Tag: Infectious diseases
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...
What is a super spreader? An infectious disease expert explains
Elizabeth McGraw, Pennsylvania State University
As the emerging Wuhan coronavirus outbreak dominates the daily news, you might be wondering just how the pathogen is working...
I’m an OB-GYN Treating Women with Zika: This is What it’s...
Christine Curry, University of Miami
As a medical student, I remember reading books about the early days of the HIV epidemic and wondering what it...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
