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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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JUN 30, 2016Genetics & Genomics
In the world of malaria infection, Plasmodium falciparum parasites will always be queen to their less lethal cousin, Pla ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 28, 2016Microbiology
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health just published a detailed survey of Boston’s subway-dwel ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
With the current Zika outbreak, there’s been a definite shift in research to identify ways to stop this virus from ...JUN 19, 2016Microbiology
A new study published in Trends in Parasitology reveals patterns that could be used to predict the locations of future z ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 17, 2016Immunology
The summer of 2015 in the South Bronx, New York City saw the worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease the city had ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 08, 2016Genetics & Genomics
As news of the Zika virus flooded the media for the past few months, efforts to control the mosquito population have sur ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 01, 2016Videos
A disease epidemic is defined as a widespread occurrence of an infectious agent or condition throughout a community at a ...JUN 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
While the current Zika virus outbreak is known to be transmittable from mother to fetus, the exact mechanism of this tra ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2016Microbiology
In March 2015, President Obama released The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. It is inte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2016Immunology
An analysis of several studies of measles and pertussis outbreaks in the United States suggests that when parents refuse ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 04, 2016Microbiology
The study of microbiomes has expanded from organisms to the environment, and in the United States, to the Built Environm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Ebola infection and transmission caused a huge international health crisis in 2015 in West Africa, the site of the large ...APR 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the next two weeks, 155 countries are switching to a new polio vaccine and destroying the old vaccine version that&rs ...APR 18, 2016Microbiology
Cholera bacteria kill as many as 140,000 people a year. Away from humans, the same bacteria kill neighboring microbes wi ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 14, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Prion diseases are rare and deadly diseases of the brain. Once infected, the prion particles self-propagates and convert ...MAR 30, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers claim to have pinpointed the neural stem cells that Zika seems to be targeting. The Zika virus outbrea ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 22, 2016Health & Medicine
. Health officials want to know which viruses are likely to cause an epidemic as early as possible. It’s the ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials have long suspected a correlation between the Zika virus and microcephaly, but they didn’t know t ...MAR 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new small-molecule drug was recently shown to protect Rhesus monkeys from the Ebola virus, decreasing viral loads sign ...FEB 21, 2016Immunology
Global concerns about Zika virus aren’t stopping Americans from making international travel plans, but many who do ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 08, 2016Health & Medicine
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,300 lives—a stark reminder of the lack of effect ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 01, 2016Microbiology
To most of us “virulent” means “aggressive,” or just plain “bad,” but to a microbiol ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 27, 2016Microbiology
People are talking about Zika virus, but they don’t have nice things to say. Zika virus was discovered in 1947 in ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 29, 2015Videos
Vibrio cholerae is a bacterial pathogen that causes a highly contagious diarrheal disease. Once ingested, typically thro ...Written By: Sarah Hertrich
JUN 30, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
In the world of malaria infection, Plasmodium falciparum parasites will always be queen to their less lethal cousin, Pla
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 28, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health just published a detailed survey of Boston’s subway-dwel
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
With the current Zika outbreak, there’s been a definite shift in research to identify ways to stop this virus from
...
JUN 19, 2016
Microbiology
A new study published in Trends in Parasitology reveals patterns that could be used to predict the locations of future z
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 17, 2016
Immunology
The summer of 2015 in the South Bronx, New York City saw the worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease the city had
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 08, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
As news of the Zika virus flooded the media for the past few months, efforts to control the mosquito population have sur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 01, 2016
Videos
A disease epidemic is defined as a widespread occurrence of an infectious agent or condition throughout a community at a
...
JUN 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
While the current Zika virus outbreak is known to be transmittable from mother to fetus, the exact mechanism of this tra
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2016
Microbiology
In March 2015, President Obama released The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. It is inte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2016
Immunology
An analysis of several studies of measles and pertussis outbreaks in the United States suggests that when parents refuse
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 04, 2016
Microbiology
The study of microbiomes has expanded from organisms to the environment, and in the United States, to the Built Environm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ebola infection and transmission caused a huge international health crisis in 2015 in West Africa, the site of the large
...
APR 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the next two weeks, 155 countries are switching to a new polio vaccine and destroying the old vaccine version that&rs
...
APR 18, 2016
Microbiology
Cholera bacteria kill as many as 140,000 people a year. Away from humans, the same bacteria kill neighboring microbes wi
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 14, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Prion diseases are rare and deadly diseases of the brain. Once infected, the prion particles self-propagates and convert
...
MAR 30, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers claim to have pinpointed the neural stem cells that Zika seems to be targeting. The Zika virus outbrea
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 22, 2016
Health & Medicine
. Health officials want to know which viruses are likely to cause an epidemic as early as possible. It’s the
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials have long suspected a correlation between the Zika virus and microcephaly, but they didn’t know t
...
MAR 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new small-molecule drug was recently shown to protect Rhesus monkeys from the Ebola virus, decreasing viral loads sign
...
FEB 21, 2016
Immunology
Global concerns about Zika virus aren’t stopping Americans from making international travel plans, but many who do
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,300 lives—a stark reminder of the lack of effect
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 01, 2016
Microbiology
To most of us “virulent” means “aggressive,” or just plain “bad,” but to a microbiol
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 27, 2016
Microbiology
People are talking about Zika virus, but they don’t have nice things to say. Zika virus was discovered in 1947 in
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 29, 2015
Videos
Vibrio cholerae is a bacterial pathogen that causes a highly contagious diarrheal disease. Once ingested, typically thro
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich