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Topic: epidemiology

Cochliomyia hominivorax, the New World screwworm fly, or screwworm for short, is a species of parasitic fly that is well known for the way in which its larvae (maggots) eat the living tissue. (Getty Images / Ramdan Fatoni)

The US could get screwed on screwworm

Carlyn Zwarenstein
A view of the LAX Airport with the Theme Building in Los Angeles, United States on November 15, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Measles case tracked to LAX

Rae Hodge
Eggs in a carton (Getty Images/Stefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography)

Egg facility prompts bird flu emergency

Rae Hodge
Man taking off his surgical mask (Getty Images/Andres Barrionuevo Lopez)

Premature Mission Accomplished on COVID?

Troy Farah
Child and puppies (Getty Images/Sergey Ryumin)

Treating food allergies with... dog fur?

Matthew Rozsa
This photo shows a vial of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, Bivalent, at AltaMed Medical clinic in Los Angeles, California, on October 6, 2022. (RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images)

Americans aren't getting COVID boosters

Jenna Clark
Smoke from the car exhaust (Getty Images/hirun)

How air pollution harms the brain

Clara G. Zundel - The Conversation
A health worker wearing gloves holding a test sample tubes labeled 'COVID-19 Omicron' (Getty Images/David Talukdar)

Half of omicron infections asymptomatic

Matthew Rozsa
Royce Hall on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as UCLA lecturers and students walk by (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

When monkeypox comes to schools

Nicole Karlis
The Sunrise Motel remains flooded after Hurricane Irma hit the area on September 11, 2017 in East Naples, Florida. (Getty/Mark Wilson)

Climate change is worsening disease

Tristan McKenzie, Camilo Mora, Hannah Von Hammerstein - The Conversation
The smallpox vaccine diluent in a syringe along side a vial of Dryvax® dried smallpox vaccine, 2002. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Lack of smallpox vax led to monkeypox

Eric Schank
At the University of Minnesota's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, the door to the lab where the first step is taken in the testing of samples for the monkeypox virus has a warning sign to let others know not to enter. (JUDY GRIESEDIECK/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Monkeypox hits U.S. shores

Matthew Rozsa
A health worker prepares to administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (Varuth Pongsapipatt/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Do face shields do anything?

Nicole Karlis
(Elizabeth Landau / Undark)

How COVID affects the ear

Elizabeth Landau - Undark
Close-up of Syringes in a row (Getty Images)

Separating vaccine news from hype

Nicole Karlis
Virus spores leaking out of a bathroom (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Hospital study reveals how virus spreads

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)

Coronavirus spread underestimated in WA

Nicole Karlis
Concept: The New York Times' take on Coronavirus, featuring a 1882 illustrated depiction of diseases emanating from Chinatown. (Getty Images/WikiCommons/Salon)

The racist art of naming a virus

Marie Myung-Ok Lee
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Another patient cured of HIV

Josh Peters
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/profile/gremlin'>gremlin</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

Unraveling the mystery of deadly dreams

Sandeep Jauhar - Undark
(Getty/MilosBataveljic)

Anti-vaxxers behind chickenpox outbreak

Nicole Karlis
(Associated Press)

Beware antibiotic-resistant infections

Gerry Wright - The Conversation
Jenny McCarthy, Bill Maher (AP/MediaPunch/Frank Micelotta)

Dan Arel
(Shutterstock/ Minerva Studio)

Natasha Lennard
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