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IN the early hours of March 15, 2003, I was awakened by a telephone call at my home in Geneva from the infectious disease duty officer of the World Health Organization, who had just...
Tasmanian devils are dying of a contagious cancer called devil facial tumour disease, which spreads between animals when they tussle over food. Now, a team of scientists has discovered how...
I’ve been blogging a lot recently about dangerous viruses, like the flu and norovirus. But, truth be told, a lot of viruses we harbor don’t make us sick. They may even make us...