Pandemics

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How Measles Works—the Most Contagious Virus Known Health

How Measles Works—the Most Contagious Virus Known

Measles is the most contagious disease known to science, with each infected person spreading it to 12–18 others. Beyond its immediate symptoms, it cau...

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How Zoonotic Spillover Works—and Why It Sparks Pandemics Science

How Zoonotic Spillover Works—and Why It Sparks Pandemics

Most emerging infectious diseases originate in animals. Here's how pathogens jump the species barrier, why certain animals are prime reservoirs, and w...

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World Health Day 2026: Lyon Summit Unites Science and Policy Health

World Health Day 2026: Lyon Summit Unites Science and Policy

The WHO marks World Health Day under the banner 'Together for health. Stand with science,' as France hosts the One Health Summit in Lyon and the inaug...

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COVID Variant 'Cicada' Confirmed in the Czech Republic: What We Know Health

COVID Variant 'Cicada' Confirmed in the Czech Republic: What We Know

A new COVID variant, BA.3.2, nicknamed 'Cicada,' has been confirmed in the Czech Republic. It is characterized by increased resistance to antibodies....

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How Measles Causes Immune Amnesia—and Why It Returns Health

How Measles Causes Immune Amnesia—and Why It Returns

Measles is the most contagious virus known to science, capable of infecting 90% of unvaccinated people nearby. Beyond the rash, it erases years of imm...

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How the WHO Works—and What Happens When Countries Leave Science

How the WHO Works—and What Happens When Countries Leave

The World Health Organization coordinates global health efforts for 194 member states. Here is how it is structured, funded, and what happens when a c...

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Slovak Government Rejects WHO Regulations Revision, Citing Sovereignty Concerns Health

Slovak Government Rejects WHO Regulations Revision, Citing Sovereignty Concerns

On March 12, 2026, the Slovak government approved the rejection of the 2024 revision of the WHO's International Health Regulations, citing constitutio...

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How Severe COVID and Flu Infections Raise Lung Cancer Risk Health

How Severe COVID and Flu Infections Raise Lung Cancer Risk

New research published in Cell reveals that severe respiratory viral infections reprogram immune cells in the lungs, creating a long-lasting pro-tumor...

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Slovakia Becomes Third EU Country Hit by Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak Health

Slovakia Becomes Third EU Country Hit by Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak

In March 2025, Slovakia became the third European Union country to be affected by an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. The serotype O virus, related...

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How C. difficile Infections Work and Why They Recur Health

How C. difficile Infections Work and Why They Recur

C. difficile is a spore-forming bacterium that hijacks the gut after antibiotics wipe out protective bacteria. Here's how it works, why it keeps comin...

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How Nasal Spray Vaccines Work and Why They Matter

Nasal spray vaccines work by training the immune system at the exact point where viruses enter the body — the nose and airways — creating a line of de...

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Hepatitis A Outbreak Closes Prague Restaurant: Nine Infected Health

Hepatitis A Outbreak Closes Prague Restaurant: Nine Infected

Prague's public health authority has confirmed a hepatitis A outbreak at a restaurant in Prague 6. Nine people, including the owner, have fallen ill....

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