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Contact tracing is a public health measure that refers to the process of identifying an individual infected with a disease, then identifying or tracing the people the infected individual has come in contact with. Contact tracing has been an effective method in controlling disease, such as in sexually transmitted diseases. Contact tracing entered the public discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic as many health officials attempted to utilize this measure to combat the pandemic.
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FEB 04, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Sudan virus (SUDV) can infect people to cause Sudan virus disease (SVD). Right now, an outbreak of SVD has been detected ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 07, 2023Neuroscience
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterium that causes TB, which is still a major public health problem in m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2022Health & Medicine
A study published in JAMA Network Open discovered an association between clinical cases of COVID-19 and viral loads in w ...Written By: Kerry CharronOCT 21, 2021Microbiology
On October 20, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that an outbreak of Salmonella food ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2021Microbiology
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Though suspected outbreaks have been documented since 1878, the first confirmed outbreak of bird flu, a highly pathogeni ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 28, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that their new colorectal cancer diagnostic test effectively catches ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 27, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
A recent study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering describes new microneedle patch technology that takes the &ldq ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 20, 2021Cancer
Is an at-home colorectal cancer test possible? Researchers from the University of Exeter and the Cancer Research UK CanT ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 01, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Widespread diagnostic testing capacities are an absolutely critical tool for countries battling the pandemic. For now, m ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 24, 2020Immunology
Microbiologists have established that the development of infants’ immune systems is intricately linked to the dive ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 09, 2020Chemistry & Physics
New research published under the title “Fractal signatures of the COVID-19 spread” in the journal Chaos ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 27, 2020Microbiology
There are many different strains of Escherichia coli bacteria, some of which live harmlessly in the human gut. But some ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
King’s College London researchers took a closer look at emergency room CT scans of patients suspected of having a ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 18, 2020Health & Medicine
Researchers are beginning to examine how the world's response to the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 went wrong, and right ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 18, 2020Health & Medicine
Even as countries are now gradually starting to reopen after lockdown, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Researche ...
FEB 04, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Sudan virus (SUDV) can infect people to cause Sudan virus disease (SVD). Right now, an outbreak of SVD has been detected
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 07, 2023
Neuroscience
The judicial system assumes we process all information, past and present, to produce our actions. That assumption is dan
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
MAY 31, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Even as the world grapples with COVID-19, there has been another massive outbreak of a viral pathogen called H5N1 influe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 26, 2023
Microbiology
An outbreak of Marburg virus began last month in Equatorial Guinea, and more cases have been reported since the outbreak
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2023
Microbiology
An outbreak of Marburg virus has killed nine people and sickened at least sixteen others in Equatorial Guinea's firs
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
A new study shows that Vikings were more genetically diverse than contemporary Scandinavians
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
NOV 19, 2022
Immunology
Researchers have found evidence for “substantial” monkeypox transmission before symptoms appear. A study pub
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 10, 2022
Microbiology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogenic bacterium that causes TB, which is still a major public health problem in m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2022
Health & Medicine
A study published in JAMA Network Open discovered an association between clinical cases of COVID-19 and viral loads in w
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
OCT 21, 2021
Microbiology
On October 20, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that an outbreak of Salmonella food
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2021
Microbiology
Nipah virus is one of the world's deadliest viruses. It has caused several small outbreaks in Southeast Asia since it em
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Rett syndrome is a neurological disorder that mostly affects girls; affected individuals develop normally until they're
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2021
Microbiology
Though suspected outbreaks have been documented since 1878, the first confirmed outbreak of bird flu, a highly pathogeni
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 28, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that their new colorectal cancer diagnostic test effectively catches
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 27, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
A recent study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering describes new microneedle patch technology that takes the &ldq
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 20, 2021
Cancer
Is an at-home colorectal cancer test possible? Researchers from the University of Exeter and the Cancer Research UK CanT
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 01, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Widespread diagnostic testing capacities are an absolutely critical tool for countries battling the pandemic. For now, m
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 24, 2020
Immunology
Microbiologists have established that the development of infants’ immune systems is intricately linked to the dive
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 09, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
New research published under the title “Fractal signatures of the COVID-19 spread” in the journal Chaos
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 27, 2020
Microbiology
There are many different strains of Escherichia coli bacteria, some of which live harmlessly in the human gut. But some
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
King’s College London researchers took a closer look at emergency room CT scans of patients suspected of having a
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 18, 2020
Health & Medicine
Researchers are beginning to examine how the world's response to the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 went wrong, and right
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2020
Health & Medicine
Even as countries are now gradually starting to reopen after lockdown, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Researche
...