Disease

A UMass student in Boston just recently tested positive for the coronavirus and is now currently being held in self-isolation. Public health nurses are currently monitoring his health and report that he is recovering well. State officials working with the CDC are to determine if the student can be…

The new drug, Palforzia, is a drug approved for use in children between 4-17 years old that minimizes the severity of a child's allergic reaction to peanuts. The treatment works through controlled dosage increases in roughly a six month period. Anaphylaxis can occur at anytime, but especially…

As the coronavirus has made its way into the U.S., people have become increasingly invested in the precautions that should be taken to prevent its spread. To get some answers to the circulating questions about the virus, click here. 

The healing ability of pets for those with mental disorders has shown great promise in research.  With their ability to sniff in parts per trillion, canines are now being trained to detect diseases such as ovarian cancer, diabetes, and C.diff. For more information click here.

A Canadian health monitoring platform called Bluedot uses an AI driven algorithm to monitor and predict the spread of diseases. The algorithm uses global airline ticketing data, reports of animal disease outbreaks, and foreign news reports in 65 languages to generate data. Epidemiologists further…

New information suggests that the cause of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV outbreak in China may be attributable to the Chinese Krait and Chinese cobra snakes. Since December, 2019, the disease has spread from China and cases have been reported in the United States. Chinese scientists has determined…

Dr. Jeffrey Gunzenhauser, the Los Angeles County public health department chief medical officer, states that most people hospitalized have been under 45. Influenza B is the most common flu strain this season, the first time in thirty years. 105 people in California have died from the flu this…

As the spread of the new coronavirus continues to make headlines and stir concerns across the world, Saplakoglu hopes to inform and update viewers through her article ““More US cases of coronavirus, as death toll rises: Live updates on 2019-nCoV.” As of Jan. 27, there are five confirmed cases in…

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that although the Wuhan coronavirus has caused an epidemic in China, it is not yet a public health emergency on the international scale; however, this is not to a sign that the WHO is not taking this seriously. There have been several hundred confirmed…

The main trigger of the deadly respiratory illness (Coronavirus) in China is said to have originated from snakes, more specifically, the Chinese cobra and the Chinese krait. This type of virus is transmitted primarily through the air and primarily affects the upper respiratory and gastrointestinal…

The Wuhan coronavirus is believed to have started in a food market. There have been over 50 fatalities, and over 1,900 confirmed cases of the disease in 11 different countries. Canada has now reported its first case of the virus, and all that were in contact with the man in Toronto are being…

Coronavirus has been confirmed in the following countries: China, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, and the United States. As of Jan. 23, China has nearly 640 coronavirus cases, Thailand has four confirmed cases, and Vietnam has two confirmed cases. The countries of Japan,…

The second-worst Ebola outbreak in human history started in the summer of 2018 and is still going on in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Health workers have faced significant difficulties that have made outbreak response particularly difficult in this outbreak: the inability to…

As the coronavirus has killed 17 people and continues to spread throughout Asia and across the globe, Wuhan will be temporarily terminating public transportation. The Chinese government has confirmed that the virus can spread by human-to-human contact, increasing the possibility of greater…