Engineer Manu Prakash helped develop a malaria-finding microscope that works in low-resource settings, improving access to sensitive infectious disease diagnostics.
As World Tuberculosis Day approaches on March 24, Sampan is spreading the word about this sometimes fatal disease. We recently spoke with Dr. Tine Vindenes, chief of Geographic Medicine and Infectious ...
Making a living brain transparent and watching its neurons fire without disturbing their function-sounds like science fiction ...
Experts in JAMA Pediatrics warned of the risk of hepatitis B virus transmission via transfusions for infants who rely on blood products and do not receive the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose. Findings ...
If rising atmospheric CO₂ is contributing to gradual shifts in blood chemistry at a population level, then the composition of ...
For Kentucky residents, Waverly Hills is a unique piece of local history that deserves recognition and preservation. It tells the story of a dark chapter in medical history when a now-treatable ...
In Johnson County, Iowa, the number of tuberculosis cases has increased in recent years—and so has the cost of containing it.
A new blood test detected early-stage pancreatic cancer with 87.5% accuracy in a study of 672 people. The test combines four protein biomarkers to better distinguish cancer from noncancerous ...
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This ‘invisible’ disease isn’t a thing of the past. Thinking it is will only make the threat worse.
The invisible threat may be associated with 20th century sanatoriums but it's dangerous to think it stayed there.
For those in the path, there’s no need for any special equipment to observe — just a clear, cloudless view of the sky.
A protein lurking around in the blood can help with the accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. In a recent study, researchers from Spain investigated how blood-based biomarkers, such as a protein ...
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