Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease and harm crops

Mosquitoes cause around a million deaths per year. So, scientists are coming up with genetic engineering techniques that could lower their numbers.

Bill Sullivan, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University • conversation
Feb. 21, 2025 ~8 min

How satellites have become Earth’s new health and nature watchdogs

Satellite-derived Earth observation data helps researchers unlock new insights into monitoring both environmental and human health.

Dhritiraj Sengupta, Earth Observation Scientist, Plymouth Marine Laboratory • conversation
Jan. 31, 2025 ~8 min


Bird flu flares up again in Michigan poultry – an infectious disease expert explains the risk to humans, chickens, cows and other animals

Officials have confirmed eight new outbreaks in Michigan poultry flocks since mid-December.

Kimberly Dodd, Dean of College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University • conversation
Jan. 16, 2025 ~10 min

Five ways that climate change threatens human health

Everyone working in health needs to prepare for and be equipped to respond to the health consequences of the climate crisis.

Jessica Boxall, Public Health & Nutrition Research Fellow, University of Southampton • conversation
Nov. 15, 2024 ~9 min

Tiny animals use stolen genes to fight infections – and could fight antibiotic resistance too

Rotifers are microscopic animals and their populations are entirely female.

Tim Barraclough, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, University of Oxford • conversation
July 18, 2024 ~7 min

If Earth gets sick, so do you

How diseases will change as Earth overheats.

Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition • conversation
May 22, 2024 ~8 min

Future pandemics will have the same human causes as ancient outbreaks − lessons from anthropology can help prevent them

Human factors − such as how people produce food and how they organize themselves and live together − influence disease outbreaks.

Ron Barrett, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Macalester College • conversation
May 7, 2024 ~9 min

Leprosy cases are rising in the US – what is the ancient disease and why is it spreading now?

People often think of leprosy as a bygone disease, relevant primarily in biblical times. But in fact, it is still present in more than 120 countries, and the US is seeing an uptick in cases.

Robert A. Schwartz, Professor and Head of Dermatology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University • conversation
March 13, 2024 ~9 min


Your unique smell can provide clues about how healthy you are

The science of smell is an exciting area of research.

Aoife Morrin, Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Dublin City University • conversation
Feb. 9, 2024 ~7 min

Racism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black populations

Racial threats and slights take a toll on health, but the continual invalidation and questioning of whether those so-called microaggressions exist has an even more insidious effect, research shows.

Nathaniel Harnett, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School • conversation
Dec. 15, 2023 ~8 min

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