feb. 1 article published by The People's Voice claims the World Health Organization called on the world to grant it new powers to help prevent the spread of disease. “WHO Demands Surveillance Powers ...

MODESTO, Calif. — One of Patrick Green’s first orders of business each day is to open a tap and fill a bottle with sludge. A utilities plant operator in Modesto, a city of nearly a quarter-million ...

In 2019, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) published a consensus statement outlining the principles for recording and reporting injury and illness in elite sport. The authors encouraged sport ...