Tool finds existing meds that could fight future pandemics
A new algorithm calculates how to effectively repurpose existing drugs that could be used in future pandemic outbreaks.
Can machine learning predict the next big disaster?
Researchers may have a way to forecast hard-to-predict events like earthquakes and pandemics with less data.
Bubonic plague affected human immune system evolution
“…the Black Death was an important selective pressure to the evolution of the human immune system.”
Bubonic plague affected human immune system evolution
“…the Black Death was an important selective pressure to the evolution of the human immune system.”
Future pandemic strategy should consider these factors
Accounting for ethnicity and social factors may improve the strategies public health officials use in future pandemic, researchers report.
Experts: Today’s public health crises are just the beginning
If it seems like public health crises are abounding, you’re not wrong. Two experts answer questions about prevention, preparedness, and social factors.
Can bats help prevent the next pandemic?
Bats can teach us a lot about how to manage, and maybe even prevent, future pandemics, researchers say.
When will you know the pandemic is over?
How will we know when the COVID-19 pandemic is at an end? Will we live with the virus forever? What happens next? Experts have some answers for you.
Nope, the flu vaccine won’t give you the flu
Don’t believe the myth. “You absolutely cannot get the flu from the standard vaccine shot,” says expert John Quarles.