The immune system responds to an infection by producing antibodies that recognize and bind to the cell surface of the ...
A CDC program tests wastewater from airplanes, looking for pathogens that may have hitched a ride with passengers on long-haul international flights.
Bioengineering professor and The Grainger College of Engineering’s Dean, Rashid Bashir, led a team of researchers in a project that’s resulted in new technology that offers rapid, highly sensitive det ...
How growers are combating diseases through integrated management, using pathogen-free sites, resistant crops, and targeted ...
While toilet bowls are designed such that the contents are supposed to flush downward, scientists have known for decades that ...
Measles epidemic in the US, women's health investment, ASHA workers' struggle, and more health issues discussed concisely.
U.S.-funded organizations helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and ...
However, the last 100 years have also been characterised by outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics caused by emerging and re-emerging pathogens, most of which have been zoonotic in origin.
For more than a decade, I have worked as a physician and public-health expert responding to infectious diseases around the ...
More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial ...
The handheld device will reportedly be able to test blood or fluid samples on future battlefields without needing ...