When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, humans had been the only species with reported cases of the disease. While early genetic analyses pointed to ...

The past few decades have seen the emergence of several diseases with drastic public health and economic consequences. Understanding routes of pathogen emergence and transmission is critical to ...

Scientists found that some mosquitoes really are targeting humans more than other food sources, but it could be a matter of ...

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Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

Here are 17 key administrative recommendations for the prevention of bloodborne pathogen transmission, outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1. Incorporate preventing ...

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