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On April 25, 2016, Epidemico attended the ACT-IAC Igniting Innovation Showcase in Washington DC. HealthMap, our solution for real-time infectious disease surveillance, was a Top 40 finalist selected from nearly 150 submissions. HealthMap was awarded the Game Changer, one of four Dynamite Awards, selected by a judging panel of industry IT leaders.

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At Epidemico, we’re always playing a variety of tunes during our weekly Scotch o’clock. We recently stumbled upon the song “Epidémico”, which is epidemic in Spanish, by singer, songwriter, producer & guitarist David Humeda. It’s catchy, like many of the diseases we monitor. Check out Epidémico on Spotify.

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In Oct. 2014, Booz Allen Hamilton acquired our company. The acquisition accentuated Booz Allen's commitment to further developing analytic capabilities and aligning with their growth strategy. We’re excited to share that today we officially moved into our new office space at 50 Milk Street 20th Floor in Boston, MA.

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A 31-year old Montevideo resident went to the hospital on February 9, 2016 after experiencing fever and joint pain – two classic symptoms of Dengue fever [1-5, 8]. The patient had no recent travel history outside of Uruguay and tested positive for Dengue Serotype 1 (DEN-1), thereby becoming the country’s first autochthonous - locally transmitted - case [7-9].

Booz Allen Hamilton’s Next Gen Analytics and Epidemico are heading to SXSW to engage in a discussion on leveraging data from EHRs and digital phenotypes to advance population health. Our panel is excited to share insights about the advantages and challenges we foresee regarding bio-surveillance, health, and MedTech industries.

The ATHENA Project is an EU co-funded project aiming to utilize social media communications and develop tools to empower citizens and first responders in crisis situations. Athena’s March Newsletter highlights the testing of the Athena mobile application, the Command and Control Intelligence Dashboard (CCCID), and the Athena Logic Cloud (ALC) that took place in Slovenia, Sweden, and the UK. Epidemico continues to improve the mobile application’s user experience and features.

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Lassa fever is endemic to Nigeria, with annual spikes in disease incidence occurring between December and February (6). Since August 2015, there have been 175 reported cases and 101 deaths across Nigeria (9). In Nigeria, the four states being significantly affected by this disease are Bauchi, Edo, Oyo and Taraba (6). The ongoing outbreak is comparable in size to an outbreak in 2012, which resulted in 397 suspected cases, 87 confirmed cases and 40 deaths (12).

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