Tag: outbreak
Measles is one of the deadliest and most contagious infectious diseases...
David Higgins, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
“You don’t count your children until the measles has passed.” Dr....
Rabies is an ancient, unpredictable and potentially fatal disease − two rabies...
Rodney E. Rohde, Texas State University and Charles Rupprecht, Auburn University
A feral kitten in Omaha, Nebraska, tested positive...
What is spillover? Bird flu outbreak underscores need for early detection...
Treana Mayer, Colorado State University
The current epidemic of avian influenza has killed over 58 million birds in the...
RSV: A pediatric disease expert answers 5 questions about the surging...
Jennifer Girotto, University of Connecticut
Respiratory syncytial virus, more commonly known as RSV, sends thousands of children to the...
Climate change is putting food safety at risk more often, and...
Elena N. Naumova, Tufts University
Every year, almost 1 in 6 Americans gets a foodborne illness, and about 3,000...
Predicting the coronavirus outbreak: How AI connects the dots to warn...
Vandana Janeja, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Canadian artificial intelligence firm BlueDot has been in the news in recent weeks for warning about the new...
US workplaces are nowhere near ready to contain a coronavirus outbreak
Karen Scott, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The new coronavirus has spread rapidly around the globe since its discovery late last year in China. It has...
Your blood type may influence your vulnerability to norovirus, the winter...
Patricia L. Foster, Indiana University
In the last few months, schools all over the country have closed because of outbreaks of norovirus. Also known as...
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...
