Category: Microbiology
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Jail ‘Anti-Vax’ Parents
Your family’s right to be sick ends where public health begins.
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Mom Was Right: Catching Cold in the Cold
This research hints that keeping your nasal cavity warm might be an effective way to prevent rhinovirus infection. Maybe Mom was right, after all.
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Weird Diseases People Acquired from Animals
While our fluffy furballs are cute, always remember that they often possess noxious microbes.
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How the Plague Hijacked Fleas to Kill the World
The more fleas that survive, the more rats (and humans) that can become infected.
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Simmer Down: Viruses Not ‘Fourth Domain’ of Life
Considering viruses to be a fourth domain would unnecessarily complicate evolutionary biology.
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H7N9: The Next Influenza Pandemic?
Where did this new H7N9 strain come from? Genetic analyses suggest that four different avian influenza viruses swapped genes in a process known as “reassortment.”
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CDC Lost Its Ebola Gamble
The CDC needs to find a spokesperson who can properly spell out exactly what scientists do and do not know about Ebola.
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Will Propane-Making Bacteria Revolutionize Energy?
Researchers are looking for ways to produce renewable “fossil fuels” through the use of alternative technologies, such as synthetic biology.
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Six Big Lessons from the Ebola Outbreak
Learning from a tragedy.
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Outbreak of Political Correctness in Science Media
Unfortunately, political correctness is a disease with no cure.