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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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AUG 15, 2021Health & Medicine
As Delta has become the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant causing COVID-19 infections in the United States, researchers and he ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2021Health & Medicine
Asthma sufferers: Quarantine during the pandemic may have not only helped you avoid COVID but more asthma attacks as wel ...Written By: Alexandria BassJUL 18, 2021Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health, and experts have been warning about it for so long, they've ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2021Microbiology
In October 2020, what's now called the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 was first detected. It's now the most prevalent strai ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2021Microbiology
This image by Dominik Göldner, BGAEU, shows the skull of a hunter gatherer that was recovered from a site in present-day ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2021Immunology
Amid the widespread outbreak of the COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2, the development of test methods that can efficiently ...Sponsored By: Blue-Ray BiotechJUN 20, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
For most of us, a whiff of pepper or tickle in the nose will trigger a sneeze. The action can rapidly expel whatever mig ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a wave of new technologies for rapid viral diagnostics, given just how critical ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 07, 2021Microbiology
Zoonotic viruses certainly got the world's attention with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. But viruses have been emerged from an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2021Microbiology
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning chicken consumers and people that keep live poultry at h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 05, 2021Health & Medicine
WHO has decided to create a new naming system for coronavirus variants for several reasons. The names will now be based ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Viral surveillance can give researchers vital information about virus origins, transmission routes, affected popu ...Sponsored By: Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.MAY 26, 2021Microbiology
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been little doubt that the virus emerged somewhere in or around Wuha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 25, 2021Microbiology
Though suspected outbreaks have been documented since 1878, the first confirmed outbreak of bird flu, a highly pathogeni ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 21, 2021Microbiology
The bubonic plague is caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, which is transmitted by fleas. The bacterium can also caus ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2021Immunology
Salmonella infections are a massive problem—Over 95 million people are affected by this foodborne illness every ye ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 10, 2021Microbiology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 has changed the world in devastating ways, taking hundreds of thousands of lives & new var ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2021Immunology
There are currently five variants of concern in the U.S., genetically distinct forms of the COVID-causing coronavirus th ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 30, 2021Health & Medicine
Vaccinating as many people as possible will be one of several efforts that will be needed to halt the progression of the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Over 1.2 million genome sequences collected from 172 countries have been uploaded to a data-sharing site over the course ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 22, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
The time it takes to respond to disease outbreaks is critical. But designing drugs to combat these disease outbreaks is ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 18, 2021Plants & Animals
Dogs help us in a lot of ways. Now they may help us get back to normal after the pandemic by using their exceptional abi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2021Health & Medicine
For months, officials have been debating whether the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, is airborne. Resea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Duke University scientists have created a highly sensitive Ebola virus portable diagnostic device, 1000 times more sensi ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
AUG 15, 2021
Health & Medicine
As Delta has become the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant causing COVID-19 infections in the United States, researchers and he
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2021
Health & Medicine
Asthma sufferers: Quarantine during the pandemic may have not only helped you avoid COVID but more asthma attacks as wel
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
JUL 18, 2021
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health, and experts have been warning about it for so long, they've
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2021
Microbiology
In October 2020, what's now called the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 was first detected. It's now the most prevalent strai
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2021
Microbiology
This image by Dominik Göldner, BGAEU, shows the skull of a hunter gatherer that was recovered from a site in present-day
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2021
Immunology
Amid the widespread outbreak of the COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2, the development of test methods that can efficiently
...
Sponsored By:
Blue-Ray Biotech
JUN 20, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
For most of us, a whiff of pepper or tickle in the nose will trigger a sneeze. The action can rapidly expel whatever mig
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a wave of new technologies for rapid viral diagnostics, given just how critical
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 07, 2021
Microbiology
Zoonotic viruses certainly got the world's attention with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. But viruses have been emerged from an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2021
Microbiology
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning chicken consumers and people that keep live poultry at h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 05, 2021
Health & Medicine
WHO has decided to create a new naming system for coronavirus variants for several reasons. The names will now be based
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Viral surveillance can give researchers vital information about virus origins, transmission routes, affected popu
...
Sponsored By:
Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.
MAY 26, 2021
Microbiology
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been little doubt that the virus emerged somewhere in or around Wuha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2021
Microbiology
Though suspected outbreaks have been documented since 1878, the first confirmed outbreak of bird flu, a highly pathogeni
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2021
Microbiology
The bubonic plague is caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, which is transmitted by fleas. The bacterium can also caus
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2021
Immunology
Salmonella infections are a massive problem—Over 95 million people are affected by this foodborne illness every ye
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 10, 2021
Microbiology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 has changed the world in devastating ways, taking hundreds of thousands of lives & new var
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2021
Immunology
There are currently five variants of concern in the U.S., genetically distinct forms of the COVID-causing coronavirus th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 30, 2021
Health & Medicine
Vaccinating as many people as possible will be one of several efforts that will be needed to halt the progression of the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Over 1.2 million genome sequences collected from 172 countries have been uploaded to a data-sharing site over the course
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 22, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
The time it takes to respond to disease outbreaks is critical. But designing drugs to combat these disease outbreaks is
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 18, 2021
Plants & Animals
Dogs help us in a lot of ways. Now they may help us get back to normal after the pandemic by using their exceptional abi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2021
Health & Medicine
For months, officials have been debating whether the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, is airborne. Resea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Duke University scientists have created a highly sensitive Ebola virus portable diagnostic device, 1000 times more sensi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes