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Topic: Disease (page 2)

Paper illustration of human hands and coronavirus in a lab (Getty Images)

Why labs work with deadly viruses

Jerry Malayer - The Conversation
Woman Holding Thermometer While Lying On Bed (Getty Images)

Living with long COVID

Meaghan Mulholland
Cows grazing (Getty Images)

India’s battle with brucellosis

Sandy Ong - Undark
Doctor and patient on medical consultation (Getty Images)

Outbreaks have vast impact on women

Gayathri Vaidyanathan - Undark
(Getty/luoman)

Deforestation helps virus spread

Amy Y. Vittor, Gabriel Zorello Laporta, Maria Anice Mureb Sallum - The Conversation
(annick vanderschelden photography/Getty Images)

COVID-19 reignites debate over bats

Katherine J. Wu - Undark
FILE - In this Monday, April 27, 2015 file photo, a pangolin climbs out of a cage upon its release into the wild in Sibolangit, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Although a global wildlife summit banned all trade of the pangolin, an anteater with a distinctive coat of hard scales, doubts remain whether that will stop the illegal traffic of pangolins in Africa fueled by a growing demand from Asian consumers, particularly Chinese. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara, File) (AP)

How environmental damage drives disease

Dipika Kadaba - The Revelator
President Bush signs the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 in the Oval Office after the House passed the $700 billion financial bailout bill at the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. | US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Oval Office about the widening coronavirus crisis on March 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak/Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

Late capitalism primed us for pandemic

Bob Hennelly
An assortment of titles, all produced in the last two months — sometimes with misspellings and poor grammar — are flooding the online marketplace. (Undark)

Capitalizing on coronavirus fears

Jane Roberts - Undark
Afternoon commuters wait for their trains at Montgomery BART station in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Some commuters opted to wear respiratory masks as one person became the first victim in California to die from the coronavirus disease. Also, the first two cases in San Francisco were reported the following day. (Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)

Why a US COVID quarantine is a bad idea

Sara May Bergstresser - Massive Science
Nurses work in the aisle in a hospital designated for COVID-19 patients in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Friday, March 06, 2020. (Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

When healthcare is homeland security

Bob Hennelly
Bonnie Castillo, executive director of National Nurses United, speaks during a news conference at the National Nurses United offices on March 05, 2020 in Oakland, California. The National Nurses United held a news conference to express concerns that the Centers for Disease Control is not doing enough to help protect and test healthcare workers who are exposed to patients with the COVID-19 virus. (National Nurses United; Coronavirus)

"Hospitals are unprepared" for COVID-19

Nicole Karlis
A healthcare worker prepares to transport a patient on a stretcher into an ambulance at Life Care Center of Kirkland on February 29, 2020 in Kirkland, Washington. Dozens of staff and residents at Life Care Center of Kirkland are reportedly exhibiting coronavirus-like symptoms, with two confirmed cases of (COVID-19) associated with the nursing facility reported so far. (David Ryder/Getty Images)

Are US hospitals ready for coronavirus?

Marshall Allen, Caroline Chen, J. David McSwane, Lexi Churchill - ProPublica
Passengers wear face masks to protect against the spread of the Coronavirus as they arrive on a flight from Asia at Los Angeles International Airport, California, on January 29, 2020. (Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images)

Problems with U.S. testing procedures

Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Rachel Bluth - KFF Health News
An empty classroom (Getty/ martinedoucet)

Quarantines, face masks and fear

Anna Almendrala - KFF Health News
(annick vanderschelden photography/Getty Images)

Bats can carry viruses without symptoms

Marnie Willman - Massive Science
People wearing facemasks to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began in the city, wait at Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan on January 24, 2020. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty)

Can China prevent its next epidemic?

Apoorva Mandavilli - Undark
A one dose bottle of measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine, made by MERCK, is held up at the Salt Lake County Health Department on April 26, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Getty/George Frey)

Lessons we learned from measles

Will Stone - KFF Health News
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)

Sec. Ross: Coronavirus good for economy

Matthew Rozsa
Tourists wear face masks as they prepare to board their tour bus outside the New Orient Landmark hotel in Macau on January 22, 2020, after the former Portuguese colony reported its first case of the new SARS-like virus that originated from Wuhan in China. (ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

Eoin Higgins
People wearing facemasks to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began in the city, wait at Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan on January 24, 2020. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty)

The deadly disease lurking near you

Liz Szabo - KFF Health News
Tourists wear face masks as they prepare to board their tour bus outside the New Orient Landmark hotel in Macau on January 22, 2020, after the former Portuguese colony reported its first case of the new SARS-like virus that originated from Wuhan in China. (ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

The mystery of the Wuhan coronavirus

Nicole Karlis
A picture taken at the French National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA) in Maison-Alfort, on July 20, 2016 shows a tick, whose bite can transmit the Lyme disease. / AFP / BERTRAND GUAY/Getty Images) (Bertrand Guay/Getty Images)

Ticks spread more than Lyme disease

Jerome Goddard - The Conversation
This undated image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Feb. 4, 2015 shows an electron microscope image of a measles virus particle, center. Measles is considered one of the most infectious diseases known. The virus is spread through the air when someone infected coughs or sneezes. (AP Photo/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cynthia Goldsmith) (AP)

Why measles broke out in N.Y.

Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News
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