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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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APR 23, 2020Immunology
Authorities are caught between dealing with the competing urgencies of abating the COVID-19 health crisis and the ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 22, 2020Immunology
The best offense may be a good defense in the fight against COVID-19. Researchers from the Duke-NUS Medical School are e ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 22, 2020Cardiology
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), “heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, an ...Written By: Lawrence RennaAPR 22, 2020Microbiology
It was thought that the first death in the US from SARS-CoV-2 happened in Washington State in late February, but autopsi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2020Immunology
April 17, 2020, Sino Biological announced this week that the company launched the world’s first coronavirus antige ...Sponsored By: Sino BiologicalAPR 19, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug, known as tucatinib or Tuksya, as a treatment for advanced f ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 19, 2020Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2 has now caused tens of thousands of deaths worldwide, and hundreds of thousands of infections.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 17, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Early results from a Chicago hospital treating patients with Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug remdesivir for severe ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 17, 2020Health & Medicine
Because it's a respiratory illness, it shares symptoms with many other common illnesses, including seasonal allergies. S ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2020Microbiology
It's widely accepted that we don't have a good idea of how many COVID-19 cases are circulating, so researchers are using ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Some of the reagents used in popular diagnostic tests may be in short supply, so other testing methods will be needed.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2020Cancer
A report published in Nature Communications highlights findings from a study showing that the experimental drug, Qu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 15, 2020Immunology
A specific parasitic species causes the most deaths from malaria: Plasmodium falciparum. This parasite does so by avoidi ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 15, 2020Chemistry & Physics
There's no doubt that a lot of our current attention goes to the COVID-19 infection cases, as media outlets publish ...Written By: Daniel DuanAPR 14, 2020Microbiology
Some have looked economic data and suggested that social distancing has gone too far, but a study shows it's saving us f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 14, 2020Immunology
Lung cancer is the leading cause of death in both men and women in the U.S., with smokers bearing an elevated risk of th ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 13, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
One of the main challenges of cancer treatments is preventing the cancer from returning again—in essence stopping ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 13, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Health experts from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the American Lung Association have said that smoking cannab ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 12, 2020Microbiology
COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory illness, and ventilators have been critical for treating COVID-19.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Studies in mice and humans have shown that the negative health effects of pollution are accompanied by changes in gene e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from McGill University in Canada have found a link between mild behavioral impairment (MBI) in elderly indiv ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 11, 2020Microbiology
As SARS-CoV-2 spreads in the United States, infecting and killing thousands, some racial data is finally being included ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Gingivitis is a mild periodontal disease that causes inflammation, irritation, redness, and swelling of the gingiva. Thi ...Written By: Abbie ArceAPR 10, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Heart attacks significantly damage cardiac tissue. Recovery time frames from a heart attack thus depend on the extent to ...Written By: Annie Lennon
APR 23, 2020
Immunology
Authorities are caught between dealing with the competing urgencies of abating the COVID-19 health crisis and the
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 22, 2020
Immunology
The best offense may be a good defense in the fight against COVID-19. Researchers from the Duke-NUS Medical School are e
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 22, 2020
Cardiology
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), “heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, an
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
APR 22, 2020
Microbiology
It was thought that the first death in the US from SARS-CoV-2 happened in Washington State in late February, but autopsi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2020
Immunology
April 17, 2020, Sino Biological announced this week that the company launched the world’s first coronavirus antige
...
Sponsored By:
Sino Biological
APR 19, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug, known as tucatinib or Tuksya, as a treatment for advanced f
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 19, 2020
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2 has now caused tens of thousands of deaths worldwide, and hundreds of thousands of infections.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 17, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Early results from a Chicago hospital treating patients with Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug remdesivir for severe
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 17, 2020
Health & Medicine
Because it's a respiratory illness, it shares symptoms with many other common illnesses, including seasonal allergies. S
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2020
Microbiology
It's widely accepted that we don't have a good idea of how many COVID-19 cases are circulating, so researchers are using
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Some of the reagents used in popular diagnostic tests may be in short supply, so other testing methods will be needed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2020
Cancer
A report published in Nature Communications highlights findings from a study showing that the experimental drug, Qu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 15, 2020
Immunology
A specific parasitic species causes the most deaths from malaria: Plasmodium falciparum. This parasite does so by avoidi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 15, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
There's no doubt that a lot of our current attention goes to the COVID-19 infection cases, as media outlets publish
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
APR 14, 2020
Microbiology
Some have looked economic data and suggested that social distancing has gone too far, but a study shows it's saving us f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 14, 2020
Immunology
Lung cancer is the leading cause of death in both men and women in the U.S., with smokers bearing an elevated risk of th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
One of the main challenges of cancer treatments is preventing the cancer from returning again—in essence stopping
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 13, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Health experts from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the American Lung Association have said that smoking cannab
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 12, 2020
Microbiology
COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory illness, and ventilators have been critical for treating COVID-19.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Studies in mice and humans have shown that the negative health effects of pollution are accompanied by changes in gene e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from McGill University in Canada have found a link between mild behavioral impairment (MBI) in elderly indiv
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 11, 2020
Microbiology
As SARS-CoV-2 spreads in the United States, infecting and killing thousands, some racial data is finally being included
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Gingivitis is a mild periodontal disease that causes inflammation, irritation, redness, and swelling of the gingiva. Thi
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
APR 10, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Heart attacks significantly damage cardiac tissue. Recovery time frames from a heart attack thus depend on the extent to
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon