Forget face masks and rubber gloves. The best way to avoid the coronavirus is frequent hand washing, according to a medical adviser to the world’s airlines. ~health medicine Article 12 votes
Australians evacuated from the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in China will no longer be charged $1,000, with the Treasurer blaming "incorrect advice" from bureaucrats for the mix-up. ~health Article 555 words 8 votes
CDC confirms first instance of person-to-person spread of new coronavirus in the United States ~health Article 685 words 13 votes
Australians wanting to take part in the government’s evacuation plan out of Wuhan may have to pay $1000 in order to get to Christmas Island ~health Article 1815 words 9 votes
'Utter chaos': Coronavirus exposes China healthcare weaknesses ~health healthcare Article 1241 words 6 votes
Australian scientists first to grow Wuhan coronavirus outside China ~health Article 356 words 13 votes
Here’s what the oft-cited R0 number tells us about the new outbreak—and what it doesn’t ~health Article 567 words 3 votes
Where will the next pandemic come from? And how can we stop it? ~science biology medicine Article published Oct 15 2012 9 votes
Australia confirms first case of coronavirus as protective masks sell out ~health Article 545 words 12 votes
Wuhan virus: China confirms human-to-human transmission, says medical workers infected ~health Article 577 words 11 votes
Three US airports to check passengers for a deadly Chinese coronavirus ~health Article 957 words 8 votes
Wuhan pneumonia outbreak: Hong Kong steps up response as more cases reported ~health Article 376 words 7 votes
How an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure ~science medicine Article 4295 words, published Jun 25 2019 9 votes
Samoan authorities have arrested a prominent anti-vaccination activist amid an outbreak that has killed at least 63 people, most of them children ~health Article 582 words 14 votes
More than 140,000 people died from measles in 2018 as cases surged globally, amidst devastating outbreaks in all regions ~health Article 1397 words 8 votes
Denmark completes contentious fence along German border – the fence is meant to prevent wild boar from spreading swine fever to Denmark's lucrative pork industry ~enviro Article 696 words, published Nov 30 2019 7 votes
An update on the global measles situation based on information shared by World Health Organization member states ~health Article 1337 words 5 votes
Slaying the speckled monster - The history of smallpox and the origins of vaccines ~science medicine Article 6746 words 6 votes
Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus — Another emergent arbovirus in the United States ~health Link 7 votes
We’ve officially annihilated a second strain of polio. Only one remains. ~science medicine Article 590 words 6 votes
4,000-year-old mummies showed early signs of heart disease ~humanities.history Article 511 words 8 votes
"We are in a war zone against this disease.” Climate change is fueling fire blight, and Northern Michigan’s apple orchards are at risk ~food Article 1955 words 4 votes
Australia just had a bad flu season. That may be a warning for the US ~health Article 1221 words 8 votes
Mystery disease kills dozens of dogs across Norway as officials scramble to find cause ~life.pets Article 279 words 7 votes
A town for people with Chronic-Fatigue Syndrome: Patients moved from all over the country to Incline Village, Nevada, for an experimental drug. Then the drug disappeared. ~health medicine Article 6755 words 10 votes
Surge of measles cases results in Albania, Czechia, Greece and the United Kingdom losing their measles elimination status ~health Article 242 words 8 votes
The message of measles - As public-health officials confront the largest outbreak in the US in decades, they’ve been fighting as much against dangerous ideas as they have against the disease ~health medicine Article 8361 words 9 votes
A tourist infected with measles visited Disneyland and other Southern California hotspots in mid-August ~health Article 625 words 15 votes
An ingenious microscope could change how quickly disease is detected ~science medicine Article 479 words 6 votes
Origins of the current outbreak of multidrug-resistant malaria in southeast Asia: a retrospective genetic study ~science medicine Link 4 votes
What the measles epidemic really says about America: Historical amnesia, declining faith in institutions, and a troubling lack of concern for the public good ~health Article 2428 words 13 votes
Lyme disease cases are exploding. And it’s only going to get worse. ~health Article 4210 words 8 votes
Pfizer had clues its blockbuster drug could prevent Alzheimer’s. Why didn’t it tell the world? ~science medicine Article 2071 words 8 votes
Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola outbreak cases have doubled in just two months crossing the 2,000-mark ~health Article 412 words 6 votes
Hong Kong to cull 4,700 pigs after second swine fever case found ~news hong kong Article 273 words 10 votes
In a Colombian family’s dementia, a journey through race and history ~health Article 4266 words 3 votes