Public Health Rare Bird Flu Among Humans Recent news reported that the US received the first case of bird flu causing human…Jennifer HuynhOctober 13, 2022
Medicine How does meditation affect your immune system? Scientists and doctors are always trying to find ways to strengthen our immune system, or…Sangeetha RamachandranApril 7, 2022
Public Health Research on a Potential Universal Flu Vaccine The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that the flu infected 2 million…Jennifer HuynhMarch 2, 2022
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Research Analyzing Long-Term COVID Vaccine Immunity Over the past six months, the media and the government have been pushing for people…Jennifer ThompsonOctober 22, 2021
Medicine Potential Triple Combination Therapy Method for Hepatitis B Virus Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is a viral disease that affects the liver and can cause…Tam ToJuly 22, 2021
Research Using Viruses to Kill Bacteria Viruses are interesting parasites that are unable to survive without a host. They are relatively…Raymond HoJuly 1, 2019
Medicine A New Hope for HIV Patients Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug to combat human…Harjas SabharwalJanuary 22, 2019
Wellness What’s Ailing Our Stomachs? The two most common causes of an upset stomach are food poisoning and stomach viruses. But how…Bansari PatelFebruary 11, 2018
Research The Use of Antibodies in the Fight Against HIV Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has become well known among medical professionals and researchers in the past few…Brian TranJuly 10, 2017
Wellness Looking at a Case Study: The Potential Effects of Zika on Stillbirth Have you heard the news? There is a new virus on the rise, and while…Bansari PatelApril 20, 2017
Medicine Antiviral Medications The variety of ailments that can affect us today is a common medical concern, and…Dorothy KennyFebruary 20, 2017
Wellness The Female Effect: Estrogen and the Flu Virus A new nasal cell study by Dr. Sabra Klein and her team from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School…Bansari PatelJanuary 30, 2017
Research The Way HIV Spreads One might not think human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and computer viruses have much in common, but researchers…Brian LengOctober 21, 2016
FeaturedWellness More Memory T Cells Can Help You Fight the Cold The common cold is nothing to sneeze at. It leads to 3,000 to 49,000 US deaths a year…Michelle LeungMarch 6, 2016
Research Engineered Bat Virus May Prevent Future Epidemic Roughly a decade ago, an infectious disease known as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS coronavirus) triggered…Samantha St GermainJanuary 3, 2016
Research Ebola Vaccine: First of Its Kind It would be impossible to have made it through the last year without hearing about…John HuangNovember 9, 2015
Wellness Disease Detectives: Cytomegalovirus Imagine if a dormant virus were secretly infecting the entire world. The virus doesn't cause…Priya BhattacharjeeSeptember 29, 2015
Wellness The Nasty Brothers: Chicken Pox and Shingles At first glance, chicken pox and shingles sound like strange words to link together: chicken disease…Bryn CloudAugust 22, 2015
Research Ebola is Most Contagious After Death The Ebola outbreak of 2014 is the largest one in history. As of March 2014, levels…Stephanie ChuAugust 21, 2015