Tag: Virology
Some viruses prefer mosquitoes to humans, but people get sick anyway...
Lee Rafuse Haines, University of Notre Dame and Pilar Pérez Romero, University of Notre Dame
Humans have an exceptional...
Chickenpox and shingles virus lying dormant in your neurons can reactivate...
Andrew Bubak, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Over 90% of the world population has the virus that causes...
Viruses may be ‘watching’ you – some microbes lie in wait...
Ivan Erill, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
After more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, you might picture...
Sewage surveillance is the next frontier in the fight against polio
Marisa Eisenberg, University of Michigan; Andrew Brouwer, University of Michigan, and Joseph Eisenberg, University of Michigan
The world is at the brink of eradicating polio....
Influenza’s wild origins in the animals around us
Jonathan Runstadler, Tufts University
In the early 20th century, the leading cause of death was infectious disease. Epidemics erupted with little warning, seemingly out of...
EXPLORING NATURE
‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun...
Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, University of Michigan and Ward B. (Chip) Manchester, University of Michigan
Weather forecasting is a powerful tool....
