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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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AUG 20, 2021Health & Medicine
The rate of viral spread and high mortality demanded a quick response to COVID-19. As such, pre-existing drugs wer ...Written By: Christopher DiMaioAUG 20, 2021Earth & The Environment
August 20th is World Mosquito Day, but we’re not celebrating the mosquitoes themselves. Instead, we are celeb ...Written By: Samantha LottAUG 19, 2021Health & Medicine
Trials of COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson have suggested that the vaccines are safe for ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 19, 2021Plants & Animals
Happy National Potato Day! Potatoes are a delicious part of many foods for people across the globe, but what do you know ...Written By: Samantha LottAUG 19, 2021Immunology
There is a spectrum of COVID symptom severity: some recover after experiencing nothing more than a mild cough, while oth ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 17, 2021Health & Medicine
The historic scientific breakthrough of vaccination has prevented lifelong disability from Polio, scarring from Mea ...Written By: Christopher DiMaioAUG 17, 2021Immunology
Most people feeling under the weather, especially those with a fever, tend to lose their appetites. When recovering from ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 16, 2021Health & Medicine
New research suggests that the Delta variant is more infectious than the original COVID-19 virus.Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattAUG 15, 2021Health & Medicine
As Delta has become the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant causing COVID-19 infections in the United States, researchers and he ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 15, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
People who take a drug used to lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes have less amyloid-beta in their brains, a bio ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 15, 2021Microbiology
While about 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to the CDC every year, the disease has been estimated to cause abu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2021Cancer
Scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have identified a gene called DOT1L for its role in progressing th ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 12, 2021Immunology
Australian researchers have found a new molecular binding site on the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a discovery that ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 11, 2021Technology
Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests have emerged as the standard for testing and confirming C ...Written By: Ryan VingumAUG 11, 2021Cardiology
Even though we know now that vaping is harmful and addictive, it's still thought to be healthier than smoking cigarettes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2021Health & Medicine
New research suggests positions and career length of soccer players could influence the development of neurodegenerative ...Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattAUG 10, 2021Health & Medicine
At the beginning of 2020, fear was unleashed globally as the United States government announced a public health emergenc ...Written By: Christopher DiMaioAUG 10, 2021Microbiology
The bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei is a pathogen that can live in water and soil, usually in tropical parts of nort ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2021Immunology
A study by researchers at the Scripps Research Institute looking into potential COVID-19 medications has revealed a surp ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 10, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
A team of engineers from MIT and Harvard University has developed a COVID diagnostic device with a tiny footprint but hu ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 08, 2021Microbiology
Researchers recently discovered bacteria that fed on the element manganese. Scientists also know that some bacterial pat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 08, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
A combination of two natural nutritional supplements, vitamin A and methyl donor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), can treat P ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 05, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
The cardiovascular system is like a network of highways, filled with an estimated 25 trillion red blood cells that conti ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 04, 2021Cardiology
For decades, researchers have sought to find the natural barometers that sense changes in blood pressure in the body so ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2021
Health & Medicine
The rate of viral spread and high mortality demanded a quick response to COVID-19. As such, pre-existing drugs wer
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
AUG 20, 2021
Earth & The Environment
August 20th is World Mosquito Day, but we’re not celebrating the mosquitoes themselves. Instead, we are celeb
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
AUG 19, 2021
Health & Medicine
Trials of COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson have suggested that the vaccines are safe for
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2021
Plants & Animals
Happy National Potato Day! Potatoes are a delicious part of many foods for people across the globe, but what do you know
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
AUG 19, 2021
Immunology
There is a spectrum of COVID symptom severity: some recover after experiencing nothing more than a mild cough, while oth
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 17, 2021
Health & Medicine
The historic scientific breakthrough of vaccination has prevented lifelong disability from Polio, scarring from Mea
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
AUG 17, 2021
Immunology
Most people feeling under the weather, especially those with a fever, tend to lose their appetites. When recovering from
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 16, 2021
Health & Medicine
New research suggests that the Delta variant is more infectious than the original COVID-19 virus.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
AUG 15, 2021
Health & Medicine
As Delta has become the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant causing COVID-19 infections in the United States, researchers and he
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
People who take a drug used to lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes have less amyloid-beta in their brains, a bio
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 15, 2021
Microbiology
While about 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to the CDC every year, the disease has been estimated to cause abu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2021
Cancer
Scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have identified a gene called DOT1L for its role in progressing th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 12, 2021
Immunology
Australian researchers have found a new molecular binding site on the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a discovery that
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 11, 2021
Technology
Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests have emerged as the standard for testing and confirming C
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
AUG 11, 2021
Cardiology
Even though we know now that vaping is harmful and addictive, it's still thought to be healthier than smoking cigarettes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2021
Health & Medicine
New research suggests positions and career length of soccer players could influence the development of neurodegenerative
...
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
AUG 10, 2021
Health & Medicine
At the beginning of 2020, fear was unleashed globally as the United States government announced a public health emergenc
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
AUG 10, 2021
Microbiology
The bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei is a pathogen that can live in water and soil, usually in tropical parts of nort
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2021
Immunology
A study by researchers at the Scripps Research Institute looking into potential COVID-19 medications has revealed a surp
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 10, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
A team of engineers from MIT and Harvard University has developed a COVID diagnostic device with a tiny footprint but hu
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 08, 2021
Microbiology
Researchers recently discovered bacteria that fed on the element manganese. Scientists also know that some bacterial pat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
A combination of two natural nutritional supplements, vitamin A and methyl donor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), can treat P
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 05, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
The cardiovascular system is like a network of highways, filled with an estimated 25 trillion red blood cells that conti
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 04, 2021
Cardiology
For decades, researchers have sought to find the natural barometers that sense changes in blood pressure in the body so
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch