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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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AUG 08, 2022Cancer
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a well-established risk factor associated with some types of cancer, including liver, pancreas, ...Written By: Katie KokolusAUG 07, 2022Microbiology
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus. Polio can cause flu-like symptoms like nausea, headache, fever, and sore th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2022Health & Medicine
Students at Boston University were told to get vaccinated and wear masks on campus. That has allowed people to attend cl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2022Health & Medicine
This year, 29 infants have been admitted to the Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center with human p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Quick identification and intervention is critical in successfully treating a stroke. During a stroke, blood supply to th ...Written By: Zoe MichaudAUG 03, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
With the 2020 Covid lockdowns still fresh in our minds, the recent outbreak of monkeypox in the United States has many p ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 02, 2022Immunology
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of infant hospitalization and a leading cause of death around the wor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2022Neuroscience
Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles about the size of influenza and corona viruses and have been making news for s ...Sponsored By: NanoSomiX, Inc. LeAUG 01, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
When the white blood cells in our bodies encounter a pathogen, they can release a molecule called histamine, which can h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2022Microbiology
A bacterium that causes a deadly tropical disease called meliodosis, sometimes known as Whitmore's disease, has been det ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2022Cancer
Cytokines, proteins that affect the immune system, can elicit their effects in either a beneficial or an inhibitory capa ...Written By: Katie KokolusJUL 28, 2022Immunology
Since researchers began to examine it in detail, the gut microbiome has been associated with myriad aspects of human hea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2022Health & Medicine
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has continued to evolve since the start of the pandemic, and we've moved down the list of variants ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2022Technology
Though everyone needs different amounts of it throughout their life, we all need sleep. It’s an important way for ...Written By: Ryan VingumJUL 18, 2022Neuroscience
People usually only have to learn how to ride a bicycle once; and once a person learns how, they can get on and start ri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2022Microbiology
For the first time, Marburg virus has been detected in Ghana after two people died from the disease. Marburg virus is si ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2022Health & Medicine
In one of the first of its kind, a study involving the link between genetics and taste perceptions (bitter, salt, savory ...Written By: Joshua AehJUL 15, 2022Health & Medicine
Variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have been continuously emerging since the start of the pandemic. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Magnetic beads (or superparamagnetic particles) can be used for the isolation and purification of cells, nucleic acids, ...JUL 13, 2022Cardiology
Eating up to one egg per day may lower heart disease risk.Written By: Savannah LoganJUL 13, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
In Malaysia in the fall of 1998, a mystery ailment swept through the local pig-farming community, eventually leading to ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJUL 11, 2022Immunology
New research has suggested that inflammation in the gut can reach far beyond the digestive system to affect other areas, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Long COVID is a term used to describe a wide variety of health problems that some people experience after an infection o ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJUL 08, 2022Immunology
Some common bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus have both harmless and pathogenic versions. While staph is often harmles ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2022
Cancer
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a well-established risk factor associated with some types of cancer, including liver, pancreas,
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
AUG 07, 2022
Microbiology
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus. Polio can cause flu-like symptoms like nausea, headache, fever, and sore th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2022
Health & Medicine
Students at Boston University were told to get vaccinated and wear masks on campus. That has allowed people to attend cl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2022
Health & Medicine
This year, 29 infants have been admitted to the Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center with human p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Quick identification and intervention is critical in successfully treating a stroke. During a stroke, blood supply to th
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 03, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
With the 2020 Covid lockdowns still fresh in our minds, the recent outbreak of monkeypox in the United States has many p
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 02, 2022
Immunology
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of infant hospitalization and a leading cause of death around the wor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2022
Neuroscience
Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles about the size of influenza and corona viruses and have been making news for s
...
Sponsored By:
NanoSomiX, Inc. Le
AUG 01, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
When the white blood cells in our bodies encounter a pathogen, they can release a molecule called histamine, which can h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2022
Microbiology
A bacterium that causes a deadly tropical disease called meliodosis, sometimes known as Whitmore's disease, has been det
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2022
Cancer
Cytokines, proteins that affect the immune system, can elicit their effects in either a beneficial or an inhibitory capa
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JUL 28, 2022
Immunology
Since researchers began to examine it in detail, the gut microbiome has been associated with myriad aspects of human hea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2022
Health & Medicine
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has continued to evolve since the start of the pandemic, and we've moved down the list of variants
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2022
Technology
Though everyone needs different amounts of it throughout their life, we all need sleep. It’s an important way for
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JUL 18, 2022
Neuroscience
People usually only have to learn how to ride a bicycle once; and once a person learns how, they can get on and start ri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2022
Microbiology
For the first time, Marburg virus has been detected in Ghana after two people died from the disease. Marburg virus is si
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2022
Health & Medicine
In one of the first of its kind, a study involving the link between genetics and taste perceptions (bitter, salt, savory
...
Written By:
Joshua Aeh
JUL 15, 2022
Health & Medicine
Variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have been continuously emerging since the start of the pandemic.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Magnetic beads (or superparamagnetic particles) can be used for the isolation and purification of cells, nucleic acids,
...
JUL 13, 2022
Cardiology
Eating up to one egg per day may lower heart disease risk.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
JUL 13, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
In Malaysia in the fall of 1998, a mystery ailment swept through the local pig-farming community, eventually leading to
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 11, 2022
Immunology
New research has suggested that inflammation in the gut can reach far beyond the digestive system to affect other areas,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Long COVID is a term used to describe a wide variety of health problems that some people experience after an infection o
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 08, 2022
Immunology
Some common bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus have both harmless and pathogenic versions. While staph is often harmles
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch