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Tests in Brazil suggest drones could be a useful weapon in the fight against mosquito-borne diseases.
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Climate crisis could cause 10,000 extra UK deaths a year by 2050,…
A report by the UK Health Security Agency warns that extreme heat could bring a host of tropical diseases transmitted by insects
How open-source drug discovery could help us in the next pandemic
The Covid Moonshot effort to develop antivirals began in 2020 with a tweet. Three and a half years later, the team has a leading…
Nobel Prize for mRNA Vaccines
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Designer Peptoids Pop Viral Membranes
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Lighting Up Diagnostics
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Malaria cases in Florida and Texas: Here’s what you need to know
Scientists say five cases of locally-transmitted malaria in Florida and Texas are concerning but not cause for alarm.
Muzzled for years, vindicated MIT professor says fraud investigation…
Ram Sasisekharan had his work sidelined and his team decimated following allegations of research fraud. But he couldn't say a…
Combating Mosquito-Borne Diseases with CRISPR
As alternatives to insecticides, Omar Akbari uses sophisticated genetic engineering methods to solve the world’s mosquito…
Understanding Hybridoma Technology for Monoclonal Antibody Production
By fusing antibody-producing cells with immortal myeloma cells, researchers produce reliable supplies of highly specific…
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Slave trade records help reveal when first yellow fever mosquitoes…
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West Nile, Lyme, and other diseases are on the rise with climate…
Climate change is widening the range of disease-carrying vectors like ticks and mosquitoes, increasing West Nile, dengue, and…
Increased Chikungunya Virus Activity in Paraguay and Associated Risk…
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Japan moves to bolster vaccine R&D after COVID-19 exposed…
Major funding effort aims to rebuild an infectious disease and vaccine research and manufacturing infrastructure
Is WHO ready to end the global health emergency over Covid? Maybe not…
An emergency committee will gather as Covid rips for the first time through the world’s most populous nation.
With Gates Foundation backing, a health tech company aims to speed…
VisualDx aims to speed diagnosis of neglected tropical diseases such as trachoma and hookworm.
“Origami” DNA Traps Could Keep Large Viruses From Infecting Cells
By engineering structures out of DNA, scientists could potentially prevent larger viruses, like coronaviruses and influenza…
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