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Public Health: the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals." Analyzing the health of a population and the threats is the basis for public health. The "public" in question can be as small as a handful of people, an entire village or it can be as large as several continents, in the case of a pandemic. "Health" takes into account physical, mental and social well-being. It is not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, according to the World Health Organization.
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OCT 08, 2025Microbiology
Influenza is a very contagious virus that can spread easily ... but one way to prevent the spread of illness is to isola ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2025Microbiology
Legionella bacteria can contaminate many water sources, even windshield wiper fluid, and if inhaled as aerosols in conta ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2025Cannabis Sciences
A study of driving impairment and cannabis use found that frequent cannabis users did not demonstrate impaired driving p ...Written By: Kerry CharronSEP 23, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Obesity is a public health problem that can increase an individual's risk of many other disorders...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2025Microbiology
Chagas disease has been called “the most neglected of the neglected diseases” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2025Microbiology
Mosquitoes are dangerous pests. They transmit many dangerous pathogens, including the parasite that causes malaria and t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2025Microbiology
Mpox is an infection caused by the monkeypox virus, a zoonotic disease that causes a painful, bumpy rash. It can be spre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2025Microbiology
Can a fungus serve as an STD that is deadly to mosquitoes, to prevent malaria transmission?Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2025Microbiology
Remnants of everything that humans ingest ends up in waste water, including medications that people may be taking, like ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2025Cannabis Sciences
A study published in Traffic Injury Prevention indicated that daily cannabis consumers exhibit tolerance to the acute ef ...Written By: Kerry CharronJUL 03, 2025Cannabis Sciences
A study published in the Journal of Cannabis Research explored the associations among current teen use of cigarettes, co ...Written By: Kerry CharronJUN 25, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
If we want to prevent viral infections or develop drugs that can effectively treat them, those infections have to be inv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2025Microbiology
There is still no cure or effective vaccine for HIV, but scientists have opened up new possibilities in HIV treatment an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Cholera is caused by water-borne bacterial pathogen called Vibrio cholerae that may be transmitted through the consumpti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2025Earth & The Environment
When we think of city air, we might consider the temperature, smell, wind speed, or even smoke levels. But we probably d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Bubonic plague has caused the deadliest pandemic in history: The Black Death, which killed as many as 50% of affected po ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 08, 2025Earth & The Environment
Lakes are a critical part of the ecosystems of Earth. While they are often a crucial source of water, they also emit gre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Bioluminescent reactions, were light is emitted from a living being, have a lot of potential applications in biomedical ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2025Microbiology
The World Health Organization, using data from surveillance sites and reported to the Global Influenza Surveillance and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2025Earth & The Environment
The health of global oceans is under constant threat from harms like microplastics, oil spills, industrial pollution and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 11, 2025Microbiology
Measles is caused by a virus that is thought to be one of the most infectious pathogens ever known to humankind. Easy to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease that is caused by parasites, which infect red blood cells. The symptoms can present i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 30, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Valley Fever or Coccidioidomycosis is an infectious disease caused by fungus ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2025Earth & The Environment
Plastics are everywhere in our world, and these tough chemicals that are used in everything from food packaging to roofi ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 08, 2025
Microbiology
Influenza is a very contagious virus that can spread easily ... but one way to prevent the spread of illness is to isola
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2025
Microbiology
Legionella bacteria can contaminate many water sources, even windshield wiper fluid, and if inhaled as aerosols in conta
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2025
Cannabis Sciences
A study of driving impairment and cannabis use found that frequent cannabis users did not demonstrate impaired driving p
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
SEP 23, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Obesity is a public health problem that can increase an individual's risk of many other disorders...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2025
Microbiology
Chagas disease has been called “the most neglected of the neglected diseases” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2025
Microbiology
Mosquitoes are dangerous pests. They transmit many dangerous pathogens, including the parasite that causes malaria and t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2025
Microbiology
Mpox is an infection caused by the monkeypox virus, a zoonotic disease that causes a painful, bumpy rash. It can be spre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2025
Microbiology
Can a fungus serve as an STD that is deadly to mosquitoes, to prevent malaria transmission?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2025
Microbiology
Remnants of everything that humans ingest ends up in waste water, including medications that people may be taking, like
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2025
Cannabis Sciences
A study published in Traffic Injury Prevention indicated that daily cannabis consumers exhibit tolerance to the acute ef
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JUL 03, 2025
Cannabis Sciences
A study published in the Journal of Cannabis Research explored the associations among current teen use of cigarettes, co
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JUN 25, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
If we want to prevent viral infections or develop drugs that can effectively treat them, those infections have to be inv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2025
Microbiology
There is still no cure or effective vaccine for HIV, but scientists have opened up new possibilities in HIV treatment an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cholera is caused by water-borne bacterial pathogen called Vibrio cholerae that may be transmitted through the consumpti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2025
Earth & The Environment
When we think of city air, we might consider the temperature, smell, wind speed, or even smoke levels. But we probably d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Bubonic plague has caused the deadliest pandemic in history: The Black Death, which killed as many as 50% of affected po
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Lakes are a critical part of the ecosystems of Earth. While they are often a crucial source of water, they also emit gre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Bioluminescent reactions, were light is emitted from a living being, have a lot of potential applications in biomedical
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2025
Microbiology
The World Health Organization, using data from surveillance sites and reported to the Global Influenza Surveillance and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The health of global oceans is under constant threat from harms like microplastics, oil spills, industrial pollution and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2025
Microbiology
Measles is caused by a virus that is thought to be one of the most infectious pathogens ever known to humankind. Easy to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease that is caused by parasites, which infect red blood cells. The symptoms can present i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 30, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Valley Fever or Coccidioidomycosis is an infectious disease caused by fungus ...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Plastics are everywhere in our world, and these tough chemicals that are used in everything from food packaging to roofi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch