Disease

Coverage of infectious and chronic diseases — their causes, mechanisms, epidemiology, prevention strategies, and the latest science on how the body fights back.

Lags in reported deaths have at least two sources: physiological and bureaucratic.
All of “God’s creatures,” from the viruses and fungi to humans, have, through the forces of evolution, developed biological niches – the range they occupy across the earth and where we stand in the food
The goal is noble.
Join ACSH directors of bio-sciences and chemistry Cameron English and Dr. Josh Bloom as they break down these stories on episode 15 of the Science Dispatch podcast:
In the mood for some yuks? Good. We can thank Steve Whelan, a member of the ACSH board of trustees, and the widower of our founder, the late Dr. Elizabeth Whelan.
President Biden’s bout with COVID-19 is illustrative of the debate currently raging about “Paxlovid rebound” — the recurrence of symptoms and of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 after a seemingly successful five-day treatment course of Paxlovid.
Sometimes it feels as if it’s March 2020 again.
All sensation goes through four stages or processes; let’s go through them in turn. Transduction