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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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DEC 09, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Glyphosate is a common weed-killing chemical used in agriculture, and it may be best known as the active ingredient in R ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2020Microbiology
There are two diseases with similar names: hand, foot, and mouth disease, which affects people, and foot-and-mouth disea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2020Genetics & Genomics
We've all learned about super-spreader events over the past year, but occasions where a large group of people gathers an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool has tremendous potential to treat genetic diseases, but sometimes it makes unintended ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2020Immunology
Many of the life-threatening symptoms of COVID-19 have been pinned on “cytokine storms” — immune syste ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 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 30, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
People are always looking for new ways to get inspired to exercise. Now odor is being proposed as a motivational tool fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2020Microbiology
Zika virus cause a devastating epidemic in 2015, and led to the birth of hundreds of children that had congenital brain ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2020Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease and diabetes are often associated with each other, as many issues caused by diabetes promote hear ...Written By: Jasper CantrellNOV 23, 2020Cancer
A study published in Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology highlights the risk disparities in death rates fro ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 23, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Clinicians have identified a patient with a rare inherited disorder that disrupts the production of fresh blood cells, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2020Health & Medicine
Concerns that the legalization of recreational marijuana might cause an upswing in young people misusing the drug have b ...Written By: Angela DowdenNOV 17, 2020Genetics & Genomics
A large family with some members that have a rare brain disorder has helped scientists learn more about both brain devel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Over the years, the molecule nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) has gone from being a player in some biochemical p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The demand for diagnostic technologies to track COVID-19 infections and control community spread of the disease has only ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 16, 2020Immunology
Measles is a highly contagious and airborne viral disease. There is no treatment besides supportive care once a person b ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 16, 2020Microbiology
Autism is a complex disorder that has sent researchers searching for what is causing it, as the rates continue to rise. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2020Genetics & Genomics
It's essential for organisms to use their genomes to make proteins, and the processes of transcription and translation a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2020Cardiology
Researchers presented preliminary data at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2020 that suggested t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
As neurons fire, they enable us to think and move. They signal to one another where they meet at synapses, and at chemic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2020Health & Medicine
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a stat ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 12, 2020Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease is something that, in most cases, is within our ability to control. A healthy diet and active lif ...Written By: Jasper CantrellNOV 11, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance to put the “mask debate&rdquo ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 10, 2020Immunology
In the middle of 2020, yet another deadly Ebola outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - the 11th ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
DEC 09, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Glyphosate is a common weed-killing chemical used in agriculture, and it may be best known as the active ingredient in R
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2020
Microbiology
There are two diseases with similar names: hand, foot, and mouth disease, which affects people, and foot-and-mouth disea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
We've all learned about super-spreader events over the past year, but occasions where a large group of people gathers an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool has tremendous potential to treat genetic diseases, but sometimes it makes unintended
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2020
Immunology
Many of the life-threatening symptoms of COVID-19 have been pinned on “cytokine storms” — immune syste
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
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 30, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
People are always looking for new ways to get inspired to exercise. Now odor is being proposed as a motivational tool fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2020
Microbiology
Zika virus cause a devastating epidemic in 2015, and led to the birth of hundreds of children that had congenital brain
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2020
Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease and diabetes are often associated with each other, as many issues caused by diabetes promote hear
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
NOV 23, 2020
Cancer
A study published in Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology highlights the risk disparities in death rates fro
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 23, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Clinicians have identified a patient with a rare inherited disorder that disrupts the production of fresh blood cells, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2020
Health & Medicine
Concerns that the legalization of recreational marijuana might cause an upswing in young people misusing the drug have b
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
NOV 17, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
A large family with some members that have a rare brain disorder has helped scientists learn more about both brain devel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Over the years, the molecule nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) has gone from being a player in some biochemical p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The demand for diagnostic technologies to track COVID-19 infections and control community spread of the disease has only
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 16, 2020
Immunology
Measles is a highly contagious and airborne viral disease. There is no treatment besides supportive care once a person b
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 16, 2020
Microbiology
Autism is a complex disorder that has sent researchers searching for what is causing it, as the rates continue to rise.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
It's essential for organisms to use their genomes to make proteins, and the processes of transcription and translation a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2020
Cardiology
Researchers presented preliminary data at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2020 that suggested t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
As neurons fire, they enable us to think and move. They signal to one another where they meet at synapses, and at chemic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2020
Health & Medicine
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a stat
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 12, 2020
Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease is something that, in most cases, is within our ability to control. A healthy diet and active lif
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
NOV 11, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance to put the “mask debate&rdquo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 10, 2020
Immunology
In the middle of 2020, yet another deadly Ebola outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - the 11th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes