A new study from researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities shows how strategic changes in water treatment effectively treated a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. For the first ...
This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American When we were discussing the ‘cities’ theme ...
The first human death from bird flu in the United States occurred on Jan. 6 in a Louisiana hospital, less than three weeks before the second Donald Trump administration’s inauguration. Bird flu, also ...
Unofficial or informal sources (also called “rumors” or “unstructured data”) of emerging disease outbreaks such as media reports and firsthand accounts have become an important mechanism for detecting ...
Infectious disease spread is increasingly common due to travel, human-animal contact, and climate trends. Experts shared the emerging diseases they're most concerned about and how to prevent them.
Interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci on the evolution of the field of infectious diseases during his tenure at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. 15m 18s Download As I prepare to ...
Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and that’s likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, ...
A new review study traces the complex links between biodiversity loss and emerging infectious diseases — though one doesn’t necessarily lead to the other. Instead, complex interactions between factors ...
Many emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, especially zoonotic diseases such as ebola or new coronaviruses, emerge as the result of intensified human activities such as deforestation, ...