Consequently, viruses are found wherever there are living organisms, including humans. The common cold, chicken pox, cold sores, AIDS, and SARS are just a few examples of the diseases that viruses ...

The WHO's blueprint for epidemics aims to consider threats from different classes of viruses and bacteria. It looks at individual pathogens as examples from each category to expand our ...

You, my friend, are what scientists call a "holobiont"- an organism made up of human cells and the multiplicity of ...

Outbreaks among the unvaccinated are a predictable consequence of falling immunization rates. But even vaccinated adults may ...

In agriculture, virus diseases have traditionally been controlled ... (coat proteins and replicase proteins are most common). Examples of crops in which PDR has been used in commercial agriculture ...

In the throes of winter's yearly round of respiratory virus outbreaks, it pays to remember what Grandma told you.

Transmission close transmission The spreading of pathogenic disease, for example by touch, food, water. can occur in a number of important ways, as shown in the table below. Type of transmission ...

According to the CDC, the number of people going to doctors with illnesses the flu, RSV and COVID is surging. Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina joins John Yang to discuss why this year’s sick season is ...

In last month's column, I wrote about the new concept of "medical disease offset" and contrasted it with "medical cost offset." Now, I will illustrate this with a case example. But first ...