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AUG 09, 2022Microbiology
This new approach could also be effective against many different types of RNA viruses.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2022Microbiology
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus. Polio can cause flu-like symptoms like nausea, headache, fever, and sore th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2022Health & Medicine
Students at Boston University were told to get vaccinated and wear masks on campus. That has allowed people to attend cl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
With the 2020 Covid lockdowns still fresh in our minds, the recent outbreak of monkeypox in the United States has many p ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 26, 2022Microbiology
Between April 5 and May 26 of 2022, hundreds of cases of viral hepatitis in children were diagnosed in 33 countries, acc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2022Microbiology
Lassa virus infections are asymptomatic in about 80 percent of people. But the virus also causes Lassa fever (LF), which ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2022Microbiology
For the first time, Marburg virus has been detected in Ghana after two people died from the disease. Marburg virus is si ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2022Immunology
After a virus gets inside of a cell, it typically takes over the cell to produce more viral particles. But pox viruses g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
In Malaysia in the fall of 1998, a mystery ailment swept through the local pig-farming community, eventually leading to ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJUL 04, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Globally, temperatures are on the rise. Between the years of 2009 and 2019, glaciers around the world lost an average of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2022Health & Medicine
Immune reactive molecules called nanobodies, which are based on molecules found in llamas could offer robust protection ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2022Immunology
Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, which can be spread though infectious droplets that are exhaled as people talk, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2022Microbiology
Scientists have long sought to understand how Yersinia pestis, a gram-negative bacterium that causes plague, evolved int ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2022Technology
Ebola is a deadly disease that can spread easily through bodily fluids. Several outbreaks have occurred over the years, ...Written By: Ryan VingumJUN 06, 2022Health & Medicine
A Canadian surveillance study published by JAMA found pregnant women who contracted COVID-19 were at a significantl ...Written By: Alexandria BassMAY 20, 2022Health & Medicine
Vaccines are yet again a subject of controversy, but this time it's got nothing to do with COVID. An outbreak of avi ...Written By: Alexandria BassMAY 20, 2022Health & Medicine
First COVID, then mysterious hepatitis cases among children, now monkeypox – a rare viral illness being detected i ...Written By: Alexandria BassMAY 20, 2022Health & Medicine
In previous studies in Israel, vaccine-induced COVID immunity was reported to decrease as early as three ...Written By: Alexandria BassAPR 19, 2022Immunology
Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that is thought to have been around for about 150 mil ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 18, 2022Health & Medicine
Hepatitis outbreaks in children have been detected in the UK, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the US, in Alabama. S ...Written By: Alexandria BassMAR 07, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Dengue fever is a serious and potentially life-threating illness, and remains on the World Health Organization&rsqu ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizMAR 01, 2022Technology
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, we relied most on several mitigation measures to slow the spread of the virus and keep u ...Written By: Ryan VingumFEB 20, 2022Health & Medicine
Ivermectin has been a drug of controversy in the COVID-19 treatment debate. Last year, it got a bad rap from the mainstr ...Written By: Alexandria BassFEB 11, 2022Microbiology
Ebola virus has caused several major outbreaks in recent decades. Its high death rate and disturbing symptoms have made ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2022
Microbiology
This new approach could also be effective against many different types of RNA viruses.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2022
Microbiology
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus. Polio can cause flu-like symptoms like nausea, headache, fever, and sore th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2022
Health & Medicine
Students at Boston University were told to get vaccinated and wear masks on campus. That has allowed people to attend cl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
With the 2020 Covid lockdowns still fresh in our minds, the recent outbreak of monkeypox in the United States has many p
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 26, 2022
Microbiology
Between April 5 and May 26 of 2022, hundreds of cases of viral hepatitis in children were diagnosed in 33 countries, acc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2022
Microbiology
Lassa virus infections are asymptomatic in about 80 percent of people. But the virus also causes Lassa fever (LF), which
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2022
Microbiology
For the first time, Marburg virus has been detected in Ghana after two people died from the disease. Marburg virus is si
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2022
Immunology
After a virus gets inside of a cell, it typically takes over the cell to produce more viral particles. But pox viruses g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
In Malaysia in the fall of 1998, a mystery ailment swept through the local pig-farming community, eventually leading to
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 04, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Globally, temperatures are on the rise. Between the years of 2009 and 2019, glaciers around the world lost an average of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2022
Health & Medicine
Immune reactive molecules called nanobodies, which are based on molecules found in llamas could offer robust protection
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2022
Immunology
Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, which can be spread though infectious droplets that are exhaled as people talk,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2022
Microbiology
Scientists have long sought to understand how Yersinia pestis, a gram-negative bacterium that causes plague, evolved int
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2022
Technology
Ebola is a deadly disease that can spread easily through bodily fluids. Several outbreaks have occurred over the years,
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JUN 06, 2022
Health & Medicine
A Canadian surveillance study published by JAMA found pregnant women who contracted COVID-19 were at a significantl
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
MAY 20, 2022
Health & Medicine
Vaccines are yet again a subject of controversy, but this time it's got nothing to do with COVID. An outbreak of avi
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
MAY 20, 2022
Health & Medicine
First COVID, then mysterious hepatitis cases among children, now monkeypox – a rare viral illness being detected i
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
MAY 20, 2022
Health & Medicine
In previous studies in Israel, vaccine-induced COVID immunity was reported to decrease as early as three
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
APR 19, 2022
Immunology
Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that is thought to have been around for about 150 mil
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 18, 2022
Health & Medicine
Hepatitis outbreaks in children have been detected in the UK, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the US, in Alabama. S
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
MAR 07, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Dengue fever is a serious and potentially life-threating illness, and remains on the World Health Organization&rsqu
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
MAR 01, 2022
Technology
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, we relied most on several mitigation measures to slow the spread of the virus and keep u
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
FEB 20, 2022
Health & Medicine
Ivermectin has been a drug of controversy in the COVID-19 treatment debate. Last year, it got a bad rap from the mainstr
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
FEB 11, 2022
Microbiology
Ebola virus has caused several major outbreaks in recent decades. Its high death rate and disturbing symptoms have made
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch