Epidemiology
Red flags in wastewater
23 Oct 2023Wastewater surveillance in epidemiological studies can help researchers better understand and control COVID-19 outbreaks.
Clues to childhood obesity lie in our gut
30 Nov 2020Early exposure to antibiotics can disrupt an infant’s gut microbiota and predispose them to childhood obesity, finds an observational study.
Hunting an East Asian killer cancer
2 Oct 2020A study implicates novel genetic risk factors in a rare and aggressive lymphoma affecting Asian populations.
Keeping an eye on COVID-19 clusters
26 Aug 2020Surveillance and contact tracing are key to limiting the widespread transmission of COVID-19 in the community, experts find.
A two-pronged attack on COVID-19
5 Aug 2020Antiviral strategies against COVID-19 broadly fall into two groups: those that target the virus and those that target the host factors that are essential for virus replication.
Epidemic ignited by environmental conditions
8 Dec 2009Findings from an intensive genomic study contradict the conventional explanation—viral mutation—as the cause of dengue fever outbreaks