Anthropologists have been trying to understand the reasons for deviant burials such as being buried face-down. Throughout history, evidence points towards preventing infectious diseases, fear of the dead coming back as evil creatures, and vampires.
While COVID-19 continues to spread, infect and kill the world, another virus reportedly caused the death of a man in China on Monday. Reportedly, this man who died was tested positive for hantavirus.
Through observation on banded mongoose populace across several environments in Botswana, the team of researchers was able to obtain insight into how in which type of and behavior of animals interact to affect the spread of "novel tuberculosis pathogen" transmitted employing "olfactory communication behaviors."
This is one of the first studies that provide strong evidence of the impact of climate change on wildlife disease and helps to explain how it may facilitate the spread of Ranavirus across the UK
The study analyzed the relationship between infectious diseases and their environmental, demographic, and economic drivers in various countries for two decades.
Living a life to the fullest requires a healthy body, and a healthy body requires a healthy immune system. There are many ways in boosting immunity to fight diseases maintaining a healthy life.
Just as the Ebola threat wanes, a new pathogen is reaching epidemic proportions across parts of Africa. To make matters worse, it's resistant to traditional antibiotics.
A year later and over 4,000 dead, Liberia can finally breathe a sigh of relief as The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the country Ebola free.
"The outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia is over," according to a WHO statement given at the emergency command center in Monrovia, as reported by The New York Times.
But this doesn't mean Africa is in the clear. In fact, if the countries surrounding Liberia are included, the death toll from the past year's outbreak soars to more than 11,000, making the current outbreak five times deadlier that all previous outbreaks combined.
If the advocates for immunization didn't have a strong enough case already, they can now add another arrow to their quiver. It turns out children who contract measles not only suffer a potential life threatening illness, but their immune system takes a whack for up to three years afterwards.
In breaking news out of Harvard, researchers announce today they may have identified a crucial link in the deadly chain of malaria infection – the red blood cell’s entry portal for the lethal parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. Their discovery may pave the way for a much anticipated therapy – a vaccine.
In the latest bout of germ warfare, doctors are trying new techniques to combat recurring infections of Clostridium difficile, a pesky bacterium that causes symptoms ranging from diarrhea to death.
If you've ever dreamt of owning your own industrial chicken farm, you may want to hold off just yet. It turns out a deadly avian influenza is sweeping across the Midwest like an infectious prairie fire.