Tag: disease
Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Philadelphia in 1976 was mysterious and deadly...
Charles N. Haas, Drexel University and Robert Promisloff, Drexel University
The landmark Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia went out...
EPA is sidelining its independent chemical referee – and that endangers...
H. Christopher Frey, North Carolina State University
For decades, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has relied on an independent...
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease...
Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
Insects do a lot more harm than ruining picnics. Some insects spread devastating diseases, while...
Osteoporosis, the silent disease, can shorten your life − here’s how...
Ting Zhang, University of Pittsburgh and Jianying Zhang, University of Pittsburgh
Because there are typically no symptoms until the...
MicroRNA is the Nobel-winning master regulator of the genome – researchers...
Andrea Kasinski, Purdue University
When Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun discovered a new molecule they called microRNA in the...
Diet-related diseases are the No. 1 cause of death in the...
Nathaniel Johnson, University of North Dakota and Madeline Comeau, University of North Dakota
On television shows like “Grey’s Anatomy,”...
Racism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk...
Negar Fani, Emory University and Nathaniel Harnett, Harvard Medical School
The U.S. is in the midst of a racial...
EXPLORING NATURE
How did it feel to be an American colonist in 1776?...
Katherine Ott, Smithsonian Institution
Trade the tricorn hats, bonnets and homespun shirts for flip flops, sneakers and soccer jerseys,...
