Health

Birds on the March

The cull had squashed H5N1's short-term chances. But the government's throttling of information ensured that the disease had long-term prospects. In...
Simon Parkin
Sep 8, 2017 8 min read

Zoonosis

Nipah virus was a classic example of a "zoonosis": a disease being transmitted from animals to humans, or vice versa. Zoonotic...
Claire Asher
Aug 29, 2017 6 min read

Foreshadowing

Almost a century later, three things are certain: that the first confirmed case of Spanish flu occurred, that it originated not...
Simon Parkin
Aug 25, 2017 7 min read

Inception

Humanity and the world we inhabit may be facing a bevy of looming disasters, but for Fukuda the question of whether...
Simon Parkin
Aug 11, 2017 6 min read

Fowl Plague

Pandemics have threatened humanity in the past–and avian influenza may well be the next one due.
Duncan Geere
Aug 4, 2017 1 min read

Introducing: Fowl Plague

Some of the deadliest forms of these viruses are just a handful of genetic mutations away from turning into what could...
Duncan Geere
Aug 4, 2017 2 min read

Games as a Path to Self-Care

Neuroscientific research has found that playing games can offer players therapeutic value.
Andrea Ayres
Nov 16, 2016 5 min read

The Face That Looks Back

On transplants, disfigurements, and identity.
Rich McEachran
Oct 7, 2016 8 min read

Why the White Lab Coat Changed Medical History

The white coat's role in medical history reflects the emergence of medicine as a serious scientific field.
Duncan Geere
Sep 9, 2016 4 min read

Never go to space it’s terrible omg

Space does very, very, very bad things to the human body.
Leigh Alexander
Aug 19, 2016 6 min read
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