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Disease Prevention Infectious diseases are caused by microscopic organisms that live in other people, animals, or the environment and are too small to see. If you do not come into contact with them, you can prevent many infections and illnesses. While specific diseases are passed in specific ways, there are basic steps you can take to stay healthy and lower your risk of catching and spreading any infectious disease.
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JUL 26, 2020Cancer
A study published in Nutrients earlier this summer points toward diet as a key risk factor for prostate cancer ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 26, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Mucosal-associated invariant T cells appear to be a critical part of the human immune system, and dysfunction in these c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2020Microbiology
The CDC has announced that an outbreak of infections related to a strain of the bacterium Salmonella is "rapidly growing ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A new way for treating the human herpes viruses was recently discovered by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 24, 2020Microbiology
In two counties in Illinois, a pathogen continues its emergence. Researchers have found that Lone Star ticks there are c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2020Immunology
Scientists at the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine have discovered a striking parallel ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 22, 2020Immunology
Initial studies of cannabidiol’s impact of classic symptoms of lung damage in severe cases of COVID-19 provide a p ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 20, 2020Cannabis Sciences
How exactly cannabis affects our memory- and for how long, and how significantly- is still a subject for debate. With an ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 20, 2020Microbiology
As the COVID-9 pandemic has spread around the world, scientists have tried to learn as much as they can about it, includ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the University of Texas have identified a new subset of proteins capable of protecting synapses- the stru ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 19, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Wuhan University of Engineering in China have found that curcumin, a natural compound found in turm ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 18, 2020Earth & The Environment
Breaking news reports that agrochemicals that pollute our waters also increase the transmission of the parasite that cau ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 17, 2020Immunology
When it comes to clinical countermeasures against COVID-19, one class of molecules stands out among the others: antibodi ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 16, 2020Cardiology
Medicine is undoubtedly reaching a golden age, as researchers expand diagnostic and therapeutic tools like never before. ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJUL 15, 2020Microbiology
Heparin is a very common drug that's been approved as an anticoagulant since 1992. Researchers have now found that the m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2020Cancer
The art of traditional eastern medicine dates back thousands of years. It uses many unproven remedies, and many consider ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJUL 14, 2020Immunology
Scientists all over the world are racing to develop a vaccine that effectively and safely prompts protective immunity to ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 13, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The Sechenov University Center for Clinical Research in Moscow, Russia, has completed its first round of clinical trials ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 12, 2020Cardiology
Trillions of microbes call our bodies home, and the ones that live in the gut can have a powerful impact on human health ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Pharmaceutical company ViiV Healthcare has announced that its long-lasting, injectable drug, cabotegravir, is more effec ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 09, 2020Cancer
A study published in Developmental Cell highlights the discovery that a fatty acid called dihomogamma-linolenic acid (DG ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 09, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
A new predictive tool for measuring women’s fertility uses an unlikely biological source for answers: hair. During ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 09, 2020Immunology
Researchers from the Center for Neuroscience at the University of California, Davis have revealed new insights into the ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 08, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Colon cancer is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of death by cancer around the world. Now, rese ...Written By: Annie Lennon
JUL 26, 2020
Cancer
A study published in Nutrients earlier this summer points toward diet as a key risk factor for prostate cancer
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 26, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Mucosal-associated invariant T cells appear to be a critical part of the human immune system, and dysfunction in these c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2020
Microbiology
The CDC has announced that an outbreak of infections related to a strain of the bacterium Salmonella is "rapidly growing
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A new way for treating the human herpes viruses was recently discovered by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 24, 2020
Microbiology
In two counties in Illinois, a pathogen continues its emergence. Researchers have found that Lone Star ticks there are c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2020
Immunology
Scientists at the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine have discovered a striking parallel
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 22, 2020
Immunology
Initial studies of cannabidiol’s impact of classic symptoms of lung damage in severe cases of COVID-19 provide a p
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 20, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
How exactly cannabis affects our memory- and for how long, and how significantly- is still a subject for debate. With an
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 20, 2020
Microbiology
As the COVID-9 pandemic has spread around the world, scientists have tried to learn as much as they can about it, includ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the University of Texas have identified a new subset of proteins capable of protecting synapses- the stru
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 19, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Wuhan University of Engineering in China have found that curcumin, a natural compound found in turm
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 18, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Breaking news reports that agrochemicals that pollute our waters also increase the transmission of the parasite that cau
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 17, 2020
Immunology
When it comes to clinical countermeasures against COVID-19, one class of molecules stands out among the others: antibodi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 16, 2020
Cardiology
Medicine is undoubtedly reaching a golden age, as researchers expand diagnostic and therapeutic tools like never before.
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JUL 15, 2020
Microbiology
Heparin is a very common drug that's been approved as an anticoagulant since 1992. Researchers have now found that the m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2020
Cancer
The art of traditional eastern medicine dates back thousands of years. It uses many unproven remedies, and many consider
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JUL 14, 2020
Immunology
Scientists all over the world are racing to develop a vaccine that effectively and safely prompts protective immunity to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The Sechenov University Center for Clinical Research in Moscow, Russia, has completed its first round of clinical trials
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 12, 2020
Cardiology
Trillions of microbes call our bodies home, and the ones that live in the gut can have a powerful impact on human health
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Pharmaceutical company ViiV Healthcare has announced that its long-lasting, injectable drug, cabotegravir, is more effec
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 09, 2020
Cancer
A study published in Developmental Cell highlights the discovery that a fatty acid called dihomogamma-linolenic acid (DG
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 09, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new predictive tool for measuring women’s fertility uses an unlikely biological source for answers: hair. During
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 09, 2020
Immunology
Researchers from the Center for Neuroscience at the University of California, Davis have revealed new insights into the
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 08, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Colon cancer is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of death by cancer around the world. Now, rese
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon