Tag: Infectious diseases
What is monkeypox? A microbiologist explains what’s known about this smallpox...
Rodney E. Rohde, Texas State University
On May 18, 2022, Massachusetts health officials and the Centers for Disease Control...
Bird flu is killing millions of chickens and turkeys across the...
Yuko Sato, Iowa State University
An outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in chicken and turkey flocks has spread...
Planting mixes of flowers around farm fields helps keep bees healthy
Hamutahl Cohen, University of Florida
It’s springtime in California, and bees are emerging to feast on flowering fields –...
What happens when the COVID-19 vaccines enter the body – a...
Glenn J Rapsinski, University of Pittsburgh
Curious Kids is a series for children of all...
A universal influenza vaccine may be one step closer, bringing long-lasting...
Patricia L. Foster, Indiana University
A bad year for flu can mean tens of thousands of deaths in the U.S. Getting vaccinated can protect you...
The scent of sickness: 5 questions answered about using dogs –...
Glen J. Golden, Colorado State University
Editor’s note: As COVID-19 continues to spread worldwide, scientists are analyzing new ways to track it. One promising approach...
How a flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872...
Ernest Freeberg, University of Tennessee
In 1872 the U.S. economy was growing as the young nation industrialized and expanded westward. Then in the autumn, a...
Overloaded morgues, mass graves and infectious remains: How forensic pathologists handle...
Ahmad Samarji, Phoenicia University
Editor’s note: Most scientists and doctors in the coronavirus crisis are working to save the living. Those in the field of...
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Paid sick days and physicians at work: ancient Egyptians had state-supported...
Anne Austin, Stanford University
We might think of state supported health care as an innovation of the 20th century, but it’s a much older tradition...
