People have lived with infectious disease throughout the millennia, with culture and biology influencing each other. Archaeologists decode the stories told by bones and what accompanies them.
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The study of two hospitals was a first for researching the microbiology of the built environment in South Africa – a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding how to design healthier buildings.
Plant diseases require as much attention now as ever to ensure that food systems are in place in the next season. There are also serious implications for forestry and the environment more broadly.
We blame the coronavirus for the thousands of deaths, but it is actually a hyperactive immune reaction that is the cause of death. An immunologist explains.
A CSIRO survey has found many people are confused about common infections, believing antibiotics can treat colds, flu and other viruses. This could fuel a dangerous rise in drug-resistant superbugs.
Human psychology has evolved to avoid situations that could lead to infection. Behavioral choices now could have long-term effects on how people interact with others and the world.
Zoonotic diseases can emerge closer to home than you realise.
A virus testing lab director explains how the U.S. fell behind in the need for broad coronavirus testing.
The COVID-19 pandemic may trigger large-scale disruptions such as school closures, event cancellations and movement restrictions.
The biggest lesson has been that controlling a disease outbreak like Ebola is impossible without community trust and engagement.
An epidemiologist explains the differences and similarities between COVID-19 and the seasonal flu.
A key component of how the coronavirus could be spreading is the environment.
Air transportation unquestionably spreads disease. Should airlines be more proactive by requiring proof of vaccination? Two experts reflect on the current and former crises.
US researchers have revealed the molecular ‘key’ that allows the 2019-nCoV virus to gain access to our cells. And they found it is many times more tenacious than the previous SARS virus.
In the real world, new diseases emerge from complex environments. To learn more about how, scientists set up whole artificial ecosystems in the lab, instead of focusing on just one factor at a time.
The novel coronavirus spreading outward from Wuhan, China, will get an assist from a subset of infected people who transmit it to many others.
People caught and died from plague long before it caused major epidemics like the Black Death in the middle ages. Could what scientists call cultural resistance be what kept the disease under control?
A promising new approach to treating MS tricks defective immune cells into thinking they are attacking the body, when they are in fact being attacked themselves.
Recent discoveries on the effects of live attenuated vaccines challenge the current vaccine paradigm and question vaccination policies.
Many remote communities in Australia’s north rely on bore water. But a new microbiology analysis suggests that the chemistry of untreated water can allow disease-causing bacteria to grow unchecked.
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Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico
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Associate professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Ecosystem Sciences, CSIRO
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Professor of Political Economy at the Department of Geography and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College., University of Cambridge
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Professor of Immunology, Imperial College London
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Virologist, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Alborada Lecturer in Epidemiology, University of Cambridge
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Research Fellow in Computational Biology at The Genome Analysis Centre and, John Innes Centre
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Postdoctoral research scientist, Columbia University
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Professor of Archaeology, Durham University
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University of California, Riverside
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Associate Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health, Saint Louis University
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
