by John McMillan | Jan 10, 2025 | Disease, Health
John Houghton, University of Leicester Imagine putting your socks on one morning and noticing your big toe, which has been painful for a few weeks, has started turning black. A trip to your doctor ends in being referred urgently to a specialist. They tell you a bypass...
by John McMillan | Jan 10, 2025 | Disease, Health, Virology
Paul Hunter, University of East Anglia In the last few days there have been reports of yet another infectious disease rapidly spreading in China. This time the virus is human metapneumovirus, abbreviated to HMPV. There have been claims in some media outlets that this...
by admin | Dec 20, 2024 | COVID-19, Disease, STORM
Dr. Philip McMillan, John McMillan In early December 2024, alarm bells rang through the global health community as reports emerged from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) about a mysterious illness exploding through a densely populated urban area. The disease,...
by John McMillan | Dec 13, 2024 | Disease, Virology
Libby Richards, Purdue University You’ve probably heard “Don’t go outside in the winter with your hair wet or without a coat; you’ll catch a cold.” That’s not exactly true. As with many things, the reality is more complicated. Here’s the distinction: Being cold isn’t...
by John McMillan | Dec 13, 2024 | Disease
Andrew Lee, University of Sheffield A “mystery disease” recently struck the south-western corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing between 67 and 143 people over two weeks. The disease was reported to cause flu-like symptoms of fever, headache, cough...
by admin | Nov 8, 2024 | Disease, Health
Ting Zhang, University of Pittsburgh and Jianying Zhang, University of Pittsburgh Because there are typically no symptoms until the first fracture occurs, osteoporosis is considered a silent disease. Some call it a silent killer. Osteoporosis is a bone disease...
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