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New Polio Case Confirmed In Mali
Electron micrograph of the poliovirus.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The World Health Organization reported today that a 19-month-old boy in Mali has polio. The child came to Mali from...
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How Do You Know If You Have A Tickborne Illness?
A tick takes a bite. What pathogens may be lurking in it?Mislav Marohnić/Flickr When you think of illnesses spread by ticks, Lyme disease probably comes to mind. It makes sense. After all, it’s...
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Pharma Company Backs Off 5,000-Percent Price Hike Amid Backlash
Toxoplasma gondiiTotodu74/Wikimedia Commons CC By SA 2.0According to the CDC, more than 60 million people in the United States may be infected with the Toxoplasma parasite, which is spread through cat...
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The Month In Plagues: Dengue In India, Ancient Plague Fleas, And More
This flea preserved about 20 million years ago in amber may carry evidence of an ancestral strain of the bubonic plague.George Poinar, Jr., courtesy of Oregon State UniversityYour monthly roundup of...
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The Month In Plagues: Dengue Fever In Hawaii, Gene Drive Mosquitoes, And More
Scientists have used a gene drive to spread malaria-resistant genes through populations of Anopheles stephensi, a mosquitoCenters for Disease Control and Prevention Your monthly roundup of...
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The Year In Plagues: The Last Antibiotic, The Gene Editing Era, And More
NIAID/FlickrBacteria is proving resistant to the last-resort antibiotic--used to treat infections from E. coli (pictured) and other gram-negative bacteria.I know, I know: Another end-of-the-year list....
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The Month In Plagues: Zika Virus, Bugs In Your Home, And More
From Our Blogs: Our Modern Plagues A plague of links from around the web Your monthly roundup of infestations, contagions, and controls.
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The Month In Plagues: Sexually-Transmitted Zika, New Lyme Disease Cause, And...
From Our Blogs: Our Modern Plagues A plague of links from around the web A monthly round-up of diseases, creepy crawlies, and more.
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The W.H.O Says Sexual Transmission Of Zika Is More Common Than They Thought
Health And women in Zika-stricken areas should have birth control available At a press conference today, W.H.O officials said that sexual transmission of the Zika virus is more common than previously...
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Why are scientists so obsessed with studying zombies?
Science Just because zombies aren’t real doesn’t mean we can’t learn from them Zombies can help us understand how infectious diseases spread, teach us about math or neuroscience, and improve our...
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