Health And Fitness
Dengue and Ebola: The Highly Infectious Diseases of Modern Times
In the present times, it is imperative to remain informed about the causes and symptoms of two extremely infectious viral diseases: dengue and Ebola. […]
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Business News
Discovery of New COVID Variant Causes Stock Market Plunge Friday
A new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa has already harmed global stock markets. On Friday, the Dow dipped by 2.5%, with travel and banking companies taking the hardest hits. The macro economy often affects stock prices. […]
Lifestyle News
Oxford English Dictionary Makes “Vax” 2021’s Word of the Year
The most impactful word in the English language this year is “vax”—no surprise there. “Vax,” a shortening of “vaccination,” has been named the Word of the Year by the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary. It comes from “clipping” a word. […]
Business News
As Facebook Rebrands with Name Change, a Look at Naming Businesses
Facebook hopes to mitigate its recent bad press with a name change. Whistleblowers, server outages, and more have damaged the company’s reputation. Picking the right name is vital for a business. […]
Biology
Potential Pandemic Pathogens: Bacterial or Viral?
For a pandemic, viruses would need an enhanced capacity to transmit from human to human, or a resistance capacity to all current anti-viral medications, or worse, both. […]
Science
Pandemic Responses: Information, Prevention, and Protection
In the event of a cataclysmic pandemic, airline travel would shut down, international trade would be curtailed, and Internet access may be limited or fail. […]
Biology
Conditions Necessary for the Spread of a Pandemic
A notable epidemiology group made several pandemic predictions. Ninety percent of them believe that there will be a pandemic during our children’s or grandchildren’s lifetime. […]
Biology
How the Influenza Virus Causes Disease
Through a complicated process, the Influenza virus infiltrates the cell and starts to take control of the machinery inside it, and controls the protein-making processes. […]
Biology
More People Died of the Spanish Flu Than in WWII
Of all the health disasters over time, the Spanish flu ranks near the top of the list. It was one of the worst pandemics in history. Between 5 and 10 percent of the 500 million people who were infected died. […]
Biology
The Battle to Conquer Smallpox
Although smallpox has been nearly eradicated throughout the world, the U.S. has a supply of smallpox vaccines ready in case of a bioterrorist attack. […]