Topline Climate hazards such as warming, flooding, heat waves and drought have at times aggravated 58% of infectious diseases affecting humans, according to a review of scientific studies published in...
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North Korea Faces Another Infectious Disease Outbreak As It Continues To Fight Covid
Topline North Korea is facing what it says is an unknown intestinal disease outbreak—suspected to be either cholera or typhoid—in the southwestern city of Haeju, according to the country’s state-run m...
A Single Mutation Could Make Zika Virus More Infectious And Able To Break Through Immunity, Researchers Warn
Topline A small mutation can potentially make the Zika virus more infectious and better able to avoid pre-existing immunity, according to peer reviewed research published Tuesday in Cell Reports, unde...
Here’s What We Know About Omicron XE — The New Covid Variant Found In The U.K.
Topline A new Covid-19 variant that combines two different omicron strains has been identified in the United Kingdom, and it could be the fastest-spreading Covid variant yet, according to early data f...
Here’s What We Know About ‘Stealth’ Omicron BA.2 — The More Infectious Subvariant Better Able To Infect Vaccinated People
Topline A close relative of the omicron coronavirus variant—known as BA.2 and dubbed “stealth omicron” by some scientists—is more infectious and better at infecting vaccinated people, a Danish study h...