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10/07/2025

Attending MLA UNYOC today? Watch our Managing Director, Kristina Symes, MBA share a new, convenient way to get the latest news on !

10/02/2025

🎵 Heading to 2025 in Nashville, TN? Visit Dr. Jean Felipe at the Booth to learn more about how GIDEON, a leading infectious disease platform, can help you make your work more efficient.

We look forward to connecting with the SC MLA community where knowledge and innovation take center stage!

09/26/2025

Flesh-eating bacteria on the rise in the United States.

The culprit is , a that lives in warm, salty, or brackish water.

🚨In rare cases, the infection leads to necrotizing fasciitis, the medical term for fast-moving tissue destruction. That’s why it’s often called “flesh-eating bacteria.”

👉It can enter the body through even a small cut, causing severe wound infections and rapidly spreading tissue damage.
👉People can also get infected by eating raw oysters and undercooked seafood.

This year, cases are climbing:
• Louisiana: 26 cases, 5 deaths
• Florida: 28 cases, 5 deaths
• Massachusetts: 71 Vibrio infections

Why it matters
• About 1 in 5 patients with V. vulnificus die, sometimes within days. 🚨
• People with chronic liver disease, diabetes, or weakened immunity are at greatest risk.
• Warming coastal waters are helping these bacteria spread farther north.🌊

How to reduce risk
• Don’t swim with open wounds, or cover them with waterproof bandages.
• Cook oysters and shellfish thoroughly; avoid eating them raw.
• Seek immediate care for severe pain, swelling, or fever after ingesting water or undercooked/uncooked seafood.

Get up-to-date data with

09/25/2025

.auris: On the heels of Fungal Disease Awareness Week (Sept 15–19, 2025), let’s look at one of the biggest fungal threats today: Candida auris.

Why is c.auris significant?
• It is present in 50+ countries across all WHO regions.

• It's a “triple threat” because it is:
👉Resistant to multiple antifungal drugs
👉Able to survive on hospital surfaces for weeks
👉Dangerous for already vulnerable patients.

• Mortality from bloodstream c.auris infections is a high 30–60%.⚠️

• In the U.S., fungal diseases cost >$7.2 billion annually, with Candida infections among the most expensive to treat.

Why it matters
When antifungal drugs stop working, routine care like surgery, cancer treatment, or organ transplants becomes much riskier. Rising C. auris cases highlight the urgent need for rapid diagnostics, stronger infection control, and investment in new antifungal therapies.

Learn: https://na2.hubs.ly/H01gNHn0

tracks 360+ infectious diseases outbreaks and provides outbreak maps, epidemiological charts, and more to support clinicians, educators, and public-health teams.

Discover Candida auris (C. auris), a drug-resistant fungus threatening global health. Learn how it spreads, its symptoms, treatment, and prevention.

09/24/2025

: We're officially living in a sci-fi future!
AI was used to generate bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) to help fight . In experiments, these lab-built viruses killed superbugs, antibiotic-resistant .coli bacteria.

Why this matters
🔬Drug-resistant infections were associated with ~5 million deaths globally in 2019
🔬Antibiotic resistance could lead to almost 39 million deaths between 2025 and 2050 (EcoAMR)

Key points
👉This still early research
👉These viruses do not infect humans

Learn more: https://na2.hubs.ly/H01gKFC0

Scientists have used Evo1 and Evo2 to design novel genomes for viruses capable of killing E. coli. Plus, a federal research funding is trickling back into Harvard and what drove the rise of complex societies.

09/18/2025

When diseases jump from animals to humans!

Back in 1993, a mysterious illness struck the American Southwest. People developed sudden breathing problems and fever. Several victims died in just days.

What was behind it? A never-before-seen carried by mice.

This outbreak highlighted the real danger of when diseases leap from animals to humans.

🚨 Here's the startling reality: 60-70% of human infectious diseases originally came from animals.

These crossover events are becoming more common because of:
🌍 Deforestation that pushes wildlife into human areas
🦠 Changing climate patterns creating new disease hotspots
🏪 Wildlife trade mixing species that never meet in nature
🚜 Industrial farming expanding our contact with animals

The next is probably already out there in wildlife populations.

Understanding how this happens is our first line of defense. Learn more: https://na2.hubs.ly/H018zm70

Zoonotic spillover: when animal diseases jump to humans. Learn how viruses and bacteria cross species. Barriers, risk factors, and prevention strategies.

09/17/2025

( ) in Europe: 2025 update

🇪🇺 Europe reported 652 locally acquired cases across 9 countries and 38 deaths in 2025. has the highest number of cases.

Why are cases peaking now? 📈
• August to September brings warmer weather and more mosquitoes
• Higher temperatures speed up mosquito growth and virus replication
• Birds and mosquitoes amplify transmission in late summer

🚨Why it matters
• 80% of infections have no symptoms.
• Severe illness is uncommon but can be life-threatening.
• If you live in or travel to Europe in late summer, know your risk and protect yourself.

🛡️
• Use an EPA/EU-approved repellent: DEET, picaridin, IR3535, or oil of lemon eucalyptus
• Wear long sleeves and pants at dusk and dawn
• Sleep in screened or air-conditioned rooms
• Remove standing water around homes and rentals
• Check local health advisories before outdoor events or travel

Learn more about WNV on the GIDEON blog: https://na2.hubs.ly/H018zkb0

Follow GIDEON for weekly infectious-disease updates.

Explore West Nile Virus history, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Learn how we can prevent this mosquito-borne illness.

08/25/2025

. The team is in full swing in ! Stop by booth #58 to learn how GIDEON can make your more efficient. Plus, Dr. Jean Felipe and Mathew Symes have some great swag for you!

08/23/2025

🌍✨ We’re excited to be at AMEE 2025 in Barcelona (Aug 24–27)!
Come meet the GIDEON team at booth #58 and discover how our solutions are supporting medical education worldwide.

👋 Stop by to say hello to Jean Felipe Teotonio, MD, MPH and Mathew Symes, and don’t miss your chance to grab an exclusive gift! 🎁

See you in Barcelona! 🇪🇸

08/21/2025

What if you could cut through the noise of in seconds?
That’s exactly what GIDEON was designed to do.

Our platform brings the world’s infectious disease information together in one place so professionals can act quickly and accurately.

Highlights:
• Interactive diagnosis module to look beyond local pathogens
• Outbreak maps and decision trees for identifying thousands of organisms
• First case scenario module to improve early outbreak detection 🚨 Designed specifically for the World Health Organization (WHO)!

With data from 20,000+ sources, GIDEON helps government agencies, researchers, clinicians, and educators save hours and focus on what matters most — protecting lives.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/45JZltm

08/15/2025

From an innovative spark to global impact - The GIDEON story
At a medical conference, Dr. Steve Berger heard about Bayesian analysis and asked a question that would change everything.

When he discovered that no one was using this powerful statistical method to , he saw an untapped opportunity to help.

Dr. Berger partnered with Uri Blackman to build their 1st prototype and put it to the ultimate test: a real patient case.

What happened next launched what would become the world's most .

Click to discover the disease that started it all and how GIDEON founder Uri Blackman tells this remarkable story.
https://bit.ly/3JniF8h

Every global innovation starts with a question. For GIDEON, it began in a WHO training room in Brussels when Dr. Stephen Berger asked: “Is anyone using Bayes...

08/12/2025

🚨 Pacific Island nations are seeing their worst outbreak in nearly a decade.
16,502 cases and 17 deaths in 2025. Climate change is playing a major role.

Highest dengue counts since 2016:
• Fiji: 10,969 confirmed cases and 8 deaths
• Samoa: over 5,600 cases and 6 deaths
• Tonga: over 800 cases and 3 deaths

Rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, and higher humidity are giving Aedes mosquitoes—the main dengue carriers—more time and ideal conditions to spread the virus.

GIDEON’s infectious disease database provides updated outbreak data, interactive maps, epidemiology charts, and other tools to help clinicians, educators, and public health teams respond effectively.

Learn more from the World Health Organization: https://bit.ly/4mFqmoS

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