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Disease Prevention
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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MAY 07, 2019Health & Medicine
An infant was suffering from inflammatory bowel disease, eczema, food allergies, lung disease, and persistent cytomegalo ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 07, 2019Plants & Animals
If you didn’t already know, African swine fever (ASF) is currently ravaging large sums of pigs in the Eastern hemi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 06, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
When bacteria get into our bloodstream, the immune system has to detect and destroy it. Scientists filmed the end of tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2019Microbiology
While there is no cure for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), we can now stop it from spreading.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2019Microbiology
A parasitic amoeba that causes a gut disease can nibble on host cells and use their proteins. (Image courtesy UC Davis/H ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 30, 2019Microbiology
While hospitals are intended to be places of healing, people can acquire nasty infections with drug-resistant bacteria d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2019Plants & Animals
Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) are perhaps one of the world’s most easily-recognized animals. With their incred ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 27, 2019Videos
There is an accurate genetic tool for predicting a person's risk of developing complex diseases like type 2 diabetes, br ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2019Videos
The USDA has announced a recall of about 113,424 pounds of ground beef potentially linked to an outbreak of infection.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2019Microbiology
Malaria sickens around 200 million people every year, killing around 435,000. Children are most vulnerable. A vaccine ai ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray. The spray is ca ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 21, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in the Journal of American Cardiology, a drug used for the treatment of diabetes—empagliflozi ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 21, 2019Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant infections cause the deaths of about 23,000 Americans every year. By 2050, they're projected to kil ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 18, 2019Immunology
The C-word. Dare we say it? Is a cure for cancer within reach? Professor Michael Kinch https://publichealth.wustl ...Written By: Aleishia Harris-ArnoldAPR 17, 2019Cannabis Sciences
A recently published study suggests that cannabidiol (CBD) oil may help treat or prevent seizures in dogs. The study was ...Written By: Amy LoriauxAPR 17, 2019Health & Medicine
A study published last week in the medical journal The Lancet uncovered one of the biggest threats to human survival&mda ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 17, 2019Microbiology
Measles is extremely contagious, the CDC has stated that 555 cases have been reported - so far this year.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2019Videos
Scientists have determined that in the US, the rate of HPV infection is increasing among women under 40 who have not bee ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2019Microbiology
Hospital staff are encouraged to wash their hands to stop germs from spreading. It seems patients and rooms may also nee ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2019Health & Medicine
A drug-resistant fungal yeast, Candida auris, is spreading throughout hospitals worldwide. Deemed “an urgent threa ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 11, 2019Genetics & Genomics
When events like runoff change salinity levels in the ocean, it can impact coral in a way that is similar to bleaching d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 10, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Roughly 1.1 million people in the U.S. live with HIV with 15 percent of that population unaware they are infected. Treat ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 03, 2019Immunology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) is an opportunistic human pathogen that can cause severe illness and even death in people th ...Written By: Aleishia Harris-ArnoldMAR 31, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
A chemopreventative drug being tested for its ability to inhibit the production of cell growth in multiple types of canc ...Written By: Nouran Amin
MAY 07, 2019
Health & Medicine
An infant was suffering from inflammatory bowel disease, eczema, food allergies, lung disease, and persistent cytomegalo
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 07, 2019
Plants & Animals
If you didn’t already know, African swine fever (ASF) is currently ravaging large sums of pigs in the Eastern hemi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 06, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
When bacteria get into our bloodstream, the immune system has to detect and destroy it. Scientists filmed the end of tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2019
Microbiology
While there is no cure for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), we can now stop it from spreading.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2019
Microbiology
A parasitic amoeba that causes a gut disease can nibble on host cells and use their proteins. (Image courtesy UC Davis/H
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 30, 2019
Microbiology
While hospitals are intended to be places of healing, people can acquire nasty infections with drug-resistant bacteria d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2019
Plants & Animals
Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) are perhaps one of the world’s most easily-recognized animals. With their incred
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 27, 2019
Videos
There is an accurate genetic tool for predicting a person's risk of developing complex diseases like type 2 diabetes, br
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2019
Videos
The USDA has announced a recall of about 113,424 pounds of ground beef potentially linked to an outbreak of infection.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2019
Microbiology
Malaria sickens around 200 million people every year, killing around 435,000. Children are most vulnerable. A vaccine ai
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray. The spray is ca
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 21, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in the Journal of American Cardiology, a drug used for the treatment of diabetes—empagliflozi
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 21, 2019
Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant infections cause the deaths of about 23,000 Americans every year. By 2050, they're projected to kil
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 18, 2019
Immunology
The C-word. Dare we say it? Is a cure for cancer within reach? Professor Michael Kinch https://publichealth.wustl
...
Written By:
Aleishia Harris-Arnold
APR 17, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
A recently published study suggests that cannabidiol (CBD) oil may help treat or prevent seizures in dogs. The study was
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
APR 17, 2019
Health & Medicine
A study published last week in the medical journal The Lancet uncovered one of the biggest threats to human survival&mda
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 17, 2019
Microbiology
Measles is extremely contagious, the CDC has stated that 555 cases have been reported - so far this year.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2019
Videos
Scientists have determined that in the US, the rate of HPV infection is increasing among women under 40 who have not bee
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2019
Microbiology
Hospital staff are encouraged to wash their hands to stop germs from spreading. It seems patients and rooms may also nee
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2019
Health & Medicine
A drug-resistant fungal yeast, Candida auris, is spreading throughout hospitals worldwide. Deemed “an urgent threa
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 11, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
When events like runoff change salinity levels in the ocean, it can impact coral in a way that is similar to bleaching d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 10, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Roughly 1.1 million people in the U.S. live with HIV with 15 percent of that population unaware they are infected. Treat
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 03, 2019
Immunology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) is an opportunistic human pathogen that can cause severe illness and even death in people th
...
Written By:
Aleishia Harris-Arnold
MAR 31, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
A chemopreventative drug being tested for its ability to inhibit the production of cell growth in multiple types of canc
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin