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Outbreak is a sudden increase or outburst of unexpected disease or war. It may affect a small and localized group or impact upon thousands of people across an entire continent.
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JAN 17, 2018Plants & Animals
Back in 2015, a population of roughly 200,000 saiga antelopes (Saiga tatarica) dropped dead in Kazakhstan for seemingly ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 12, 2018Infographics
Remember ebola? The rare but extremely contagious and fatal virus that threatened to wipe out the world in 2014-2016? Ok ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 08, 2018Videos
Escherichia coli is a bacterium that normally lives in the gastrointestinal tract, and when it ends up somewhere else, i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 04, 2018Microbiology
A seemingly harmless food additive appears to be the reason behind increasingly frequent and severe outbreaks of Clostri ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 03, 2018Microbiology
Ebola has caused serious outbreaks in recent years; the last one that struck West Africa was a virulent strain that kill ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 01, 2018Videos
Smallpox was the first major disease to be eradicated, but not before we had a minor outbreak in New York City. Luckily, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 19, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Several years ago, the NIH imposed a moratorium on funding for some types of research that involved altering three deadl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 19, 2017Health & Medicine
Does where you live impact how healthy you are? Well, it seems like it's definitely a factor. Each year the United H ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 30, 2017Videos
Measles used to be a fairly common childhood disease; however, vaccines almost completely eradicated the disease. While ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 22, 2017Microbiology
A prion is an infectious agent responsible for several neurodegenerative diseases including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (C ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 22, 2017Microbiology
Salmonella enterica is the leading cause of bacterial illness in the United States as well as other parts of the world. ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 21, 2017Microbiology
Human norovirus was originally called Norwalk virus after the town of Norwalk, OH where the first confirmed outbreak occ ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 16, 2017Microbiology
Candida auris is a type of yeast identified as an opportunistic pathogen that can cause severe illness in hospitalized p ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 14, 2017Microbiology
Zika virus is a member of the Flavivirus family which also includes the dengue, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, and ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 09, 2017Videos
So far, Marburg virus (MDV) has killed three people in the Keen district, eastern Uganda and it is predicted that severa ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 08, 2017Microbiology
Over the last several decades the growth of the aquaculture industry has accelerated. Aquaculture can be defined as the ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 31, 2017Microbiology
Campylobacter causes an estimated 1.3 million illnesses each year in the United States. The bacteria are curved or s-sha ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 30, 2017Microbiology
From March 2013 to July 2017, there have been 1557 human cases and 605 deaths associated with avian influenza A virus in ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 27, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Madagascar is currently battling a plague outbreak that has so far infected nearly 1,200 people and killed 124 people. I ...OCT 26, 2017Health & Medicine
Raging wildfire is not the only crisis happening in California. On Friday, October 13, 2017, California Gov. Jerry ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 20, 2017Microbiology
The local food movement, with origins dating back to the 1930s, aims at influencing consumers to purchase food that has ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 11, 2017Immunology
The Zika virus is mutating so dangerously fast that experts studying the pathogen in Brazil are concerned that we may be ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 11, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Chemistry Nobel Laureate Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson. Credit: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sc ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 10, 2017Plants & Animals
At least 100 hippopotamuses are dead in Namibia’s Bwabwata National Park as of last week, and animal experts and v ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JAN 17, 2018
Plants & Animals
Back in 2015, a population of roughly 200,000 saiga antelopes (Saiga tatarica) dropped dead in Kazakhstan for seemingly
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 12, 2018
Infographics
Remember ebola? The rare but extremely contagious and fatal virus that threatened to wipe out the world in 2014-2016? Ok
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 08, 2018
Videos
Escherichia coli is a bacterium that normally lives in the gastrointestinal tract, and when it ends up somewhere else, i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2018
Microbiology
A seemingly harmless food additive appears to be the reason behind increasingly frequent and severe outbreaks of Clostri
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 03, 2018
Microbiology
Ebola has caused serious outbreaks in recent years; the last one that struck West Africa was a virulent strain that kill
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2018
Videos
Smallpox was the first major disease to be eradicated, but not before we had a minor outbreak in New York City. Luckily,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Several years ago, the NIH imposed a moratorium on funding for some types of research that involved altering three deadl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2017
Health & Medicine
Does where you live impact how healthy you are? Well, it seems like it's definitely a factor. Each year the United H
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 30, 2017
Videos
Measles used to be a fairly common childhood disease; however, vaccines almost completely eradicated the disease. While
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 22, 2017
Microbiology
A prion is an infectious agent responsible for several neurodegenerative diseases including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (C
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 22, 2017
Microbiology
Salmonella enterica is the leading cause of bacterial illness in the United States as well as other parts of the world.
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 21, 2017
Microbiology
Human norovirus was originally called Norwalk virus after the town of Norwalk, OH where the first confirmed outbreak occ
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 16, 2017
Microbiology
Candida auris is a type of yeast identified as an opportunistic pathogen that can cause severe illness in hospitalized p
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 14, 2017
Microbiology
Zika virus is a member of the Flavivirus family which also includes the dengue, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, and
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 09, 2017
Videos
So far, Marburg virus (MDV) has killed three people in the Keen district, eastern Uganda and it is predicted that severa
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 08, 2017
Microbiology
Over the last several decades the growth of the aquaculture industry has accelerated. Aquaculture can be defined as the
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 31, 2017
Microbiology
Campylobacter causes an estimated 1.3 million illnesses each year in the United States. The bacteria are curved or s-sha
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 30, 2017
Microbiology
From March 2013 to July 2017, there have been 1557 human cases and 605 deaths associated with avian influenza A virus in
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 27, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Madagascar is currently battling a plague outbreak that has so far infected nearly 1,200 people and killed 124 people. I
...
OCT 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
Raging wildfire is not the only crisis happening in California. On Friday, October 13, 2017, California Gov. Jerry
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 20, 2017
Microbiology
The local food movement, with origins dating back to the 1930s, aims at influencing consumers to purchase food that has
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 11, 2017
Immunology
The Zika virus is mutating so dangerously fast that experts studying the pathogen in Brazil are concerned that we may be
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 11, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Chemistry Nobel Laureate Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson. Credit: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sc
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
At least 100 hippopotamuses are dead in Namibia’s Bwabwata National Park as of last week, and animal experts and v
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard