June editorial: viewing the gathering storm

Monitoring of Dust Storm in the Midwest of Iran Case Study: Dust Storm June 16-19, 2015

This research was conducted to identify the dust storms in the Midwest of Iran from June 16 to 19, 2015. To investigate the synoptic conditions of the causes of this phenomenon, the ECMWF has an array of 0.125 degrees, including geopotential, omega, and sea level pressure, orbital and meridian components of the wind, specific humidity Soil moisture was applied to a depth of 10 cm. Similarly, fo...

Diabetes and tuberculosis: a gathering storm?

The number of cases of active tuberculosis (TB) continues to rise in the UK and in many other parts of the world. 2 In analysing the reasons behind this rise, it needs to be kept in mind that only a small proportion of those who become infected with TB will progress to become ill with active TB disease in the weeks and months after infection. They do, however, remain at risk of reactivation of ...

The Gathering Storm: Is Untreatable Typhoid Fever on the Way?

Klemm et al. (mBio 9:e00105-18, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00105-18) present comprehensive antibiotic sensitivity patterns and genomic sequence data on Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi blood culture isolates from typhoid fever cases during an epidemic in Pakistan. Microbiologic and genomic data pinpoint the identities and locations of the antimicrobial resistance genes and the outbreak...

Editorial: In the June 2017 issue

Health information in the new millennium: a gathering storm?

1 Assistant Director-General, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (email: [email protected]). Correspondence should be sent to this author. 2 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Washington, USA. Health information is the foundation of public health. In the early 19th century, pioneering work by Edwin Chadwick and William Farr was instrumental in developing public health as a legitimate d...