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Farmers impacted by the recent flooding can participate in a program at the University of Hawaiʻi to test the health of their ...

EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) has launched the Pathogens Portal – an online platform that enables researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to access the most comprehensive ...

There’s been a new interest in diseases and viruses lately thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, with people being a little more wary of germs than they were before 2020. Now, the World Health Organization ...

Exploring the inequities in global health, this article addresses the urgent need for a fair Pathogen Access and ...

Climate change can exacerbate a full 58% of the infectious diseases that humans come in contact with worldwide, from common waterborne viruses to deadly diseases like plague, our new research shows.

This article was originally featured on Undark. It all started when Christopher Mason’s 3-year-old daughter licked a subway pole. Like any parent, he was horrified, but also keenly curious: What types ...