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What You Need to Know About Mobile Security
As smartphones and tablets become increasingly popular, so do threats that target mobile devices exclusively.
WHO: New Flu Passes More Easily from Bird to Human
(BEIJING) -- A new strain of bird flu that emerged in China over the past month is one of the "most lethal" flu viruses so far, worrying health officials because...
H7N9 Bird Flu: Could Animals Other than Birds Harbor the Virus?
Researchers have more questions than answers about the latest bird flu circulating in China, including whether birds are the only reservoir for the virus. The...
Questions in China on How H7N9 Flu Strain Killed 2
(BEIJING) — Health officials say they still don't understand how a lesser-known bird flu virus was able to kill two men and seriously sicken a woman in China,...
After SARS: A New Virus in Saudi Arabia Underscores the Need to Police Disease in Animals
A new and deadly coronavirus emerges in Saudi Arabia. When will we learn to predict emerging diseases in animals before they make the jump to humans.
What Roller Derby Can Teach Us about Our Germs
Researcher and former skater Jessica Green wanted to test how microbes are spread by contact. What better way to do so than via a sport with plenty of contact?
Meet ‘Vomiting Larry’: The Fake Vomiting Head Scientists Are Using To Study The Norovirus Epidemic
When most people think of disease researchers, they think of heavily-masked scientists cordoning off contagious patients before they spread disease to innocent...
What If a Deadly New Virus Jumped from Animals to Humans?
This is a "what if” interview from the World Economic Forum’s Risk Response Network To view the rest of the series click here In a rapidly interconnected world...
David Quammen
The next great plague is out there, probably in a chimpanzee or a chicken, waiting to make the leap to humans. In his new book, Spillover: Animal Infections and...
A New Way to Fight Acne? Harmless Viruses that Live on Your Skin
It’s a rite of passage for adolescents, and a stubbornly challenging medical problem. Acne affects millions, but the best treatments for it — antibiotics that...
