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Microbial Instincts
Decoding the microbial angle to health and the microbial world.
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Peter Miller
René Najera
Agustín Muñoz-Sanz
Milton Kambarami
Gil Pires
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Is It Too Late? The Escalating Threat of a Dangerous Fungus and the Battle to Detect It
Is It Too Late? The Escalating Threat of a Dangerous Fungus and the Battle to Detect It
How AI-driven diagnostics can improve our response to Candida auris.
Bauris T, Ph.D
Sep 10
Polio Returns to Gaza After 25 Years
Polio Returns to Gaza After 25 Years
“How bad is polio?” in 4 minutes.
Gil Pires
Sep 12
How Stomach Ulcers Could Silently Trigger Parkinson’s Disease
How Stomach Ulcers Could Silently Trigger Parkinson’s Disease
Upper gut infections may trigger tremors and brain issues, many years later.
Sam Westreich, PhD
Sep 9
An Endless Nightmare: Navigating the Post-Omicron World
An Endless Nightmare: Navigating the Post-Omicron World
Five years into the pandemic — is the Omicron variant a “new” coronavirus?
Agustín Muñoz-Sanz
Sep 4
Legionnaires’ Disease Found at EPA Buildings: What You Need to Know (As an Epidemiologist)
Legionnaires’ Disease Found at EPA Buildings: What You Need to Know (As an Epidemiologist)
Some people are at higher risk than others for the disease, but there are things you can do to lower your risk and prevent infection.
René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH
Sep 6
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The Indomitable COVID Virus Continues to Evolve
The Indomitable COVID Virus Continues to Evolve
Golden dreams amidst viral realities: a state of the wave assessment
Ricky Lanusse
Aug 9
A New Strain of Mpox Virus is Spreading in Africa
A New Strain of Mpox Virus is Spreading in Africa
What failing to prevent an outbreak looks like.
Gil Pires
Aug 14
This Doctor Treated Syphilis by Infecting Patients with Malaria and Earned A Nobel Prize
This Doctor Treated Syphilis by Infecting Patients with Malaria and Earned A Nobel Prize
The forgotten story of how a physician prescribed one infection to cure another.
Dr Tim Crocker-Buque PhD MRCP
Aug 8
Rethinking Disease: How the Quantum Biology of Ferritin Could Change the Game
Rethinking Disease: How the Quantum Biology of Ferritin Could Change the Game
What do cancer, multiple sclerosis, atrial fibrillation, macular degeneration and Parkinson’s disease possibly have in common?
Chris Rourk
Aug 14
Could Enzymes Be Considered Organisms? Exploring a Bold New Theory
Could Enzymes Be Considered Organisms? Exploring a Bold New Theory
Here’s my argument for why I think they just might be
The One Alternative View
Aug 2
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