Lethal disease once resigned to the history books ‘is BACK’ as cases hit 25-year high – and under-5s at greatest risk
EUROPE was rocked by fresh measles fears as cases surged to their highest level in over 25 years. Global health officials ...
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Signs of Terry Pratchett’s dementia may have been hidden in his books
Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy, a type of dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease, in 2007 – ...
Nature10y
The open book of infectious diseases
Poor William Stewart. This former US Surgeon General is unfairly credited with stating in 1967 that it was “time to close the book on infectious disease.” Although it appears that he never ...
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Carl Zimmer on Covid, singing, and going ‘Air-Borne’
While covering Covid, science writer Carl Zimmer learned how little we know about air and how it affects disease transmission ...
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Storrs girl and her grandma write empowering book to raise awareness of Sickle Cell Disease
The book is titled, “S is for Skye: Not Sickle Cell.” The little girl was diagnosed with the disease as a newborn. “The first year was very hard. From six months to a year, she was in the ...