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Human flu and avian flu are running rampant through the US.
The tug of war between SARS-CoV-2 and our immune systems continues.
Companies are now mandating office returns, despite evidence that hybrid schedules maintain productivity and enhance employee satisfaction.
Bats have the uncanny power to contain dangerous viruses without getting sick. However, if disturbed, the viruses in bats may jump on us.
Are we prepared enough to survive a deadly fungal outbreak similar to what is shown in the TV show The Last of Us?
After all this time, questions regarding the origin of the pandemic still linger, but evidence seems to suggest a common point of origin.
Disinformation and vaccine hesitancy have cost the US people dearly.
A lot of antivaxx groups are suddenly pro-Putin.
Unfortunately, the pandemic is not over.
It's as accurate as our current PCR tests or more, but way faster and cheaper.
Things are not looking up, not really.
Being stuck inside, stressed, did not help us develop healthy eating habits.
Unvaccinated individuals will be barred from a wide range of indoor facilities.
We tend to forget how important and healthy it is to just spend some time by ourselves.
The lack of "normal" interaction with friends and family and missing out on opportunities were among the largest issues.
We're yet to learn our lessons from the pandemic, and we haven't really started working together.
Understanding how our immune responses vary over time is paramount to ending this pandemic.
Pandemic memes not only ease stress but also help people process negative news without feeling overwhelmed by them.
One pinch of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
A funeral home ad has an unlikely positive effect.
The world of work is changing, and we need to start accepting that many aren't returning back to office work.
This is an ancient trend that is still going strong.
When Bostonians in 1721 faced a deadly smallpox outbreak, a new procedure called inoculation was found to help fend off the disease. Not everyone was won over, and newspapers fed the controversy.
That’s not a headline I expected to be writing today.
Behind the pandemic, an even bigger crisis looms
This online tool ranks the scariest animal-borne viruses that either crossed or have the potential to cross species barriers.
A team of WHO scientists went to China and looked at the causes of the pandemic. This is their much-anticipated report.
Deforestation leads to infection, and we've all seen what infectious diseases can cause
Things are encouraging, but there are also serious concerns.
No rest for weary doctors watching coronavirus variants.
A two-lane road would use up to 3 million masks.
Life could go back to normal this fall.
The pandemic has left buildings with some unexpected visitors .
Using computer models, scientists in Brazil explored what drives 'pandemic dreams'.
"Knowing where people have to commute to, rather than where they live, is potentially much more important to curb the spread of a non-airborne disease," say the authors.
Several vaccines have laid claim to the 'cheapest' title. Things aren't entirely clear, but some vaccines are definitely cheaper than others.
Nature can be an important ally in these trying times.
Forget the scourge of COVID-19 for a moment to check out findings of all deaths in a recent report from WHO.
It's not much, but it's some good news.
The pandemic can affect our mental health and alter our behavior
The country is dealing with a second wave of the virus and cases are going up
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught millions of people across the world at least one valuable lesson: the single most important thing that one can do to stave off the spread of an infectious disease is to practice social distancing. As long as infected hosts are in limited contact with healthy hosts, a pathogen can’t spread […]
We are sleeping less, eating more sweets and doing less exercise. Things are not rosy.
The masks have an anti-bacterial efficiency of 80%, which increases when exposed to sunlight.
Delegates will discuss the development of a new biodiversity framework next month.
Digital payments already outnumber cash transactions.
We have a limited capacity for attention to risk, and the pandemic is taking up almost all of it.
We have to deal with wildlife trade and the destruction of forests -- then we could prevent the next pandemic at a fraction of the cost.
We need to rethink the way cities function
Such a coating can be helpful both in public and in our homes.
