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Disease control
Disease control refers to public health efforts to reduce the number of new infections, the number of people who are currently infected, and the number of people who become sick and/or die from a disease.
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NOV 15, 2022Cardiology
Adolescent participants decreased their BMI by an average of 16% in a new study.Written By: Savannah LoganNOV 14, 2022Neuroscience
The virus that causes COVID-19 does not infect neurons, or if it does, that only happens in rare cases. But COVID-19 can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2022Health & Medicine
After only a few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and clinicians knew that the virus could cause myriad healt ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2022Neuroscience
The HUSH (human silencing hub) protein complex is known to silence genes, and researchers have thought that it could be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2022Neuroscience
Researchers have found that a bacterium that travels via the olfactory nerve from the nose to the brain may lead to Alzh ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 08, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Telmisartan, a blood pressure-lowering medication, may help prevent or treat Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Black indiv ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 08, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Cystic fibrosis (CF) affects over 100,000 people worldwide and is caused by one of several known mutations in the CFTR ( ...Written By: Anusha NaganathanNOV 07, 2022Immunology
The physiological impact of various diets has been hotly debated for years. Scientists have now used a mouse model to sh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2022Microbiology
On Saturday, Uganda extended a three-week lockdown in certain areas to try to control the spread of Ebola virus, which h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2022Health & Medicine
Antibiotic resistance is an urgent, global threat to public health. It occurs when bacteria develop the ability to withs ...Written By: Zoe MichaudNOV 04, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
It may be possible to reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms with an inexpensive amino acid that could open up new tre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2022Health & Medicine
Are cannabis consumers eligible for liver transplants? Here's the detailsWritten By: Helaine KrysikNOV 03, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
As COVID-19 and flu virus infection rates are on the rise, another virus is now wreaking havoc on the United States ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizNOV 03, 2022Cardiology
Reducing eating time to a 10-hour window improves quality of life and health measures.Written By: Savannah LoganNOV 01, 2022Cardiology
People with autoimmune disorders are significantly more likely to develop heart disease compared to the general populati ...Written By: Savannah LoganOCT 31, 2022Plants & Animals
Insecticides and pesticides have been developed for years to help protect agricultural products and improve crop outputs ...Written By: Ryan VingumOCT 31, 2022Technology
Alzheimer’s is a debilitating neurological condition that affects about six million American adults, according to ...Written By: Ryan VingumOCT 31, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There is viral DNA in the human genome, and each instance traces back to an ancestor who was infected with a retrovirus. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2022Cardiology
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) impacts roughly 35,000 people in the United States. CF results in a mutated form of the cystic fibr ...Written By: Christopher DiMaioOCT 31, 2022Cancer
Cancer is a disease that impacts the whole person, wreaking havoc on an individual’s emotional and physical well-b ...Written By: Katie KokolusOCT 29, 2022Microbiology
As the pandemic has progressed, different variants of SARS-CoV-2 have arisen. Now Omicron subvariants are proliferating, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 27, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is caused by genetic mutations that lead to the abnormal accumulation of iron in differe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 26, 2022Health & Medicine
Cases of RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), are surging among children. RSV is a common respiratory illness and it norma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, is difficult to diagnose early. Osteoarthritis affects over 32 millio ...Written By: Zoe Michaud
NOV 15, 2022
Cardiology
Adolescent participants decreased their BMI by an average of 16% in a new study.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
NOV 14, 2022
Neuroscience
The virus that causes COVID-19 does not infect neurons, or if it does, that only happens in rare cases. But COVID-19 can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2022
Health & Medicine
After only a few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and clinicians knew that the virus could cause myriad healt
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2022
Neuroscience
The HUSH (human silencing hub) protein complex is known to silence genes, and researchers have thought that it could be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2022
Neuroscience
Researchers have found that a bacterium that travels via the olfactory nerve from the nose to the brain may lead to Alzh
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 08, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Telmisartan, a blood pressure-lowering medication, may help prevent or treat Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Black indiv
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 08, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Cystic fibrosis (CF) affects over 100,000 people worldwide and is caused by one of several known mutations in the CFTR (
...
Written By:
Anusha Naganathan
NOV 07, 2022
Immunology
The physiological impact of various diets has been hotly debated for years. Scientists have now used a mouse model to sh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2022
Microbiology
On Saturday, Uganda extended a three-week lockdown in certain areas to try to control the spread of Ebola virus, which h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2022
Health & Medicine
Antibiotic resistance is an urgent, global threat to public health. It occurs when bacteria develop the ability to withs
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
NOV 04, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
It may be possible to reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms with an inexpensive amino acid that could open up new tre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2022
Health & Medicine
Are cannabis consumers eligible for liver transplants? Here's the details
Written By:
Helaine Krysik
NOV 03, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
As COVID-19 and flu virus infection rates are on the rise, another virus is now wreaking havoc on the United States
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
NOV 03, 2022
Cardiology
Reducing eating time to a 10-hour window improves quality of life and health measures.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
NOV 01, 2022
Cardiology
People with autoimmune disorders are significantly more likely to develop heart disease compared to the general populati
...
Written By:
Savannah Logan
OCT 31, 2022
Plants & Animals
Insecticides and pesticides have been developed for years to help protect agricultural products and improve crop outputs
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
OCT 31, 2022
Technology
Alzheimer’s is a debilitating neurological condition that affects about six million American adults, according to
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
OCT 31, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There is viral DNA in the human genome, and each instance traces back to an ancestor who was infected with a retrovirus.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2022
Cardiology
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) impacts roughly 35,000 people in the United States. CF results in a mutated form of the cystic fibr
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
OCT 31, 2022
Cancer
Cancer is a disease that impacts the whole person, wreaking havoc on an individual’s emotional and physical well-b
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
OCT 29, 2022
Microbiology
As the pandemic has progressed, different variants of SARS-CoV-2 have arisen. Now Omicron subvariants are proliferating,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 27, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is caused by genetic mutations that lead to the abnormal accumulation of iron in differe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2022
Health & Medicine
Cases of RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), are surging among children. RSV is a common respiratory illness and it norma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, is difficult to diagnose early. Osteoarthritis affects over 32 millio
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud