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?
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The web or network of exposed people can quickly grow from one case if steps aren't taken early to avoid further onward transmission.
Epidemics can have massive social ramifications where prohibitions are imposed on travel, socio-cultural events and schooling.
Timing is everything when it comes to making a decision about declaring a disease outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
Hernán Cortés owed his conquest of the Aztecs to his expedition's unknown, unseen secret weapon: the smallpox virus. Disease epidemics can set the course of human history.
In January, measles returned to the Pacific Northwest, while Ebola resurged in the Congo. It would take a lot more research for scientists to be able to stop threats like these in their tracks.
Did you ever consider that human beings might have a breeding season? Birth seasonality exists – and has interesting implications for childhood disease outbreaks.
In 18 states, parents can choose to exempt their children from vaccines for nonmedical 'philosophical' or 'personal belief' reasons.
The obesity epidemic, the flu epidemic, the opioid epidemic... in the 21st century, everything seems to be an "epidemic". But what does the term actually mean?
One hundred years after a strange and devastating pandemic, researchers comb for clues in dusty libraries, church records and long- forgotten books.
In a series of experiments, we showed the high value we place on happiness is not only associated with increased levels of depression, it may actually be the underlying factor.
President Trump wants to slash global health funding at a time when more investment is needed, not less. This spending can protect Americans – as well as foreigners – from deadly diseases.
When governments delay releasing information about disease outbreaks, algorithms come to the rescue.
Emerging research suggests that preexisting immunity to dengue virus, which is endemic in South America, could make a subsequent Zika infection worse.
Emerging diseases on which the experts are keeping a close eye.
In the future, consumers in the developed world could choose to purchase products from the companies that do the most to promote global health.
A computer model suggests that while more cases of Zika can be expected in the continental U.S. outbreaks will probably be small and are not projected to spread.
What could we do if a real-life zombie disease started to spread?
The chance the someone at the Rio games will import the virus to their home country is low.
Top contributors
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Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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ARC Future Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, UNSW
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Lecturer, Lancaster University
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Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine
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Associate Professor, La Trobe University
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Professor of microbiology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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PhD candidate, Yale University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University
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Postdoctoral Associate in Biostatistics, University of Florida
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Professor & Co-director, Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases, University of Florida
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Sternberg Family Distinguished University Professor, Northeastern University
