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The Medical and Microbiological Consequences of Alcohol Abuse

The Medical and Microbiological Consequences of Alcohol Abuse

Better Know A Plague: Smallpox

Better Know A Plague: Smallpox

By Brooke Borel

The New DNA Test That Could Replace Pap Smears

The New DNA Test That Could Replace Pap Smears

By Francie Diep

The Month In Plagues: A Deadly Fungus, Genetically-Engineered Mosquitoes, And More

The Month In Plagues: A Deadly Fungus, Genetically-Engineered Mosquitoes, And More

By Brooke Borel

The Talking Germs: Deciphering Microbial Linguistics and Cognition

The Talking Germs: Deciphering Microbial Linguistics and Cognition

Measles vaccines: Late is better than never

Measles vaccines: Late is better than never

By Brooke Borel

Dirty Dog: Do Pets Track Bacteria In Your Home?

Dirty Dog: Do Pets Track Bacteria In Your Home?

By Brooke Borel

No, Rats Are Not Exonerated From The Black Death

No, Rats Are Not Exonerated From The Black Death

By Brooke Borel

The Link Between Breasts, Cancer and Germs

The Link Between Breasts, Cancer and Germs

The Month In Plagues: Giant Invasive Lizards, Ebola Outbreak, And More

The Month In Plagues: Giant Invasive Lizards, Ebola Outbreak, And More

By Brooke Borel

Do Insects Sleep?

Do Insects Sleep?

By Brooke Borel

Ebola: Looking Beyond the Pucker Factor

Ebola: Looking Beyond the Pucker Factor

It’s a Bug! It’s a Pain! It’s Super-Lice!

It’s a Bug! It’s a Pain! It’s Super-Lice!

Do Microbes Sleep?

Do Microbes Sleep?

By Brooke Borel

The Secret To Better Teeth Found In Beer Breweries

The Secret To Better Teeth Found In Beer Breweries

Do Plants Sleep?

Do Plants Sleep?

By Brooke Borel

The AIDS Cure

By Apoorva Mandavilli

The Month in Plagues: Nazi Mosquitoes, Agricultural Espionage, And More

The Month in Plagues: Nazi Mosquitoes, Agricultural Espionage, And More

By Brooke Borel

Cat Bites, Depression and Germs: Is there a Link?

Cat Bites, Depression and Germs: Is there a Link?

How Effective Is This Year’s Flu Vaccine?

How Effective Is This Year’s Flu Vaccine?

By Brooke Borel

The Hostage Horror of Herpesvirus

The Hostage Horror of Herpesvirus

How Nutrition In One Generation Can Change The Genetics Of The Next

How Nutrition In One Generation Can Change The Genetics Of The Next

By Francie Diep

Better Know a Plague: Measles, Mumps & Rubella

Better Know a Plague: Measles, Mumps & Rubella

By Brooke Borel

Stating the Case for Germs Awareness Month

Stating the Case for Germs Awareness Month

The Month In Plagues: Pigeon Poop In NYC Water Towers, Livestock Antibiotics Are Bad News, And More

The Month In Plagues: Pigeon Poop In NYC Water Towers, Livestock Antibiotics Are Bad News, And More

By Brooke Borel

Building Design Influences Bacterial Growth

Building Design Influences Bacterial Growth

By Brooke Borel

Antioxidant Supplements Worsen Lung Tumors, Study Finds

Antioxidant Supplements Worsen Lung Tumors, Study Finds

By Francie Diep

Ruminating Climate Change & the Criminal Cow

Ruminating Climate Change & the Criminal Cow

How Did Insects Evolve To Feast On Your Blood?

How Did Insects Evolve To Feast On Your Blood?

By Brooke Borel

100 Years Of Smoking Studies In Popular Science

100 Years Of Smoking Studies In Popular Science

By Francie Diep

The Nightmare of Flu-Induced Narcolepsy

The Nightmare of Flu-Induced Narcolepsy

Another Reason To Get A Flu Shot

Another Reason To Get A Flu Shot

By Brooke Borel

Why You Shouldn’t Fear The Eggnog

By Brooke Borel

Love in the Time of Cholera Vaccine

Love in the Time of Cholera Vaccine

Better Know a Fix: DDT

Better Know a Fix: DDT

By Brooke Borel

Killing Fungus With Plastic Bottles

Killing Fungus With Plastic Bottles

By Francie Diep

Better Know a Plague: Bed Bugs

Better Know a Plague: Bed Bugs

By Brooke Borel

Trae Menard leans out of a helicopter with a paintball gun over a patch of healthy Australian tree ferns

Zapping Invasive Plants from a Helicopter

By Brooke Borel

The Microbiome and the Future of Artisanal Gastronomy

The Microbiome and the Future of Artisanal Gastronomy

The Week in Plagues: A World Without Antibiotics, Why You’re Not Drowning in Poop, and More

The Week in Plagues: A World Without Antibiotics, Why You’re Not Drowning in Poop, and More

By Brooke Borel

Forget Prozac, Psychobiotics Are the Future of Psychiatry

Forget Prozac, Psychobiotics Are the Future of Psychiatry

Public Health Concerns in Typhoon Haiyan Aftermath (Updated 11/18/13)

Public Health Concerns in Typhoon Haiyan Aftermath (Updated 11/18/13)

By Brooke Borel

Turning to Germs in a Post-Antibiotic Era

Turning to Germs in a Post-Antibiotic Era

This Week in Plagues: The Origin of Syphilis, Cheese Made from Armpit Bacteria, And More

This Week in Plagues: The Origin of Syphilis, Cheese Made from Armpit Bacteria, And More

By Brooke Borel

Was Salvador Dalí Plagued By Phantom Bed Bugs?

Was Salvador Dalí Plagued By Phantom Bed Bugs?

By Brooke Borel

The 51st Anniversary of Silent Spring

The 51st Anniversary of Silent Spring

By Brooke Borel

Government Shutdown: Bad for Insect Science

Government Shutdown: Bad for Insect Science

By Brooke Borel

OMP’s Friday Link Roundup

OMP’s Friday Link Roundup

By Brooke Borel

Introducing: Our Modern Plagues

Introducing: Our Modern Plagues

By Brooke Borel

Whoa! Scientists Grow A Brain In A Dish

Whoa! Scientists Grow A Brain In A Dish

By Shaunacy Ferro

Does CTE, The Brain Disease Found In NFL Players, Really Exist?

Does CTE, The Brain Disease Found In NFL Players, Really Exist?

By Shaunacy Ferro

Unbelievably Detailed Maps Track AIDS In The U.S.

Unbelievably Detailed Maps Track AIDS In The U.S.

By Colin Lecher

A Guide To Not Saying Dumb Things About Angelina Jolie’s Double Mastectomy

A Guide To Not Saying Dumb Things About Angelina Jolie’s Double Mastectomy

By Shaunacy Ferro

New Device Detects Asbestos In Real-Time, With Lasers And Magnets

New Device Detects Asbestos In Real-Time, With Lasers And Magnets

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Scientists Create Hybrid, Air-Transmissible Bird Flu Strains

Scientists Create Hybrid, Air-Transmissible Bird Flu Strains

By Rebecca Boyle

New Bird Flu Spreads: What You Need To Know

New Bird Flu Spreads: What You Need To Know

By Francie Diep

7 Ways Sitting Will Kill You

7 Ways Sitting Will Kill You

By Shaunacy Ferro

Flu Researchers Say: Let Us Get Back To Work Studying Risky Mutations

Flu Researchers Say: Let Us Get Back To Work Studying Risky Mutations

By Rebecca Boyle

Will This Fish Transform Medicine?

Will This Fish Transform Medicine?

By Virginia Hughes

The Flu Virus Can Tell Time. Here’s Why You Should Care

The Flu Virus Can Tell Time. Here’s Why You Should Care

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: Why Is There A Winter Flu Season?

FYI: Why Is There A Winter Flu Season?

Brand-New Vaccine Strategy Works Against Herpes, And Potentially HIV

Where will the next pandemic come from?

Where will the next pandemic come from?

By David Quammen

How to Give Ferrets A Highly Contagious, Sneeze-Transmissible Version of the Bird Flu

How to Give Ferrets A Highly Contagious, Sneeze-Transmissible Version of the Bird Flu

By Rebecca Boyle