Fungi Could Be the Downfall of Humanity
There are plenty of things in this world that might keep you up at night. There’s COVID-19, of course, but if you’re anxious like me you could probably rattle off…
When the Next Animal Plague Hits, Can This Lab Stop It?
There were 16 pathogens on the terrorist’s list, written in tall, spiky scribbles that slanted across the page. Next to each one was the incubation period, route of transmission, and…
White Nationalism Is Far Worse Than a ‘Disease’
In 2020, Condoleeza Rice wrote, “Our country has a birth defect: Africans and Europeans came to this country together—but one group was in chains.” After President Joe Biden addressed the…
New virus in China kills 7, infects 60 in China: Report
BEIJING : A new infectious disease caused by a tick-borne virus has killed seven people and infected 60 others in China, official media here reported on Wednesday, warning about the…
How a Jewish ghetto beat a typhus epidemic during the second world war
By Alice Klein Jewish civilians were forcibly removed from the Warsaw ghetto by German SS soldiers during an uprising in May 1943US National Archives / Alamy Jewish people confined inside…
Climate change may push Zika virus into southern and eastern Europe
By Donna Lu Ochlerotatus detritus, one of the mosquitoes capable of spreading Zika virus that is already common in temperate regionsLesley Wood Photography Rising temperatures due to climate change may…
Rise of measles linked with emergence of large cities 2500 years ago
By Clare Wilson Cities may have provided the measles virus with an environment to succeedIain Masterton / Alamy The measles virus crossed over to people from cattle around 500 BC,…