
A Proposed EPA Regulation Would Endanger the Public’s Health
Under a new rule, the agency would be prevented from using crucial studies that include confidential information
Under a new rule, the agency would be prevented from using crucial studies that include confidential information
The flu has already caused about 10,000 deaths this season in the U.S. alone
Whenever there’s a new outbreak, scientists rush to calculate a number called R0, or R-naught
Whenever there’s a new outbreak, scientists rush to calculate a number called R 0 , or R-naught. Why? It’s been a critical part of the scientific effort to understand just how transmissible the new virus is...
The novel coronavirus outbreak raises questions about how such pathogens evolve and what makes infections mild or severe
A look at ingredients and nutrition
Infectious disease surveillance networks already exist, but they can be highly porous
CDC officials raised the possibility that the coronavirus could become a pandemic, but hoped it would not be
A virus that originated in Wuhan, China, has sickened thousands in the country and spread to numerous other nations
The spreading swarms, triggered by cyclone rains, threaten crops in East Africa
A woman from China infected a person in Germany before she began displaying symptoms
The declaration was made because of the risk the virus poses to countries outside China, where limited person-to-person spread has occurred
The case involved the husband of an infected woman who recently traveled to China
We need to treat it as the deadly biological threat it is
The team plans to share the virus with groups around the world to spur development of diagnostics and vaccines
The parallel dos and don’ts for the two viruses are striking
Although scientists have learned a lot so far, there is still much they do not know about the novel virus spreading in China and other countries
Tools used to reconstruct the rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis could also be applied in real time to ward off would-be epidemics
If the virus cannot be contained, it could start regularly circulating in the population like other common respiratory viruses
The country has shut down all travel to and from Wuhan and nearby cities in an attempt to curb the spread of a new virus
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