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Apr 27, 2022
CDC estimates 58 percent of Americans have been infected with COVID so far
If you haven't gotten COVID yet, you're in the minority in the US.
Nov 18, 2021
There’s a second case of monkeypox in the US this year—but don’t freak out
Health authorities say there’s no cause for alarm.
Jul 18, 2021
You could get the plague (but probably won’t)
The disease still thrives in some locations in the United States.
Jun 27, 2021
You might be overusing hand sanitizer
Alcohol doesn’t discriminate good microbes from bad ones.
Nov 13, 2020
How the COVID-19 pandemic might end
All major outbreaks eventually run their course. But history and science suggest many possible pathways.
Mar 05, 2020
These charts show who is most vulnerable to COVID-19
An analysis of more than 70,000 cases in China can give us some clues as to who might fall ill elsewhere.
Nov 01, 2019
The measles vaccine can protect against more than just measles
Infection with measles can hurt the immune system's memory of how to fight other diseases.
Oct 01, 2019
Bacteria can change inside of us to beat antibiotics
New evidence reveals that sneaky cells allow diseases like UTIs to flare up over and over again.
Aug 23, 2019
This new Salmonella ‘superbug’ is probably no scarier than the flu
The lowdown on the super strain.
