These female workers had their health destroyed by a horrific disease known as ‘phossy jaw’. It caused their jaw bones to glow in the dark and rot away.
A nurse nun visits the graves of victims of a 1976 Ebola outbreak.
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Science has come a long way in the 100 years since the worst flu pandemic in history. But that doesn’t mean that the country is ready for another health disaster.
A giant ant carries a dead fellow in the name of cleanliness.
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Migratory animals are often blamed for the global spread of disease. However, recent research indicates they may not be the primary culprit.
People in Canada and around the world are living longer thanks to public health and modern medicine. It’s time to treat aging as an asset, not a process of decline.
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The population is aging in Canada and around the world. It’s time to focus our attentions on optimal aging instead of grimly tallying the burdens of growing old.
We all have to die of something, so why can’t I die by delicious donuts?
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A new gene editing experiment explores human development. With this comes new ethical questions: How do scientists acquire embryos and how are their projects approved?
Waluh, a one-day-old male baby pygmy hippopotamus (Cheropsis libereensis), swims with his mother.
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Why are some animals resistant to waterborne disease? A reader wants to know.
Awareness and knowledge about rabies at a local level is key. This can help prevent bites and encourage people to get post-exposure treatment.
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The strategy to eliminate human rabies is straight forward: vaccinate dogs, provide prompt post-exposure vaccines, public education and awareness on prevention.
Discarded used hypodermic needles along the Merrimack River in Lowell, Massachusetts.
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When jetting off on holiday, we rarely give a second thought to what microbes we might be taking with us. But humans spread trillions of bacteria around the globe, potentially harming ecosystems’ balance.
Feral pigs are found in every state and territory in Australia.
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Swine brucellosis is spreading from Queensland into New South Wales. It’s carried by feral pigs and poses a real risk the people and dogs that hunt them.
Those keypads are teeming with microbes.
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Under pressure to create new markets, big alcohol producers are scouring the African continent in what promises to yield negative socioeconomic consequences.