Keeping 8 billion people healthy in a hotter, more crowded world -- 4 ways population and climate change put public health at risk
The human population has doubled in 48 years, and worsening climate change has left the world facing serious health risks, from infectious diseases to hunger and heat stress.
Nov. 10, 2022 • ~9 min
8 billion people: Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public health, with global consequences
The human population has doubled in 48 years, and worsening climate change has left the world facing serious health risks, from infectious diseases to hunger and heat stress.
Nov. 10, 2022 • ~9 min
Louis Pasteur's scientific discoveries in the 19th century revolutionized medicine and continue to save the lives of millions today
On World Rabies Day – which is also the anniversary of French microbiologist Louis Pasteur’s death – a virologist reflects on the achievements of this visionary scientist.
Sept. 28, 2022 • ~11 min
The cholera outbreak in a Victorian asylum that anticipated the coronavirus crisis in care homes
There is a sad precedent of pandemic disease threatening the residents of care institutions – and of authorities not heeding the dangers.
May 19, 2020 • ~15 min
Calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus' is wrong and dangerous – the pandemic is global
Emphasizing foreign origins of a disease can have racist connotations and implications for how people understand their own risk of disease.
March 25, 2020 • ~10 min
Naming the new coronavirus – why taking Wuhan out of the picture matters
While identifying a new disease by its place of origin seems intuitive, history shows that doing so can have serious consequences for the people that live there.
Feb. 18, 2020 • ~9 min
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