Our domesticated animals—both pets and livestock—hold the key to the spread of viruses among humans and wildlife according to new […]
Drug-resistant staph can spread easily in household environments
Once rare, the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infects hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. each year and […]
First case of dengue spread by sex confirmed in Spain
Spanish health authorities confirmed Friday a case of a man spreading dengue through sex, a world first for a virus […]
Study deciphers packaging of tumor ‘cargo,’ leading to better understanding of how cancers spread
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have outlined the delivery mechanism tumor cells use to move nucleic acids into […]
A newly discovered mechanism reveals how Parkinson’s disease can spread between brain cells
Tiny channels between nerve cells are involved in a newly discovered mechanism of how Parkinson’s disease can spread throughout the […]
Can wearing a face mask help prevent the spread of flu? We ask the experts
During flu epidemics in China and Japan scores of people wear face masks to prevent the spread of infection. As […]
Big data helps identify better way to research breast cancer’s spread
Scientists are using a lot of genomic data to identify medical issues sooner in patients, but they’re also using it […]
Scientists discover an interaction that helps cancers spread to bone
A Princeton-led team of researchers have discovered a factor that promotes the spread of cancers to bone, opening the way […]
Obesity can spread like a ‘social contagion’
How your friends could be making you fatter: Obesity can spread through communities like a ‘social contagion’ Moving to a […]
Why drugs alone won’t stop the spread of parasitic worms in Africa
Deworming has become a common practise across the world. It has proved very successful reducing the burden of parasitic worms […]