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A Valuable Early-Warning System for Disease Outbreaks Could Be Shut Down
Uncertain funding means wastewater surveillance programs could close in the future
Uncertain funding means wastewater surveillance programs could close in the future
A new international study finds that the growth and development benefits of children living in cities may have diminished in the past three decades
Post-COVID symptoms can linger for months or years, and more and more evidence points to problems with the nervous system.
Firearms now exceed motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of injury-related death for people ages one to 24, a new analysis shows
Being infected with HIV is no longer a terminal diagnosis, but researchers are looking to fill the gaps that remain to ensure treatment reaches all who need it
East Palestine residents are looking to independent researchers to fill gaps left by authorities about the toxic chemicals that could be affecting people after a train derailment...
Here’s how to tell whether your eye drops are safe to use and how to recognize a potential infection
These pathogens already kill 1.6 million people every year, and we have few defenses against them
It’s probably a matter of when and how, not if, we humans will meet our doom
Experts hope that with the incoming Biden administration, the federal government will finally regulate a class of chemicals known as PFASs
The so-called winter vomiting disease has been closing schools and hitting long-term care facilities this year. Here’s what you should know
The World Health Organization declared the COVID outbreak a pandemic three years ago. Here’s what’s changed since then
Hosts Josh Fischman and Tanya Lewis explore the pandemic’s mental health toll on teens and young adults. They also delve into the effectiveness of telehealth, which has been booming since the start of the pandemic...
After Pearl Harbor, 9/11 and other major tragedies, the U.S. has examined itself to see how to prevent the next catastrophe. We need to do the same for the COVID pandemic
A train carrying toxic and combustible materials derailed recently in Ohio. Here’s what we know about the situation—and what we can’t know yet
Many repeat infections are mild, but some studies suggest people who have been infected with COVID more than once are at a greater risk of severe disease or long COVID
The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system
New research links bat habitat destruction with the spillover of their viruses to humans
Urinary tract infections are increasingly becoming resistant to first-line antibiotics, and this may be a warning for our ability to treat other microbial infections
Many countries saw drops in life expectancy during the pandemic, but some populations have suffered more than others
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