On May 20, 2021, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual convening of public health and communications practitioners to examine the challenges, opportunities, and ...
As part of covering health for the Southeast Missourian, I regularly check in with Autumn Grim, the director of the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center. We talk about health issues on the ...
This workshop series from the Forum on Microbial Threats assessed the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on a whole host of societal sectors. Speakers and panelists from around the world discussed key ...
Lessons from the pandemic show resilience requires targeted learning support, mental health investment, strong data systems ...
In December 2024, on the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, UN-Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated: “The COVID-19 crisis may have passed, but a harsh lesson remains: The world is ...
The fifth anniversary of COVID-19 is approaching. With a possible bird flu pandemic looming and a mysterious deadly outbreak spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo, we should quickly learn the ...
This week C&EN presents the Talented 12 class of 2025: a dozen early-career researchers who are using chemistry to do world-changing work. When the Talented 12 agree to be profiled, we give them a ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided researchers with a wealth of information on contemporary successes and failures in combating an emerging pathogen. This study outlines a total of 22 opportunities ...
Humanity has faced countless illnesses ever since we have appeared on the face of the earth. From the bubonic plague to smallpox to cholera, we have been faced with illnesses time and time again, and ...
Five years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, public health experts say that, despite some gains, the United States is not fully prepared for another public health ...
This is a guest post written by Fakhria Masumi Khorrami, M.D. Dr. Khorrami offers a physician's perspective on the pandemic crisis based on her own experiences. It is a message from a medical doctor, ...
Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...