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April 28, 2023 | 9:15 AM

What to know about tick, Lyme season following a mild winter

By Patrick Whittle/ The Associated Press
December 17, 2022 | 8:43 AM

Is Legislation to Safeguard Americans Against Superbugs a Boondoggle or Breakthrough?

The PASTEUR Act, as amended, would provide $6 billion in federal funding over several years to give drugmakers incentive to develop and manufacture lifesaving medications

By Liz Szabo and Arthur Allen/Kaiser Health News
November 1, 2022 | 9:36 PM

What causes Alzheimer’s? Study puts leading theory to ‘ultimate test’

An idea that has propelled Alzheimer’s research for more than 30 years is approaching its day of reckoning.

By Jon Hamilton/NPR

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August 8, 2022 | 2:37 PM

How can one protect themselves from Monkeypox and prevent transmission?

Now there’s a new virus on the scene, Monkeypox, that has caused the United States to have the largest outbreak in the world.

By Aniya Faulcon
December 6, 2021 | 3:02 PM

Penn Vet opens institute to study diseases spread from animals to humans

75 percent of all newly emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic – meaning passed from animals to humans

By Scott LaMar/WITF
July 7, 2020 | 7:57 AM

U.N. predicts rise in diseases that jump from animals to humans due to habitat loss

By Scott Neuman/NPR
June 22, 2020 | 6:38 AM

The worrisome link between deforestation and disease

By Nathan Rott/NPR
February 18, 2020 | 12:48 PM

How warming winters are affecting everything

January 2020 was the Earth’s hottest recorded January on average, compared with 141 years of temperature records. The four warmest Januaries have all occurred since 2016.

By Lauren Sommer/NPR, Mose Buchele/KUT, Molly Samuel/WABE, Patty Wight/Maine Public Radio, Amy Mayer/Iowa Public Radio, Michael Elizabeth Sakas/Colorado Public Radio and Nat Herz/Alaska's Energy Desk
October 2, 2019 | 7:21 PM

Workers are falling ill, even dying, after making kitchen countertops

By Nell Greenfieldboyce/NPR
September 6, 2019 | 5:39 AM

Why the measles surge could open the door to a host of other diseases

"All of the sudden you end up having not just more outbreaks of measles, but ... more outbreaks of rubella or flu."
By Nurith Aizenman/NPR
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