GIDEON

11/25/2025

🇺🇸"𝗞𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘂𝗴" 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦
In 2017, a Missouri woman tested positive for Chagas disease. She'd 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. So how did she get infected?

👉Right in her own backyard.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻?
👉 An estimated 300,000 Americans now have Chagas, a disease previously known as a tropical disease.

👉Fewer than 2% know they're infected.

👉 Chagas has been found in 32 US states. Local cases confirmed in California, Arizona, Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, and Arkansas.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲?
Chagas is caused by a parasite spread by triatomine insects, called "kissing bugs" because they bite people's faces while they sleep.

They leave f***s near the bite site (yes, gross!) and the parasite enters the body through their p**p.

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀
Most people have no symptoms at first. But years later, Chagas can cause serious heart problems, digestive issues, and 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩.

The good news? Treatment works well when caught early.

Learn more about symptoms, diagnosis, and prevention in our full article. 👇
https://na2.hubs.ly/H028dTh0

Chagas disease is spreading in the US with kissing bugs in 32 states. Learn symptoms, how it spreads, diagnosis, treatment, and more.

11/21/2025

📣 starts today. We would love to meet you. 🚨Join Jean Felipe, MD, MPH, CPHQ's session tomorrow, Saturday, Nov 22 from 11:15 to 11:45 am.

He will cover how GIDEON helps microbiologists work and educate with more accuracy and efficiency.
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📍Also, find us at Booth 4 in Room 007 throughout the conference.

11/19/2025

📢 Heads-up on a serious health alert!

has confirmed its first ever outbreak of #𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 #𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 ( ).

At least 𝟗 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 have been identified and 𝟑 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 confirmed so far.

🔬 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬

Marburg virus is a hemorrhagic fever virus in the same family as the deadly Ebola.

It spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids of infected people or contaminated surfaces.

There is currently no approved vaccine or antiviral treatment.

Supportive care (fluids, symptom relief) is key.

Early detection and infection-control measures matter a lot.

🧭 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬

Even though the outbreak is regionally contained it shows how fast severe infectious threats can emerge.

For anyone travelling or working near outbreak regions: awareness and preparation help reduce risk.

For organizations and health-systems: this reminds us to constantly assess readiness for rare but high-impact pathogens.

✅ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨

Stay informed via trusted sources (e.g. World Health Organization, national health ministries, ).

If travelling to areas with an outbreak: check travel-health advisories, ensure good hygiene, minimize contact in high‐risk situations.

At work or in your community: emphasize strong infection-prevention practices: prompt isolation of suspected cases, safe practices, and informed communication.

Reinforce that preparedness works: prevention and rapid response beat panic.

👉 For an in-depth look at what Marburg is, how outbreaks happen, and key response steps, 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒈:

Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a lethal hemorrhagic fever, a deadly cousin of Ebola. It is contagious and has no vaccine or cure.

11/18/2025

📣 Heading to on Nov 21–22? Come say hello.

If you are attending in San Antonio this week, stop by the booth.
Where: Booth 4, Room 007
Who: Jean Felipe, MD, MPH, CPHQ

San Antonio is known for its warm hospitality and it's a great setting to meet fellow educators and explore new teaching tools.
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🧫 How GIDEON helps microbiologists

• Provides Bayesian analysis-driven pathogen identification module for 2000+ medically important bacteria, mycobacteria, and yeast
• Mycobacteria-specific identification tool
• Generate dynamic decision trees for bacteria, mycobacteria, and yeasts, in just a few minutes.

Learn more at the GIDEON booth!

11/14/2025

It’s Day 2 at ALHeLA 2025! 🌞

This morning at breakfast ☕, Jean Felipe, MD, MPH, CPHQ presents on how GIDEON helps medical libraries strengthen access to infectious-disease data to boost efficiency and accuracy in your work.

We’re excited to hear your thoughts about the talk.

11/13/2025

The Conference is underway in Auburn, Alabama! 📚

Tomorrow morning, please join Jean Felipe, MD, MPH, CPHQ for a powerful session on how infectious-disease intelligence platforms like GIDEON empower medical libraries.

See you there!

11/10/2025

Attending the Alabama Health Libraries Association ( ) conference? Don’t miss the GIDEON® session on Friday, the 14th.

📣 Jean Felipe, MD, MPH, CPHQ will be presenting!

We look forward to connecting with you there and joining the conversation on how data and collaboration can strengthen medical libraries.

11/10/2025

Another great day at ! 🦠 Visit GIDEON at booth 301 in Hall D to explore our one-stop resource for infectious disease data and information.

Fast, intuitive access to everything you need for travel health, accurate research, and public health.

Stop by today!

11/09/2025

We're here at ! Find us at booth 301, Hall D. GIDEON offers the most comprehensive infectious disease platform, complete with 40,000+ graphs, 25,000+ country notes, and much more. Perfect for travel health, research, education, and diagnostics.

11/06/2025

Heading to Toronto for ? 🦠 Visit GIDEON at booth 301 in Hall D to explore our extensive infectious disease platform.

Experience unprecedented depth in infectious disease intelligence with daily updates and user-friendly access to outbreaks, treatment data, and global disease surveillance.

When: November 9-12
Where: Toronto, Canada. Booth 301, Hall D
Who: Meet Jean Felipe, MD, MPH, CPHQ, and Yael Berger, MD

Let us show you what we can do!

11/05/2025

📢 We're thrilled to be published in , a publication reaching 35,000+ public health officials and epidemiologists!
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🇮🇸What happens when mosquitoes arrive in a country that's never had them?
just found out.

As the country warms 4x faster than global average, even this last refuge faces new disease vectors.

The effects of on vectors is one of 5 we explore in our EpiMonitor article: from the "infodemic" and fragmented data sources to , and more.

Read more on the EpiMonitor website: https://na2.hubs.ly/H01XJ7k0

11/05/2025

Heading to Toronto for ? 🦠 Visit GIDEON at booth 301 in Hall D to explore our extensive infectious disease platform.

Experience unprecedented depth in infectious disease intelligence with daily updates and user-friendly access to outbreaks, treatment data, and global disease surveillance.

When: November 9-12
Where: Toronto, Canada
Who: Meet Uri Blackman, Jean Felipe, MD, MPH, CPHQ, and Yael Berger, MD

Let us show you what we can do!