WHO approved a malaria vaccine for children – a global health expert explains why that is a big deal
Malaria is one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases. So why has it taken so long to get a vaccine?
Dr Miriam K. Laufer, Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health at the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine •
conversation
Oct. 8, 2021 • ~6 min
Oct. 8, 2021 • ~6 min
The 2021 Nobel Prize for medicine helps unravel mysteries about how the body senses temperature and pressure
The joint award recognizes the long road to deciphering the biology behind the brain’s ability to sense its surroundings – work that paves the way for a number of medical and biological breakthroughs.
Steven D. Munger, Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida •
conversation
Oct. 5, 2021 • ~9 min
Oct. 5, 2021 • ~9 min
Vaccines could affect how the coronavirus evolves - but that's no reason to skip your shot
A 2015 paper on chicken virus evolution is being taken out of context and used to fuel fears about COVID-19 vaccines. Its lead author aims to clarify the science in hopes of saving lives.
Andrew Read, Professor of Biology, Entomology and Biotechnology, Penn State •
conversation
Aug. 27, 2021 • ~10 min
Aug. 27, 2021 • ~10 min
How do pandemics end? History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone
As ready as you are to be done with COVID-19, it's not going anywhere soon. A historian of disease describes how once a pathogen emerges, it's usually here to stay.
Nükhet Varlik, Associate Professor of History, University of South Carolina •
conversation
Oct. 14, 2020 • ~9 min
Oct. 14, 2020 • ~9 min
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