Who Discovered the First Vaccine?
As the world scrambles to develop an inoculation against Covid-19, it’s worth understanding the early, extraordinary history of the technique.
Tag: Disease
On new year’s Eve of last year, the artificial intelligence platform BlueDot picked up an anomaly. It registered a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China. Read More
The new coronavirus “does not spread easily” from touching surfaces or objects, according to updated wording on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) website. Read More
As we manage the COVID-19 catastrophe, we need to remember that in a world with an increasing global population, migrations, climate change and dramatic increases in global… Read More
Everything We Know About Covid-19 Antibody Tests (So Far)
ANTIBODY TESTS ARE big news right now. Many people consider these blood tests key to “reopening the economy” and easing back on social distancing, sending us back to work and…
Widespread antibiotic use is largely to blame for the emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria, which is currently one of the biggest threats to global health. Read More
Approaches for boosting the body’s immune system are being tried for autoimmune and heart conditions, but it is too early to know how well they will work… Read More
Scientists aren’t known for being alarmists. And that’s exactly what makes a new study released Thursday on amphibians so, well, alarming. Read More