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Disease Surveillance
Caitlin Rivers wants to tell the story of epidemiology and the public health heroes who keep the world safe and healthy.
The integration of artificial intelligence into public health could have revolutionary implications for the global south—if only it can get online.
Differences in certain avian and mammalian proteins explain why avian influenza doesn't (typically) infect humans.
“If we could target those circuits very precisely, then there’s great potential to block the inflammation response for many diseases."
Could subfertility be an under-explored factor in autism risk?
A company in England has made a test that picks out the compounds from breath that reveal if people have liver disease.
Genetic profiles of many dog breeds appear as if siblings mated.
Some scientists think we should allow our bodies to more harmlessly live with pathogens until they’re cleared from our systems.
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This network scientist is creating a map of the human genome, and it could revolutionize the future of healthcare.
Marburg virus, like its cousin Ebola, causes severe disease, with fatality rates ranging from 22% to 90%.
Disease kills off 40% of farmed catfish. This gene protects them.
About 8% of our genome is made of leftover viruses from our ancestors' infections.
A medical entomologist points to metabolism, body odor, and mindset.
While Y chromosome loss was first observed in 1963, it was not until 2014 that researchers found the link to a shorter life span.
There's a fatal prion infection killing deer and elk across North America.
A doctor once joked that statins will be added to the water supply. Humor aside, the data shows that statins really are a "wonder drug."
What you need to know about this smallpox cousin.
The same technology behind the COVID-19 vaccines may enable the first damage-reversing heart attack cure.
Human organs don't always show up where doctors expect.
There is no rule that will force Omicron or another COVID variant to become less deadly over time, but there is reason for hope.
Your opinions about a large number of complex scientific issues are probably wrong. That’s why we have science. In 2016, an Italian virologist named Roberto Burioni was invited to appear on […]